An apparatus for cleaning swimming pools, cement finishing tools, ceiling wire applications, and the like, comprising a first tube having a first end with a collar housing and a first locking assembly with a first collar housing. The second end of the first tube being configured for attaching a tool thereto. An end tube with a first end having a second locking assembly and a second collar housing, is slidably connected to a decagon shaped inner tube having a first end and a second end. The first end of the inner tube being secured to the first tube by the first locking assembly, and the second end being secured to the end tube by the second locking assembly.