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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: wire1078 on May 09, 2013, 06:48:15 pm

Title: Left and Right Gardiner clamp.
Post by: wire1078 on May 09, 2013, 06:48:15 pm

was speaking to a fellow window who recently purchased a Gardiner pole.  I asked him his review on the pole and he said, with him being left handed he found that he was reaching round a little to close the clamps and he made a suggestion for left sided clamps. Has anyone else found this an issue ?

Title: Re: Left and Right Gardiner clamp.
Post by: Slash on May 09, 2013, 07:21:05 pm

You can take the clamp mechanism out and reverse it the other way.

Title: Re: Left and Right Gardiner clamp.
Post by: DaveG on May 09, 2013, 07:53:27 pm

Tell him to turn the pole upside down and put the brush on the thick end  ;)

Title: Re: Left and Right Gardiner clamp.
Post by: elite mike on May 09, 2013, 08:47:24 pm

Quote from: DaveG on May 09, 2013, 07:53:27 pm

Tell him to turn the pole upside down and put the brush on the thick end  ;)

lmao  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Left and Right Gardiner clamp.
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on May 09, 2013, 08:57:39 pm

Quote from: DaveG on May 09, 2013, 07:53:27 pm

Tell him to turn the pole upside down and put the brush on the thick end  ;)

 ;D... Or stand on the window cill and use it backwards!? maybe?

Title: Re: Left and Right Gardiner clamp.
Post by: Spruce on May 09, 2013, 10:07:00 pm

Quote from: Slash on May 09, 2013, 07:21:05 pm

You can take the clamp mechanism out and reverse it the other way.

No you can't.

It doesn't matter whether you are left or right handed, you will always open and close the clamps with your 'wrong' hand. This is dicated by the side of your body you operate the pole from.

I'm right handed so the pole is always to my right side meaning that I will open and close the clamps with my left hand.

My son is left handed and he uses the pole on his left side, so he used his right hand to operate the clamps.

It will work the same with the Facelift pole. A left handed person will almost always operate the clamps with his 'wrong' hand.

Title: Re: Left and Right Gardiner clamp.
Post by: MATT BATEMAN (OWC) on May 09, 2013, 10:17:15 pm

Alex is going to love you guys.

 ;D

Title: Re: Left and Right Gardiner clamp.
Post by: wire1078 on May 10, 2013, 04:14:58 pm

Thanks for the constructive feedback guys.

Title: Re: Left and Right Gardiner clamp.
Post by: Slash on May 10, 2013, 05:54:59 pm

Quote from: Spruce on May 09, 2013, 10:07:00 pm

Quote from: Slash on May 09, 2013, 07:21:05 pm

You can take the clamp mechanism out and reverse it the other way.

No you can't.

It doesn't matter whether you are left or right handed, you will always open and close the clamps with your 'wrong' hand. This is dicated by the side of your body you operate the pole from.

I'm right handed so the pole is always to my right side meaning that I will open and close the clamps with my left hand.

My son is left handed and he uses the pole on his left side, so he used his right hand to operate the clamps.

It will work the same with the Facelift pole. A left handed person will almost always operate the clamps with his 'wrong' hand.
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You are right as I just tried it,sorry I thought you could as I can on my Elite pole