Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Corri on August 05, 2014, 10:16:27 pm
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Hi can any one recommend the best poles to use ? Also any advice on big poles 70 feet plus
Many thanks
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For domestic round and in order to cover almost anything you may come across on such a round, you can't go far wrong with a 25' SLX from Gardiners. If your feeling flush and you have a decent size round, be kinder to your body and indulge yourself with a 25'Xtreme, more rigid and lighter than an SLX. ( some may feel an Xtreme is a waste of dosh on a domestic round, I don't. Each to their own).
As regards 70' +, I'll leave that for the likes of Poleking master. I don't go that high up. ;D
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Lol Stercos.
Corri: depends.
Are you desperate for your own pole?
Have you got enough work to justify about £3,000 pole?
(No offence but...) Are you strong enough to use one?
And the kicker...do you want to?
At the moment, the best pole is the Ionic Swift+ 80'.
It is heavier than competitors. But it is the best to work with.
But. It is long, very long-collapsed. It goes in a LWB master or sprinter type van.
But not a vivaro.
If you've paid £3k for a pole, would you want to stick it on the roof?
I used to. But always felt vulnerable. So got rid.
I've now got Gardiners Extreme 47' and 6HS extensions to bring it to 77'-longer than the Swift+.
You can't, safely, add more than 6 extensions. I tried. IMO, can't be done safely. Well, I wasn't confident anyway.
But, I only use it at stretch a couple of times a month. Usually I use my 18' & 30' SLX's.
The reason I've got the extreme despite it being not as good, IMO, is that it fitted IN my van. (Rather than ON)
The trade off was that I felt safer.
Do YOU need to work that high?
Could you sub the high stuff and go as high as you go?
I believe in relationships. Find someone you can work with. Let them train you up, if that's the route you'd like to take. Or, just let them do the hard stuff.
Also, I'm in my 30's but wouldn't want to be cleaning at height in my 50's.
This game will ruin shoulders in time IMO. The lower we keep, the longer we'll be working...I think.
I've replied as if you're cleaning lower and looking to reach higher, apologies if you're already cleaning at height but looking for a better pole.
All that said, you never know, there could be an ultralight ultra rigid pole just around the corner.
Where are you? You're welcome to have a look at mine if you want.
Or call me if you want to talk it through further.