Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Steve Sed on May 04, 2012, 04:57:08 pm
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I've been drooling for some time over a new pole (wife and kids think I am a sad git) from Gardiners but was putting it off as long as possible. Yesterday my 24 foot XTEL hybrid section 3 snapped over a long flat roof. A replacement section was around £100 so I decided to bite the bullet anfd buy a 27 foot CLX.
Before everyone tells me I should have bought an SLX, I just couldn't justify it to myself right now. My round is almost exclusively 8 weekly and I am only around 50% full. I am charging good rates so my hourly rate is excellent, but I just couldn't justify the extra at only half full. However, if this summer sees me pick up the way I did last year, I'll buy an 18 foot SLX in the winter as an everyday pole and use the CLX for the odd town house and con roof.
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Im looking at buying an clx, everyone seems to think there the mutts nutts.
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Clx 27 great pole thats what I use all day every day!
Bet you glad that lead pole snapped :D
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I've recently just bought myself a 25' SLX and have just finished my first full week using it.
Is it any coincidence Ive just had my highest earning week since I went WFP back in Feb 2008?
;)
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I 'll let you know how I get on compared to an xtel with Vikan brush. To me, these were perfectly fine, so I will wait and see.
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I've recently just bought myself a 25' SLX and have just finished my first full week using it.
Is it any coincidence Ive just had my highest earning week since I went WFP back in Feb 2008?
;)
For me it would be coincidence as my round isn't full.
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I use a CLX-18 with a superlite extreme brush for most of my everyday work and I recently purchased a CLX-27 for the few 3 story town houses I do. However, so far I haven't needed the bottom section so I may remove it and make it a 22' pole.
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man you are gonna notice the difference ..........happy days....by the way we are all sad g1ts on here lol
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hey mate, for domestics a clx is a very very good pole its like a ferrari is an amazing car but a merc is still an awesome choice, infact some prefer teh merc ;-P
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I use a CLX-18 with a superlite extreme brush for most of my everyday work and I recently purchased a CLX-27 for the few 3 story town houses I do.
I do the same.
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Steve Sed , i have just done the same as you a couple of weeks ago , i had the 24 hybrid but some scrote robbed it off the roof of the van while i was in a house waiting to be paid !
Luckily it did not leave me stuck as i had a 18 and a 25 brodex alloy in my shed from the previous years failed expansion .
I used them for a while and began to feel like chucking myself off a big bridge every day ! ;D
I then went down and got a CLX 27 , i saw it as a good allround single pole option as my round is full of wierd and wonderful house layouts .
I have found the CLX to be very light and at the tag price i feel that it is the most incredible value pole on offer in the current market , i believe i paid about £350 for the hybrid extel compared to £240 or so for the CLX
I would like to add though that i did find the extel as i recall to be a bit more rigid than the CLX , and that was with a Vikan on the end , i would like to try my old hybrid with a superlite on just to see ..........but then i feel that i am converted now and cant go back !
My next buy will be an 18 or 22 CLX to fully set me up as i was
I would go SLX , but i dont want to turn into one of those weak pooftas that seem to be filling this forum at the moment ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Rich , the REAL man ;D
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Steve Sed , i have just done the same as you a couple of weeks ago , i had the 24 hybrid but some scrote robbed it off the roof of the van while i was in a house waiting to be paid !
Luckily it did not leave me stuck as i had a 18 and a 25 brodex alloy in my shed from the previous years failed expansion .
I used them for a while and began to feel like chucking myself off a big bridge every day ! ;D
I then went down and got a CLX 27 , i saw it as a good allround single pole option as my round is full of wierd and wonderful house layouts .
I have found the CLX to be very light and at the tag price i feel that it is the most incredible value pole on offer in the current market , i believe i paid about £350 for the hybrid extel compared to £240 or so for the CLX
I would like to add though that i did find the extel as i recall to be a bit more rigid than the CLX , and that was with a Vikan on the end , i would like to try my old hybrid with a superlite on just to see ..........but then i feel that i am converted now and cant go back !
My next buy will be an 18 or 22 CLX to fully set me up as i was
I would go SLX , but i dont want to turn into one of those weak pooftas that seem to be filling this forum at the moment ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Rich , the REAL man ;D
Hey! I resemble that remark! ;D
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Sorry Mr G , have you had experience with CLX ?
If so , how much stiffer is the SLX ?
I cant believe i went to the shop and didnt even ask to test it , actually i can as i know i would have left with one , Alex and staff love to sell the wares , not in a pushy way though which was most refreshing , having said that though when i got home i did appear to have extra brushes and all the backup spares in a bag , i also had my hose cutter and a hat , i wont mention the hat though in case i start the whingers off ;D ;D ;D ;D
Rich
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Had a clx for a couple of years. I keep promising Alex that i'm going to buy a slx, but with the aid of loads of superglue I keep the old clx going! I have to say its been a brilliant pole. The superlite brush is also fantastic.
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My wife read this thread last night. I think it's fair to say that she doesn't get the excitement a new pole brings. :-\
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1 bit of advice steve buy a superlite brush to go on the end.if you stick the vikan on the end it will make the pole bow through the weight.with the superlite brush it performs much better trust me.you can also take the bottom section of for everyday use to make it more lighter.
But defo get a brush,i would advise the medium sill brush with your choice of jets.
All the best cliff
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1 bit of advice steve buy a superlite brush to go on the end.if you stick the vikan on the end it will make the pole bow through the weight.with the superlite brush it performs much better trust me.you can also take the bottom section of for everyday use to make it more lighter.
But defo get a brush,i would advise the medium sill brush with your choice of jets.
All the best cliff
Got the standard superlite. Did think about a sill brush..... Will have a look at taking the bottom section out.
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Sorry Mr G , have you had experience with CLX ?
If so , how much stiffer is the SLX ?
I cant believe i went to the shop and didnt even ask to test it , actually i can as i know i would have left with one , Alex and staff love to sell the wares , not in a pushy way though which was most refreshing , having said that though when i got home i did appear to have extra brushes and all the backup spares in a bag , i also had my hose cutter and a hat , i wont mention the hat though in case i start the whingers off ;D ;D ;D ;D
Rich
Never had a clx.
Now where's my hat? I've just bought a pole from Gardiners and I didn't get a hat! ;D
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Gold , dont worry mate , unless you have a head like an elephant or a rather splendid affro like Alex in most of his demo vids then it wont fit you ;D ;D ;D........(Sorry Alex) we still chums?
Rich
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Clx 27 great pole thats what I use all day every day!
Bet you glad that lead pole snapped :D
my guys uses these as main poles too, I worked with one for a week, and they are a very good price.
SLX is a great pole, but clx are a next best thing, and tbh sometimes the little extra bend in the pole of a 27 clx comes in handy.
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I never got a hat or hose cutter...... :(
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Got my clx today. Unfortunate the wizards at Gardiners forgot to put the same nut to tighten the resineck that the xtel pole uses. Instead they put in a spare lever for the pole so I worked all day with the broken xtel.
Just after I finished work though I called Gardiners to send the correct xtel nut for my Gardiners clx. That was when they told me that the "spare" lever that when I looked closely didn't actually look like a pole clamp lever at all was in fact the thing that locked the resineck. Seriously, you would think they would make their poles idiot proof wouldn't you.
Anyway, I have now assembled it and it feels light and smooth to use. The brush feels to light to work properly, but I will try it in a bit on my own windows. Just "making pure" ready for it. Couldn't start it this morning as the tds was up to 16 because the pre filters are done for.
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Oh... And I got a free gift. ;D
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Was it a brain cell? ;D
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Was it a brain cell? ;D
No, I have one. ::) ;D
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Thats not bad, a window cleaner with a brain cell, I dont know how I've managed for so long without 8) ;)
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Let us know how u get on wednesday steve ;D
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Compared to the xtel, it is so smooth to use. The brush is brilliant. The bristles splay perfectly for getting into corners. I've never ben able to get rid of spider eggs so easily.
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clx brillant, shame about the section extender gizmos, mine play up all day and forever adjusting. needs redesigning.
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clx brillant, shame about the section extender gizmos, mine play up all day and forever adjusting. needs redesigning.
Drop me an email on alex@agardiner.co.uk with the exact details of the problem and I will look into this for you.
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clx brillant, shame about the section extender gizmos, mine play up all day and forever adjusting. needs redesigning.
Do you mean the clamps? If so, I reckon it's just a by-product of frequent opening and closing. My xtel pole was the same, but every time I needed to adjust them I had to get a screwdriver from the van. The result was that I was forever dealing with loose sections. I don't want to join the moustachioed one's fanclub, but having the ability to adjust quickly is a vast improvement on the xtel pole.
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1 other trick is to put some ptfe tape around the thread on each clamp,ive just done mine today on both my poles because i got fed up with mine having to tighten them all the time,shall see how it goes tomoz.