Just curious, why would you not compare the Talon to the Blade, top of the line to the top of the line. Also, compare the 10 Talon to -- what???? that would be the 10' Blade also. It's easy to compare top of the line to lower line, but I don't see where in this case it needs to be. About the brackets, I have installed both and the one piece design of the Powerpole, although a good, strong bracket, has more "spring" to it than the 3 piece adjustable, double walled design of the new Talon brackets. Again, as I stated in an above post, both are great products and perform as advertised.