How can we make the claim that our Radar pole is "simply the best" ?
If you think our claim is just advertising hype, please read on.

Design:
When you bolt an 8 foot pole with a 4 inch square base to the deck of your boat you are providing a lever with a force ratio of over 20 to 1 (approximately).
This lever is trying to pull the bolts out of the pole mounting surface whenever the pole is tilted even the slightest amount in relation to the boat, or when the boat distorts while sailing.
To prevent this, our Radar poles incorporate a mounting base that allows freedom of movement of more than 90 degrees in the fore and aft direction and about 20 degrees of movement from side to side. Essentially, this is a universal joint. In addition to keeping destructive forces from entering the mounting surface, this base design makes it easy to mount the pole, since nothing is flat, level or square on a boat.
Our design makes sure that the support struts are the only thing keeping the pole in a vertical position.
It also allows the pole to be folded onto the deck, provided nothing is obstructing it.
Every other Radar pole that we know of will allow tilting the base in only one direction or not at all.
The support struts also utilize an universal joint at the bottom-end in the form of a ball joint.
This ball-joint exhibits zero mechanical play.
The top end of each support strut attaches to a collar with a proprietary pin that also has zero play.
There is no mechanical play (slop) in any part of our pole.
We know of no other pole manufacturer who can make this claim.
All other poles we have seen rattle at various engine rpm or when the boat is rolling at anchor.
This especially noticed and appreciated at night.
The collars that attach the support struts to the pole are not just bent pieces of sheet metal.
Our collars are CNC machined from marine grade aluminum and lined with PTFE to prevent scratching the poles surface during installation and adjustment.
Other manufacturers don't seem to think about this little detail, possibly because their poles are not polished to our standard, or they just don't care.
You can see yourself in our Radar poles.
Our antenna arms can be pointed in any direction.
Their position is not dictated by existing hole patterns and no holes need to be drilled to mount them.
No other manufacturer offers this feature.

Materials:
The pole is made of highly polished type 316L stainless steel.
When exposed to salt water and air, this alloy is considered to be the best.
All our aluminum parts are CNC machined from marine grade aluminum bar or plate.
No aluminum castings or bent sheet metal parts are used.

Quality:
We believe that powder coating is not a suitable finish in a salt water environment.
Once the surface of powder coating is broken (and it will be), it will actually promote corrosion by lifting and then trapping water.
Aircraft manufacturers do not use powder coating on structural parts of their airplanes. There must be a reason.
Powder coating does not last.
Powder coating is used by other manufacturers because of it's ability to give a smooth finish to rough surfaces such as castings. And it is cheap.
All our aluminum parts are anodized, epoxy primed and top coated with a highly UV resistant polyurethane paint. This is all done to top military specifications.
Compared to powder coating, this is a very expensive process, costing several times as much.
Our strut end-fittings are welded to the strut tube. See picture
Most other manufacturers just screw bimini fittings to their strut tubes. That is not quality.
All our Radome mounting plates are machined to fit your particular Radar Radome.
Some manufacturers simply use a square plate with a multitude of holes and slots to fit as many brands of Radomes as possible.  That is not quality and it doesn't look good.
The bottom line is, you will not find higher quality hardware no matter where you buy or what you pay.

Simply the best?  ------  we think so.