120 cm Voltige carbon shafts aren’t to be found on the market anymore…
Although they exist in 116cm.
Only a few players play with carbon 120 cm (August Jthouin Cathal Levin?) and we probably have 5/6 mallets between all of us…
I only detain one! I have also never ever broken one! 1 year+ 15 tournaments or more…
DOES ANYBODY IN THE POLO COMMUNITY HAVE A 120 CM VOLTIGE SHAFT SOMEWHERE IN THEIR HOUSE/CUPBOARD/KITCHEN/TOILET/ATTIC ?
Take care/Cathal
I think I still have 2/3 
Yessss pls look if you still have some, we need them in uncut 
I have two, would be great to have some security…
Two … for now ! 
Hello I have 2. Possible for me to swap with 116 cm voltige mallet.
That should be no problem
Alloy sleeve extension? If you make it the length of a golf grip and use a heat responsive adhesive you could use a heat gun to remove… just a thought.
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sorry to interrupt but can we cap shaft length or do we wait to get to the next extreme becoming the norm cycle ?
if most handlebars are 70/60cm , whe you defend / mark a player you have about 2x handlebars length gap between you and the ball (120cm)
having a mallet length that covers that distance is a huge hack. ball is always at reach.
dodi used to say "you think its cheating ? do it ! " now we have carbon shafts.
who s gonna be the fastest at ordering a new chinese batch of carbon 180cm uncut (60cm x 3 ! so you can reach out even if a player is in between you and the ball carrier ! )
i personall cannot keep up with the trend , my weak wrist are not liking the increase i n length and i could feel critical injury after just a few games with an uncut carbon shaft .
but it did felt great to have reach and it makes sense to have a long mallet , nowcoming back to my old shorter one i couldnt hit the ball.
im just asking if 180cm length is legal ?
personal data:
aluminium
2010-2015 : 97cm /103 cm
break
2020 : 103
2021 : 105 /107
2022: 105
2023 : 105alu / 120 carbon
2024 : 110 alu ,108 /120 carbon
breaking stats since:
tough shaft alu 1mm breaks rarely , holds hup to 4-5 years
light alu shaft 0.8mm i break about 2x per year / season
any carbon shaft ( perro / praap / voltige ) breaks at any time , on shaft on shaft contact that are not considered slashing, or by tripoding too hard in them , etc…
i do appreciate the carbon upgrade and movements definetly benefits from it , but to the cost of having to keep a few spares.
EDIT : just found out horse polo mallet length : 51- 53" inch so about 130cm . i guess we could cap mallet length to 120cm or you should ride pony
I think 120 seems reasonable if a limit were to be imposed.
I rode with a 120 for a while that I choked up short at about 105 for general play. I’d mostly use the extra length to catch balls just out of my reach or for desperate pokes at the ball when defending. I only stopped using it when the piece protruding from the back of my hand caught my bars one day. I’ve been considering trying it again…
I don’t think there is any limit to length, if you can manage to play with 130 cm, have fun then : )
I think my mallet is around 122 with grip and holder+mallet head.
As I say I have never broken any carbon shafts. You need to be sweet with it : )
There’s also no technical limit to wheel size but if people start rocking 130cm mallets I’d happily demonstrate that there are unspoken limits to everything by playing in goals at worlds with this thing. Can does not imply should…
Please do it !
I’ll happily demonstrate how to score on that thing !
It’s a 36er… ; )
That’s a goals size crop. See you in Taiwan. 
Where can you put the knee cups ?
Update :
Now you’re talking!
Me reading this thread:
