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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: BVC on May 22, 2012, 05:11:25 pm

Title: Which backpack?
Post by: BVC on May 22, 2012, 05:11:25 pm: Been about 5 years since I used them. (started with a couple of shurflos)

Need to drop a lad on a couple of jobs here and there. Just wondering what you guy would recommend.

Any new developements I might have missed? Shurflos took a right battering but the switches all needed bypassing within a couple of months and you could only pick them up with the strap..

Would appreciate your input. Stay cool and enjoy the sunshine 8).

BVC.
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: Lee GLS on May 22, 2012, 05:13:24 pm: I've got the window cleaning warehouse one which has been great, but the new gardiners one looks nice too and it's cheaper
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on May 22, 2012, 05:15:18 pm: Dora the explorer has always done me well ;)
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: keyser soze on May 22, 2012, 06:50:51 pm: lee . do the back packs last long before refilling , are they worth purchasing. do you get the same water pressure coming out the brush
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: Lee GLS on May 22, 2012, 06:53:33 pm: Quote from: andrew @ keep it clean on May 22, 2012, 06:50:51 pm
lee . do the back packs last long before refilling , are they worth purchasing. do you get the same water pressure coming out the brush

Not overly, but I only use mine for awkward access windows. The pressure is good though.
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: keyser soze on May 22, 2012, 07:00:34 pm: Quote from: Lee GLS on May 22, 2012, 06:53:33 pm
Quote from: andrew @ keep it clean on May 22, 2012, 06:50:51 pm
lee . do the back packs last long before refilling , are they worth purchasing. do you get the same water pressure coming out the brush

Not overly, but I only use mine for awkward access windows. The pressure is good though.

nice 1 bud, is a trolley a good item to have ???.
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: Lee GLS on May 22, 2012, 07:32:36 pm: Quote from: andrew @ keep it clean on May 22, 2012, 07:00:34 pm
Quote from: Lee GLS on May 22, 2012, 06:53:33 pm
Quote from: andrew @ keep it clean on May 22, 2012, 06:50:51 pm
lee . do the back packs last long before refilling , are they worth purchasing. do you get the same water pressure coming out the brush

Not overly, but I only use mine for awkward access windows. The pressure is good though.

I had a trolley before the backpack and hated it. It was hassle lifting in and out of the van, and a pain to pull around the back or terrace houses which is what I bought it for. The back pack is good and comes in handy, but you can't beat a van mount. A trolley will only hold an extra 7 litres anyway, so it's not going to get much more work done than a backpack

nice 1 bud, is a trolley a good item to have ???.
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: keyser soze on May 22, 2012, 08:17:50 pm: i v got a van system now... just wondered if these other gadgets were of any use .. you know how it is( boys and toys)
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: smearo on May 22, 2012, 08:27:25 pm: i have just brought a 16l ecomomy back pack from john hewitt on ebay good tool
good pressure under £100 only problem is no flow control so i feel water goes to quickly..... hope this helps.....
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: jk999 on May 22, 2012, 11:39:45 pm: Ive had the ones from hewitts n both the switches and pumps only tend to last about three months before your changing them
Title: Re: Which backpack?
Post by: richardlingard on May 23, 2012, 06:53:05 am: i have a van mount but have uses for backpacks all over, i find the wcw ones are the best for us, fit with a tap or aquadapter and strap it to a sack trolly with 10-20 meters of extra pole hose