Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: KS Cleaning on December 17, 2025, 07:36:05 pm
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So I’m in the process of buying equipment to kit out my van. Sold my current van as a complete window cleaning van with all equipment included so starting from scratch. My last electric reel was the 3D PowerUp. Is the Reelmaster worth the extra money? Also would the swivel base have any benefits? Seems a bit pricey at over £200
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My reelmaster is over 7 years old now,ive never even had to replace a fuse. Its worked smoothly day in/day out all these years...never oiled the chain or replaced the switch.
I don't use the swivel. Mine was around £650 back in 2018. I think they are closer to a grand now.
Personally I think they are well worth the money. I bet i get at least another 7 years out of mine!
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Had mine a year and love it, don't have a swivel, and don't feel I need one.
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Can see the advantages of the swivel if you have a tail lift, but probably no benefit if you have barn doors?
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My reelmaster is over 7 years old now,ive never even had to replace a fuse. Its worked smoothly day in/day out all these years...never oiled the chain or replaced the switch.
I don't use the swivel. Mine was around £650 back in 2018. I think they are closer to a grand now.
Personally I think they are well worth the money. I bet i get at least another 7 years out of mine!
Aye stainless steel is about £1200 now, just shy of £1000 for powder coated steel.
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Yeah, I've got barn doors, but havnt had any problems. Don't be tempted to go for the new cheaper version without snag built in, terrible idea, you'll end up breaking customers garden ornaments or damaging something.
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We have the pure freedom stainless steel twin stack reel masters they are ok very robust don’t have a swivel plate as the hoses go through the floor of the van
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Purefreedom Reelmaster in powder coated steel ordered👍🏻
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Purefreedom Reelmaster in powder coated steel ordered👍🏻
I would have waited till Boxing day, may get 10% off.
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Purefreedom Reelmaster in powder coated steel ordered👍🏻
I would have waited till Boxing day, may get 10% off.
Black Friday would have been better but hadn’t decided on changing van at that point😩
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Bought one of the SS electric reel with 6mm hotwater hose. You get 10% off with your first order. I now have 2 Grippa reels and one PF reel as one of my Grippa electric reels has stopped working. Will work out what is wrong with it during the break when I have some spare time. Thanks for recommending this reel.
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Bought one of the SS electric reel with 6mm hotwater hose. You get 10% off with your first order. I now have 2 Grippa reels and one PF reel as one of my Grippa electric reels has stopped working. Will work out what is wrong with it during the break when I have some spare time. Thanks for recommending this reel.
You only need one reel if you work on your own. Why have you got 3?
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Bought one of the SS electric reel with 6mm hotwater hose. You get 10% off with your first order. I now have 2 Grippa reels and one PF reel as one of my Grippa electric reels has stopped working. Will work out what is wrong with it during the break when I have some spare time. Thanks for recommending this reel.
You only need one reel if you work on your own. Why have you got 3?
He likes to have plenty of spares and he will need them with those Grippatank reels 😂😂😂
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Bought one of the SS electric reel with 6mm hotwater hose. You get 10% off with your first order. I now have 2 Grippa reels and one PF reel as one of my Grippa electric reels has stopped working. Will work out what is wrong with it during the break when I have some spare time. Thanks for recommending this reel.
You only need one reel if you work on your own. Why have you got 3?
I have a 2 man system and one reel has stopped working so when the PF one arrives I will swap it over. Then I will have the Grippa one as a spare. Want to spend money on the last of the equipment I may need in the future. My mortgage will come to an and in March so everything is working out as I thought it would.
I have 4 areas that I am constantly picking up new work without trying. One area, the old guy has walked away and concentrated on painting houses. The other area the guy has became ill and won't be coming back so the customers are telling me. The new estate, I'm well in with the sales women and pop in every week. The last one is a complex where I have half and so does an old guy who has now told them he won't be coming back again so every month someone moves over to me.
Sometimes in life, serendipity appears and our business grows exponentially without trying. I don't want to be left wanting for anything, so I'm stocking up on spares. It means if a pump or a reel goes down then I don't need to hang about waiting and can change immediately learnt that from the Fire Brigade.
My mechanic mate has a big garage with plenty of wasted space. He has one ramp and I got talking to him 6 months ago. I told him, if I owned the garage then I would have a clearout and put another two ramps in along the back wall. Because he spends most of his time waiting on parts arriving when he could be working on another vehicle. Last weekend we were all down helping him clear the place because that's what he is now doing.
So if you have a full book and don't want to be waiting for parts then stock up and you won't need to because reliability seems to be what most customers are looking for. fwiw
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1200 quid for a reel is ridiculous, they were expensive enough at £450 quid when they first came out.......
I wouldnt pay that, if mine packs in i think i would go back to making my own, i wouldnt mind but its only a motor and chain slapped on a reel.
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1200 quid for a reel is ridiculous, they were expensive enough at £450 quid when they first came out.......
I wouldnt pay that, if mine packs in i think i would go back to making my own, i wouldnt mind but its only a motor and chain slapped on a reel.
When the money is coming in then I want to keep it coming in and avoid breakdowns. It makes my work alot easier and I would have to pay tax on £1200 if I keep it. If it lasts for a decade then its money well spent. Will give an update, it arrives today.
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1200 quid for a reel is ridiculous, they were expensive enough at £450 quid when they first came out.......
I wouldnt pay that, if mine packs in i think i would go back to making my own, i wouldnt mind but its only a motor and chain slapped on a reel.
When the money is coming in then I want to keep it coming in and avoid breakdowns. It makes my work alot easier and I would have to pay tax on £1200 if I keep it. If it lasts for a decade then its money well spent. Will give an update, it arrives today.
I will cancel my plans and wait for your unboxing. Maybe a video?
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Reel arrived and mightily impressed. Looks, well built and will last a long time. All I need to do is put it together and fit it into the van. Will give an update when I begin using it. One thing I have found out in this game is that you have got to buy the best because everything takes a daily pounding.
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I wonder if the reel master will continue to be as good now that they have been bought over by WCW?
I was disappointed with my last pure freedom order when they sent me a different product to what the website showed. A previous hose that I always used and like from pure freedom, was then changed to bog standard window cleaning warehouse hose.
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I wonder if the reel master will continue to be as good now that they have been bought over by WCW?
I was disappointed with my last pure freedom order when they sent me a different product to what the website showed. A previous hose that I always used and like from pure freedom, was then changed to bog standard window cleaning warehouse hose.
The reels are still manufactured by Adepta Engineering in Grimsby so I don’t see any reason why the quality will be compromised.
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Reel arrived and mightily impressed. Looks, well built and will last a long time. All I need to do is put it together and fit it into the van. Will give an update when I begin using it. One thing I have found out in this game is that you have got to buy the best because everything takes a daily pounding.
One thing ive found in this game is window cleaners are a sucker for marketing, from £1200 hose reels to 5k for a tank with 2 pumps stuck on called a "system" to gutter vacs that are a rebranded £500 generic machine with "gutter sucker" wrote on it for £1500 :D the list goes on.
Only thing taking a pounding is your wallet.
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Reel arrived and mightily impressed. Looks, well built and will last a long time. All I need to do is put it together and fit it into the van. Will give an update when I begin using it. One thing I have found out in this game is that you have got to buy the best because everything takes a daily pounding.
One thing ive found in this game is window cleaners are a sucker for marketing, from £1200 hose reels to 5k for a tank with 2 pumps stuck on called a "system" to gutter vacs that are a rebranded £500 generic machine with "gutter sucker" wrote on it for £1500 :D the list goes on.
Only thing taking a pounding is your wallet.
If you are making £300 to £400 a day then it makes sense to put it into equipment that makes life easier. At the end of financial year you will pay 30% tax anyway so it makes sense to run with the best. One thing I have found in this game, you only get what you put in. I was out yesterday and today cleaning and the tips kept coming as I chatted away to my customers. Will probably order another PF reel in the future because they are so good. Remember, equipment costs are only heading one way.
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Reel arrived and mightily impressed. Looks, well built and will last a long time. All I need to do is put it together and fit it into the van. Will give an update when I begin using it. One thing I have found out in this game is that you have got to buy the best because everything takes a daily pounding.
One thing ive found in this game is window cleaners are a sucker for marketing, from £1200 hose reels to 5k for a tank with 2 pumps stuck on called a "system" to gutter vacs that are a rebranded £500 generic machine with "gutter sucker" wrote on it for £1500 :D the list goes on.
Only thing taking a pounding is your wallet.
If you are making £300 to £400 a day then it makes sense to put it into equipment that makes life easier. At the end of financial year you will pay 30% tax anyway so it makes sense to run with the best. One thing I have found in this game, you only get what you put in. I was out yesterday and today cleaning and the tips kept coming as I chatted away to my customers. Will probably order another PF reel in the future because they are so good. Remember, equipment costs are only heading one way.
You were out cleaning residential on Boxing Day?
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Reel arrived and mightily impressed. Looks, well built and will last a long time. All I need to do is put it together and fit it into the van. Will give an update when I begin using it. One thing I have found out in this game is that you have got to buy the best because everything takes a daily pounding.
One thing ive found in this game is window cleaners are a sucker for marketing, from £1200 hose reels to 5k for a tank with 2 pumps stuck on called a "system" to gutter vacs that are a rebranded £500 generic machine with "gutter sucker" wrote on it for £1500 :D the list goes on.
Only thing taking a pounding is your wallet.
If you are making £300 to £400 a day then it makes sense to put it into equipment that makes life easier. At the end of financial year you will pay 30% tax anyway so it makes sense to run with the best. One thing I have found in this game, you only get what you put in. I was out yesterday and today cleaning and the tips kept coming as I chatted away to my customers. Will probably order another PF reel in the future because they are so good. Remember, equipment costs are only heading one way.
You were out cleaning residential on Boxing Day?
Completely believable, I also did a few. Scored a monkey, mostly cash that I overtrousered. Chatted to lots of customers about my mate who invented the hot water 5 man system that I use as a 1 man with 3 spare platinum electric reels, just in case the other 4 break.
I don’t care what you think I’m off to the pub with my mate Walter Mitty.
Cheers.
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Why not just work christmas day and have done with it scottish, you could get a gold plated reel then ;D
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Why not just work christmas day and have done with it scottish, you could get a gold plated reel then ;D
I think I'm getting Americanised. I always do a clean last Friday and Saturday of the month next to big shopping centre. So it was hard for me to fit them in so I just went out and did them. Folk were happy to see me and I could go to the sales at the shopping centre after the 12 cleans. We owned a hotel and used to work 365 days a year so working is a way of life to me.
However, the best-known theory states that Boxing Day is named after the practice of wealthy aristocrats giving boxes and gifts to their servants one day after Christmas. Traditionally, servants would work on Christmas Day but were given the next day off to spend with their families.
I don't have any servants so Boxing day doesn't make any sense to me.🤔
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Is there a way to switch off power to the digital display or does it stay on all the time?
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Is there a way to switch off power to the digital display or does it stay on all the time?
Of course you can turn it off but obviously the reel won't work if it's turned off!🙂
It works just like any other digital display just hold the right hand button down until it turns off.
I turn mine on in the morning and put it on battery display and turn it off after my last job. I run mine on 99 all day.👍
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Is there a way to switch off power to the digital display or does it stay on all the time?
Of course you can turn it off but obviously the reel won't work if it's turned off!🙂
It works just like any other digital display just hold the right hand button down until it turns off.
I turn mine on in the morning and put it on battery display and turn it off after my last job. I run mine on 99 all day.👍
Yes I was aware the reel wouldn’t work if it was switched off, but when I connected it up to the battery the digital display was on and I couldn’t get it off. My other controller for the pump has an individual power switch, this one doesn’t and it didn’t come with any instructions.