this is only MY opinion, to me the weight is the only advantage that pp has going for them and ive read they have good customer service. I went back and forth and which ones to get and the only people know that have either all have poles and they was wanting to swap to talons. after all the underwater footage ive seen talons are quieter, the motor is up on the talons and most folks can hear it and assume its louder but underwater footage clearly shows the pole pumps are louder UNDERWATER and that's where it counts and unless some different footage comes out that I haven't seen I don't see any reason to believe different. a 12 foot talon is close to the same height as a 8 foot pole and I have a couple spots that are in the 9-10ft depth I can drop the talons on and make repeated casts. the work lights on that talons are quite handy when getting the boat ready for launch in the dark. I can go anywhere my motor fits because I got the tilt brackets. ive read that pp cs is pretty good and so far ive had good service for my talons. I had one that wouldn't retract the last stage, I tilted it in to the boat and drove to the ramp and took it to a service center and they fixed it under warranty and no problems since. the truth is you cant go wrong with either, just for me the talons were the better choice and if I had to do it again I would buy the same thing again.