I like the ease of putting up the pole, and the different uses I find for it. I use the pole to make a Christmas Tree out of lights tied to cord.

Had Martins on house two days after putting the SK Manufacturing, Purple Martin Bird House With Triangular Aircraft Aluminium 16 ft Telescopic Pole up. Sparrows love all bird houses. The Martins seem to prefer the S&K over my more traditional wooden house that they have nested in the last two years.

SK Manufacturing Purple Martin Bird House - All of S-K Mfg. printed literature leads you down a primrose path, leading you to believe they have a great product. Martins will not give house a second look but the Sparrows love it. Tri-pole bent in moderate winds....e-mail to S-K unanswered...I believe this is a testimony to their integrity and reputation.

We put up the Purple Martin Bird House as directed. The martins came immediately. The first time there was a strong wind, the aluminum pole bent in half.

I bought a Purple Martin house and 16 ft. telescopic pole made by SK Manufacturing. The warranty said the house was warranted for life when mounted as directed on their triangular 16 ft. telescopic aircraft aluminum pole.
The Purple Martin house went together easily. It was made of plastic and was a simple matter of snapping parts together. It took about 45 minutes to assemble and required no tools.
The 16 ft. aircraft aluminum telescopic pole went together easily as well and following the instructions, I set it in 24" of concrete and put up the Purple Martin house.
That is where the fun ended. The house and pole were up for about two weeks. A wind came. Not a hurricane, as we don't have them in Northern Illinois. Not a tornado either. A 40-50 MPH gust which almost every area of the country can experience before or during a thunderstorm.
My wife watched as the pole leaned from the wind and then bent completely over to the ground!
Upon calling Kim at SK Manufacturing (sk-mfg.com), we were told that the bird house was warranted, but not the pole. We were told that if we dissassembled the the house and determined which parts were broken, they would send replacement parts so we could fix it. If we wanted to fix the pole, we would have to a.) buy replacement sections and b.)reinstall it all in 24" of concrete again only to have the same thing happen the next time the wind blows.
Since most people know that Purple Martins are attracted to multiple unit buildings placed up high in open areas, it is obvious that the pole is not suited for its intended use. It is also obvious that the intent is to get you to buy the useless pole by linking the warranty to the bird house while not warranting the pole (the pole costs alot more than the house).
SK Manufacturing represents all that is wrong with corporate America today. A strong desire to sell with no desire to stand behind ones product, rather to hide behind vaguely worded deceptive warranties on products not designed for their purpose, outsourced customer service, and websites with phone #'s for sales,but none for customer service. They love to hear from you to get an order, but don't really want to hear from you otherwise.
The net result? I'm out about $100.00 for the pole, and house not counting my time to assemble the house, dig the hole, buy and install the concrete for a pole that cannot do what it is supposed to do. The broken house is in the trash, I'll try to recycle the part of the aluminum pole that is not in concrete. I wasted $100. Oh and the house was up for such a short time we never did attract a purple martin.