[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Hi all can any of you explain to me what is the differance betwwen glides and teflon lips and why you use them. are they worth buying Cheers Tony

[David_Annable]

Hi

Does this help ?

http://www.cleansmartsupplies.co.uk/acatalog/Glides.html

Dave

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Thanks Dave i hoped i might have got some feedback as to what they are like to use if they are worth buying or not . But out of 98 hits you the are the only one to try and  help. as i am new to it all more advice would be good please guys help a newbie xxxx :  : : : Cheers Tony

[AJB]

I've used the lips for about 12 months now,
they work very well, i can't speak about the glides
but cleaning is so much easier now, that i'm 2 stone
heavier since using the lips.

[Phillip Mold]

Great, I must try them, to replace the two stone I've lost in my first six months in this business!

[Glynn]

Lips are NOT the same thing as glides and will not perform like glides, its a cheaper option though.

[matt jones]

I love mine. I recently bought a glide and they really do make your job easier.
matt

[TonyMarti]

I bought a glide from Cleansmart-great bit of kit no drag on the  wand, makes life a lot eaiser, I'd reccomend it.
cheers Tony

[Phil Marlor]

I would rather nail my balls to a tree than use a wand without a Glide with a TM!

Phil

[Buster Ingram]

I can help you there Phil, just say the word and I'll have the hammer at the ready.
Any particular size nails :

[benny d]

I can help you there Phil, just say the word and I'll have the hammer at the ready.
Any particular size nails :

Extra small 

[fletch]

Would I be right in thinking that the obvious reason it is difficult to move your wand is because of the created vacuum from your machine.
 So if you have an attachment on the end of your wand ie;Lips,Glides etc, you must be losing vacuum
I would like to know peoples thoughts on this, because personally I think it's just another bit of crap that somebody is making money from, yet again.

[Liahona]

Fletch, they actually create more air flow causing more recovery and therefore the carpet will dry quicker.  Especially on commercial carpet where the pile is usually shorter than domestic.  They do work, take a bit of getting use to but they do work.

If you clean oriental rugs with hwe then they are a must as they wont lift the corners or suck up the fringes.

Best, Dave.

[fletch]

Dave,
How do they create more air flow & and what do you mean with better recovery
                                Regards,
                                  Fletch.

[John Kelly]

The airflow is directed through the much smaller conical shaped holes on the glide creating a vortex. This causes the available air flow to move faster through the carpet fibres, in turn recovering more solution. Thats the theory anyway.

[fletch]

I think if your wand has been elevated from the surface you will lose essential vacuum.
I've thought about what you guys have said but it doesn't make any sense to me
I'm sure they would of designed the wand like that in the first place
Anyway Gentlemen, going to bed now.
                                      Adios Amigos,
                                          Fletch.

[matt jones]

when cleaning something like a polypropylene turfted carpet my glide has worked a treat and job is made easier with the carpet drying quicker also. But i done a wool pile carpet the other day and im sure it took longer to dry using the glide
matt
ps As far as im aware airflow helps increase the recovery of water when you have a glide fitted to your wand you can hear the airflow all the time. Maybe the problem with wool carpets is they hold onto much more water then a synthetic so maybe i should of put abit more effort in or made even more dry passes with the wand.

[fletch]

I've thought about it a long time now, and these Glides will only be making you lose Vacuum-Lift.
To think that you pay for that powerful Truckmount or that High Spec Porty for it's particular performance ,only to pay that extra £30-£70 : to take-away it's performance
If somebody could explain how they actually dry carpets faster, to me, without repeating the sales pitch which hooked you Guys in the first place, I would be prepared to accept and possibly purchase some.

So theirs the challenge Ive laid down to you all.
                                               Regards,
                                                 Fletch.

[Damian]

Fletch-Amen

Damian.

[Len Gribble]

Where can you get lips from? Fewer blockages methinks?


Fletch

Not a tech kind of guy! But will say a lot easier with them than with out, drying times never there long in enough to find out, so not an issue with or with out with me!

Love a challenge I will mach CD TM against any high spec porty

Len