To each their own I guess, but in Hollywood, no one uses external cabled poles. Haven't seen one in the 37 years I've been in the business. I boomed for the first 20 years of my career with an internal pole, even dramas, and it worked great. Noiseless if you know what you're doing. The only time I wanted one was when I had to run full out with a fully extended pole. But, how many times a year do you have to do that? Two maybe?