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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Lee Burbidge on January 04, 2014, 04:17:01 pm

Title: Modular or not, that is the question...
Post by: Lee Burbidge on January 04, 2014, 04:17:01 pm
Modular or not, that is the question...
Title: Re: Modular or not, that is the question...
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on January 04, 2014, 04:29:43 pm
There is SO much more to this as a question than just a four option poll. IMO, to respond to this correctly you would have to have had good experience with both a proper modular & a top level high reach pole like an Xtreme.
Title: Re: Modular or not, that is the question...
Post by: Lee Burbidge on January 05, 2014, 09:55:50 am
There is SO much more to this as a question than just a four option poll. IMO, to respond to this correctly you would have to have had good experience with both a proper modular & a top level high reach pole like an Xtreme.

But the questions are only establishing if you use or not? Have I missed something... I want to know how many people use a modular pole, don't use one  ;)
Title: Re: Modular or not, that is the question...
Post by: Dave Willis on January 05, 2014, 01:22:28 pm
I used to but now I don't except for gutter sucking.
Title: Re: Modular or not, that is the question...
Post by: suds window service on January 05, 2014, 09:34:02 pm
I made one from a gangster fishing pole use it occasionally really light and easy to use.
   It's a bit of a pain on domestics taking the sections off.
However if your cleaning something larger it's great.

Reach is 30ft
Weight approx 1kg with super lite brush!
Title: Re: Modular or not, that is the question...
Post by: Tom White on January 05, 2014, 10:24:14 pm
   It's a bit of a pain on domestics taking the sections off.

Wrap some electrician's tape around where the poles join each other to create a 'stop'.  It stops one section sliding too far into the next one so you don't end up having to wrestle them apart.
Title: Re: Modular or not, that is the question...
Post by: Ian101 on January 06, 2014, 12:03:40 am
Never used a modular but have used extreme47 with an extension and at this height i dont think i would want to be messing about adding modular sections.
Title: Re: Modular or not, that is the question...
Post by: Nathanael Jones on January 06, 2014, 01:55:20 pm
Modular has advantages above 45' - - the SL2 is still lighter than even the Xtreme poles & you notice it at height.

That said, modular is slower in most cases, so unless a job is particularly well suited to it, I'd always use telescopic poles for lower work.