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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JSMC on February 28, 2014, 12:42:58 pm

Title: brodex poles
Post by: JSMC on February 28, 2014, 12:42:58 pm

talking to a guy other day who had one of these n it seemed  ok to me. Used to hear loads of bad stories on here about them. Any of you guys use them ?

Title: Re: brodex poles
Post by: Avo on February 28, 2014, 06:06:31 pm

We have one the lad who works for me uses it and he don't complain

Title: Re: brodex poles
Post by: redstarwindowcleaners on February 28, 2014, 06:15:53 pm

Have had a couple of small bride poles cheap and cheerful
done the job
pretty robust

Title: Re: brodex poles
Post by: MisterC on February 28, 2014, 08:13:59 pm

I have two Brodex composite poles, they are heavy and the clamps
Are crap, difficult to get the tension correct. I am relatively new to
This so I guess they have given me a start in the business. Spent a
A bit of time with a guy who had been in the business for 8 years to get
Some advice and he recommended the gardiner poles, I guess you get what
you pay for.

Title: Re: brodex poles
Post by: SeanK on February 28, 2014, 08:14:41 pm

I have an alloy 25ft I only use it with a gutter spike to loosen up dirt when vacuuming gutters.
Very heavy pole wouldn't want to be using it all day every day.

Title: Re: brodex poles
Post by: PoleKing on February 28, 2014, 08:32:27 pm

They're not that bad.
I used an 18' ali for ages as i didn't like the fibreglass ones and carbon was relatively new.
IMO, below say 25ft there's not a lot in it, though carbon is clearly much nicer.
My BIL has a 30ft brodex ali and it pretty much bends like a rainbow .

Title: Re: brodex poles
Post by: rosskesava on March 01, 2014, 12:46:25 am

I used one a few years ago, did my neck in for months.

I wanted to throw it away but I was scared that anyone picking it up for scrap would do their back in.