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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Bungle on January 28, 2016, 07:38:47 pm
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Where did you buy from, are they much lighter than alloy, etc etc
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Modular pole sections are miles better for gutters than carbon or alloy poles. So much lighter and you can feel the gutters becoming clear.
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Modular pole sections are miles better for gutters than carbon or alloy poles. So much lighter and you can feel the gutters becoming clear.
Got a link to the modular poles Mick?
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I've got one are they lighter yeah they weigh the same as modular window cleaning pole sections,next to nothing. You need to make sure you get the plastic gulpers and other tools because the metal ones are noticabally heavier.
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Errr..what is the difference between a modular and carbon pole??
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They are the modular put together carbon poles,they are very very light but quiet fragile.
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Here's me thinking that all poles can be put together. I must have the modular alloy and modular carbon poles, but neither are fragile.
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Errr..what is the difference between a modular and carbon pole??
I have to ask the same. I'm happy with my carbon poles and hated those ali ones but what are modular? Can someoneone qualify?
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They push together like the heavy alloy ones how they all do only they are carbon.
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The accepted explanation is that Aluminium poles are swaged and need to be clamped, carbon or composite poles that are tapered, pushed together and are held by the pressure of the taper are modular.
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Errr..what is the difference between a modular and carbon pole??
I have to ask the same. I'm happy with my carbon poles and hated those ali ones but what are modular? Can someone qualify?
To answer your question what is 'Modular' - any pole that is made up of separate complete sections that are joined together in and end-to-end fashion can be referred to as modular - i.e. one 'module' joining to another 'module'
So:
Aluminum sections that are screwed or clamped together are Modular as you can use just one 'Module' or more as needed.
Carbon sections that are taper push-fit joined together are Modular as you can use just one 'Module' or more as needed.
Carbon Sections that are push-fit and then clamped together are also Modular as you can use just one 'Module' or more as needed.
A phrase that often gets used with regard to carbon fibre is the phrase 'Modulus' and this often gets confused with Modular. Modulus refers to the density of carbon fibres in any given carbon fibre cloth. There are low-modulus carbon, medium-modulus and high-modulus with many different grades making these materials up.
You will find that on the Gutter-Cleaning market there are many different carbon fibre sections available and I think all of them are 'Modular' in that you can use just one or add as many as needed. Where there is a difference though will be in the modulus or density of the carbon fibre used. As a guide - push-together and clamped carbon sections are usually in the medium-modulus range of carbon whereas thin-wall push-fit taper sections are nearly always high-modulus.
Which modulus is better for gutter cleaning - medium-modulus is more robust and resistant to knocks and damage, however they are also heavier and less rigid. High-modulus is much lighter, more rigid, but is far more prone to impact damage and wear due to their thin-wall construction.
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Can you be a bit more specific Alex?? :P
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I've got the Grippa ones. Carbon fibre clamped sections. Easy to use, light and tuff. I do mainly domestic jobs which mostly require only x3 poles joined together. (I bought x4 just in case though ;D).
They are 46mm diameter I think as they seem to be the same diameter as my Xtreme 44' section.
Good stuff, great company to deal with, like Gardiners really 👍