Joe H

Re: evolution wand
« Reply #60 on: April 28, 2008, 06:46:00 pm »
£465 + vat - they say its the 2" version.

*paul_moss

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Re: evolution wand
« Reply #61 on: April 28, 2008, 07:09:54 pm »
Joe is that price off HM ?
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carpet guy

Re: evolution wand
« Reply #62 on: April 28, 2008, 07:18:49 pm »
Sold out !!!!!

*paul_moss

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Re: evolution wand
« Reply #63 on: April 28, 2008, 07:24:47 pm »
Ah !!, they must of only brought one over from the States then  ;D
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Joe H

Re: evolution wand
« Reply #64 on: April 28, 2008, 08:26:23 pm »
As Colin from CBT says - its on their website.
Stock due in 21st May 2008

elliott cleaning

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Re: evolution wand
« Reply #65 on: April 28, 2008, 08:44:09 pm »
Interesting that HM have been able to offer at £465 considering all the faffing about with importing it direct from the US.  Maybe the suppliers over here are not rip off merchants as some seem to think.   Carpet guy, "Sold out".    Paul "they must have only brought one in from the States".  Guess your correct.
Happy wanding CBT ;)

Aleatherguy

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Re: evolution wand
« Reply #66 on: April 29, 2008, 04:59:31 pm »
The evolution has a 1 1/2" and a 2" version. It is made of Aircraft aluminum and has an adjustable grip handle. Note the glide at the base (head) of the wand. Handles 500 psi pressure on the truckmount version.

Light? Yes, very. There are several leaving on container to HydraMaster in Cornwall that I'm aware of.




Ken Wainwright

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Re: evolution wand
« Reply #67 on: April 29, 2008, 05:10:02 pm »
At the CCDO, I heard someone say that they were titanium. Was this correct? The metal was certainly thin enough to be titanium rather than aluminium.

Safe and happy cleaning :)
Ken
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Glynn

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Re: evolution wand
« Reply #68 on: April 29, 2008, 05:14:14 pm »
Plastic head glued to an aluminium tube so I told off someone from the states. Yuk.
Much better off with a real Titanium wand.
Regards
Glynn

lands

Re: evolution wand
« Reply #69 on: April 29, 2008, 05:58:11 pm »
Don't spose there are any GT's being sent to HM are there?    ;)

Jeff Lydon/Greenie

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Re: evolution wand
« Reply #70 on: April 30, 2008, 01:55:47 am »
If it were titanium it would cost a fortune as I just measured the tube thickness, it's roughly 3 times thicker walled than the prochem titanium wand.


carpet guy

Re: evolution wand
« Reply #71 on: April 30, 2008, 08:01:57 am »
The spec' states " aircraft grade aluminiun " and why would anyone be concerned about the tube ad head being bonded with adhesive, that's the way golf club heads are attached to shafts, instead of the old method of rivetting, which eventually broke down...............this has been the case for 30 years and Ican assure you, it's pretty easy to detach a rivetted head, but extremely difficult to remove a bonded one.

Yes, another part of my past working life. As a golf pro, part of the job is repairing clubs.

rob

Incidentally, for portable owners, there is a 1 1/2 " Evolution wand for nearly half the cost of the 2".

Jeff Lydon/Greenie

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Re: evolution wand
« Reply #72 on: May 07, 2008, 06:41:38 pm »
It's funny you mention "for portable users", I would say porty users have jsut as much if not more need for a 2" vacuum tube on their wand as the TM crowd does...it's all about making the extraction process as efficient as possible and taking every advantage presented to us. Same goes for 2" hose of course.

It's not directed at anyone in particular, but when as an "industry" did we get off track with all this 1.5" hose and tool stuff being for porties in the first place?

I say we break the chain today, and abolish all tiny hose, from here on out all machines will be set up to run 2" hose!  Here, here?

carpet guy

Re: evolution wand
« Reply #73 on: May 07, 2008, 06:58:34 pm »
The portable users comment comes from the manufacturer, not me

Jeff Lydon/Greenie

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Re: evolution wand
« Reply #74 on: May 08, 2008, 03:00:46 am »
exactly...let's change the misguided standard!