Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Llaaww on September 13, 2010, 06:16:44 pm
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I finally bought a decent pole, I went to St Austel today and picked up Gardner SL-x 30.
Damn thing cost an arm and a leg, when I have recovered from the sudden loss of over £400 I will wave it about in a bid to recover my loss.
Hats off to the girls at gardners they very were very professional and efficient at releiving me of my hard earned readies.
Its a seriously good looking piece of kit, as soon as i picked it up I knew I was buyin it. I will eat my hat if I don't get my money back by friday(and then some). I will be givin it a hard time!!!!
Thanks G's for a quick look round, I will be back for a few more bits. once I am over the worst.
:D :D
P.S dont forget to wipe the sills
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Had mine a month now. One things for sure though my arms, neck and shoulders don't ache anymore.
Best pole I ever bought.
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top poles i dont like the new carbon i have the old slx they dont make them like they used to ???
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Brilliant pole and £400 is cheap compared to other full carbon poles. You won't regret it.
Simon.
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you will just have black hands forever now
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Does that happen chopsie?? I've just bought the CLX, haven't used it yet but does that mean I will have red on my hands. I hope not. ;D
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yes mate, had a black index finger for about 8 months now :'( ;D
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yes mate, had a black index finger for about 8 months now :'( ;D
Apparantly you are surposed to wash it once in a while. :D
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I do wipe/dry my poles and equipment at the end of day anyway. I hadn't heard of this prior to this post.
;D
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no red hands using the clx(or black!).i use it for a big chunk of my work.
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Well that's reasuring Daz, I'm so looking forward to using it for the first time. ;D
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Well that's reasuring Daz, I'm so looking forward to using it for the first time. ;D
me too, How sad is that
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yes mate, had a black index finger for about 8 months now :'( ;D
Apparantly you are surposed to wash it once in a while. :D
ohhhh, Must be why my other index finger is brown then :-[ :-*
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Brilliant pole and £400 is cheap compared to other full carbon poles. You won't regret it.
Simon.
If you’re buying on the price of the pole alone, someone today put a thread up about a new carbon fibre pole on eBay for £300
Got a link?
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Brilliant pole and £400 is cheap compared to other full carbon poles. You won't regret it.
Simon.
If you’re buying on the price of the pole alone, someone today put a thread up about a new carbon fibre pole on eBay for £300
If your buying on price alone then buy a Harris pole or maybe buy a bamboo cane ::)
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WOW!!! that thing is fantastic, they should rename it from sl-x 30 to se-x 30. What a great bit of kit.
I had a huge soffit and gutter job that I was dreading. I blasted it out without breaking a sweat.
pro's:-
The thing rocks
I will definately have my money back by friday
I wont need to buy a short pole yet as it is light and short enough to do the job for now
cons:-
I lost some bristles on the gutter brackets (never seen that before)
Cheap Y piece could be alloy or brass (will get one)
Cheap nylon hoselock could be alloy or brass (will get one)
Cheap looking hose ( kinked first day out, but I was giving it a hard time, if it does it again its binned)
Cross threaded angle adapter ( but I did hurry them a bit)
Q: Is it value for money
A: for sure. Where have you been all my life ??
:D
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Lol told you, you would love it SLX rocks, i use mine on almost every job.
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Do they last day in day out? My Sl2 is showing wear now and it only comes out a few days a week. Im asking as im interested in one.
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If you look after them they do. I use mine day in day out and it's coming up 2&1/2 years old. However when I hear grit getting in the pole I wash it out that night. I know what you mean about the sl2 its good but you need kids gloves with it. However the sl-x is a different breed.
As for the other pole on eBay I'd like to see some reviews on it as there is very little info on there only 2 blurry pictures.
Simon.
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they are top poles but iv been using them since they came out and now im just going to get a clx 18 for houses and most prob get one from inoics better carbon and now g pole systems have changed it i will not get one again cant handle the left hand so black i have to hide it when i go out on the town lol
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when pole starts to wear its a pain tightening and loosening the clamps to stop it spinning too.
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lawrence
Ref losing bristles.
You mentioned the girls did a good job topping you up, this no doubt would have included steering you onto the quite useless double trim brush and this is why the longer bristles stuck in the gutter brackets. Next time pick the mono filament.
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I went through several brushes today, swopping from dual trim mono to dual trim flocked to scrub snails trails off. I found the flocked almost impossible to move sideways and very clingy vertically (maybe it's a second quality). I went back to the later extra splayed dual trim later in the day and still wonder why the bristles are not made denser.
Last job of the day I accidentally fitted an original no splay MK1 dual trim mono - my god that's one fast and accurate brush! It really zips across the glass.
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top pole well impressed with mine! its earned its keep over the last month or so done fascias, con cleans and used it none stop every day with out a problem.
i do look after it like no other pole i have had,gets rubbed down many times through out the day and washed out a few times per week. has shown no signs of any ware yet.
MONEY WELL SPENT. ;)
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lawrence
Ref losing bristles.
You mentioned the girls did a good job topping you up, this no doubt would have included steering you onto the quite useless double trim brush and this is why the longer bristles stuck in the gutter brackets. Next time pick the mono filament.
they did try to flog the dual trim, I had a look but wasn't convinced. I got the one with the bristles all the same length. They are longer than the vikan and must have snagged in the gutter bracket. I will have to learn not to go so hard around the brackets. (before I go bald)
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I went for the dual trim on my CL-X 27 and I really like it. I'm going to use my CL-X for all my jobs it's so light. ;D