Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Blue Frog Systems on August 29, 2012, 04:08:36 pm
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At my local wfp supplier today and got a look at ungers new offerings while i was there.
They had one pole on show which was the unger n-tech hybrid 22ft which i will compare to the clx 22 as they are the same market and both
POLE ACTUAL CLOSED WEIGHT SECTIONS PRICE
N-Tech 22 6.63m 6ft 1700g 4 £199 +vat
CLX22 6.37m 4'9ft 1350g 5 £117 +vat
Well the N-tech pole feels as heavy as it says and the height is without an angle adaptor or brush. The clamps are twice the size of the clx too and quite difficult to operate as you have to reach round the back to release the clamp enough. The pole did have a butt end stopper which i liked and was nicely shaped too.
I had high hopes for this pole from unger... dissapointed. I will say i have only just looked at the specs a few mins before posting, so what im typing is what i thought when i was at the shop.
The brushes arent anything to rave about either. They had a rectangular brush and a sill brush from the n-tech range in stock. Now i do like how you can change between fans or pencils (in the 6 different slots).
The first brush was a rectangular dual trim brush. I had a vikan oval mono to compare it too at hand and it didnt feel much lighter at all (and we know how heavy they are). Also the brush is missing bristles in the middle of the brush .... there just arent any there which is really odd.
The sill brush felt the same weight as the vikan oval mono and was a dual trim aswell. this had bristles all across unlike the rectangular brush, but the odd thing about this brush was that in the middle of the brush amongst the smaller bristles it had a full size row of bristles the same as the longer outer ones.
This was Ungers chance to do something, but i feel like they got to this point and gave up. We all know that weight saving plays a massive part in how much work you can do and the more weight the more risk of an injury (have injured myself with alloy equipment).
I think there are some great ideas amongst these, but they dont make the pole great
Verdict - Let Down
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horrible looking.
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cleaning warehouse eh m8
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yes carl.... joe & andy are top guys
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yes carl.... joe & andy are top guys
to be honest m8 and i know off topic.
i think they are a pair of f***ing jokers , and i hate going in there. >:(
i only go in if im absolutley desperate.