Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: billozz on January 04, 2007, 11:11:01 pm
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we have recently bought a couple of the above to replace poles that we bought from gardiner( ithink they were elite) the problem is our old poles had gardiners aluminium goosneck attached, to buy a gooseneck from brodex was about £80 so we didnt. it is amazing how much difference to the length of the pole the gooseneck makes, has anyone attached one of gardiners goosnecks to any other pole, if so how, or does anyone have any other ideas that might help
thanks
Bill
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If you really like a gooseneck then get the brodex trident or brodex trident adjustable gooseneck- lifetime guarantee, very light and strong.
expensive but then the best stuff is.
How do you like the Predator pole?
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Hi Bill,
We now have released our latest design, the G-Fit range. They are lightweight (130gm) aluminium goosenecks, which will simply screw on to any standard pole fitted with an end screw and then you can simply screw in any brush. We have designed this to offer full, quick interchangibility with all pole systems.
At just £25 they are also good value.
Alex
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If you really like a gooseneck then get the brodex trident or brodex trident adjustable gooseneck- lifetime guarantee, very light and strong.
expensive but then the best stuff is.
How do you like the Predator pole?
we thought that their gooseneck was way too expensive to be honest and would nt pay what they wanted, like i said we have been using the gardiner one for 12 months and it is still perfectly ok if we could get it to fit onto the pole we have now it cost about £22 if i remember right. have to say first impressions of the pole is that it is an improvement on the other one, it is lighter, there is more adjustment on the clamp, and it came with a vikan sill brush which i like very much. have only had them about a month or so, so we will see how they go
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Hi Bill,
We now have released our latest design, the G-Fit range. They are lightweight (130gm) aluminium goosenecks, which will simply screw on to any standard pole fitted with an end screw and then you can simply screw in any brush. We have designed this to offer full, quick interchangibility with all pole systems.
At just £25 they are also good value.
Alex
alex so those goosenecks will fit the predator pole and take the vikan sill brush, if its that simple it might solve our problem in the difference in height that we have noticed
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I have a Predator (which I think is the dogs b******s) but as far as I can make out there is no thread on the end of the top section. The plastic crank is a very tight push fit into a socket in the end of the pole. To fit a "foreign" gooseneck I think it would be necessary to have an insert which fits into the top of the pole, and into the end of the gooseneck, with some sort of securing clamp to prevent twisting.
Any comment Alex? :)
Cheers,
Ian
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Having spoken with Sean Rimmer of Brodex in the past about the Predator poles (which we will be stocking later this month), I thought that they used the same 'dura-plastic' crank and end screw as all the rest. I may be wrong though. The plastic crank should just unscrew from the end of the pole and allow a G-Fit neck to simply screw on.
When we start selling the Predator pole it will have as standard our 'hose-through' system and choice of goosenecks and brushes.
Alex
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not beinging funny but i think brodex poles are c---p
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Hope not as ive just ordered 2 of them :'(
Bazz...
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Hope not as ive just ordered 2 of them :'(
Bazz...
hope you like trre trunks bazz
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Hope not as ive just ordered 2 of them :'(
Bazz...
hope you like three trunks bazz
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you mean tree ;)
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you mean tree ;)
yes sorry
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I had it on good advice on this forum that they are good.
Bazz...
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I had it on good advice on this forum that they are good.
Bazz...
bazz its only my opinion.if you want to email.your phone number i will give you a ring and tell you wat i think of brodex poles
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The thing is im not yet WFP ive only just ordered my system so i dont know the difference in poles.
By the way i do like your website ;D
and i used to live not that far from you..
Bazz...
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The thing is im not yet WFP ive only just ordered my system so i dont know the difference in poles.
By the way i do like your website ;D
and i used to live not that far from you..
Bazz...
and your are now in northold?
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Norfolk
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Norfolk
yes norfolk sorry.did you live in watford then
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No a town called Hoddesdon near Enfield
Bazz...
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No a town called Hoddesdon near Enfield
Bazz...
done a lot of b/cleanes in hddesdon
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Im not surprised its building up to much thats why i got out 2 years ago.
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Im not surprised its building up to much thats why i got out 2 years ago.
any way good luck whith brodex poles i dont like them. jerry
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Cheers Jerry, i hope your not right about the pole for my money sake but you live and learn.. ;D
Bazz...
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Cheers Jerry, i hope your not right about the pole for my money sake but you live and learn.. ;D
Bazz...
good luck whith wfp and welcome
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nothing wrong with them Bazz. 18ft is comfortable and light with very impressive rigidity even at full extension. Hose is excellent -robust and manageable.
Alloy base cap is solid and looks the business.
Clamps are top of the range and excellent.
After sales advice and service from Brodex is great as well.
I have tried a selection of poles over the past 18 months or so and have whittled it down through trial and error to a 18ft predator and a 48ft powerpole.
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I've recently purchased a 24ft predator - and it's the best pole i've had so far !!
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I feel better now.... Thanks guys ;D
Bazz...
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I agree with you Jon ! ;D
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for me the preditor is way to bendy at 24 maybe its ok at 18 i dont know .i like my poles stiff
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if you think the predator is too bendy, make sure you never try an extender pole! :o
or an unger!
For a fibre glass pole, the rigidity in the predator is the best I have seen so far.
If you used the 36ft powerpole (6ft x 6ft) you could make an extremely rigid 24ft pole by taking out the top 2 sections and using a collett adaptor to attach your brush head to the 3rd section. Usually, a powerpole brush head can only be connected to the 1st or 2nd section but these can be whippy with the weighty brush head attached. So you can purchase an adaptor from Powerpole which allows you to fit the brush to the 3rd or 4th section making it extremely rigid.
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ask them about warrenty i snapped a eco lite 45ft within 6 months of buying they told me it was 3 months out of warrenty.
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Hi Pdh, which section snapped?
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3rd and forth section at the base of each section had to cut each section down to repair .i think when they have been assembled the stoppers have been incorrectly placed so now on each section when fully extended i always push the section back in a little.
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apart from that, which is bad, how did you find the ecolite in terms of weight and rigidity?
I am interested in a 30 footer.
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rigidity pretty good if you dont fully extend each section the weight is ok alot lighter than using my 65ft ionics carbo pole.
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Hi Sean, I use a 25ft Ecolite and 30ft Ecolite every day, the 25ft is a dream, the 30ft is still very good but if anyone is looking at buying soon - the 35ft Ecolite Carbon is on offer at £299! ;)
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If you used the 36ft powerpole (6ft x 6ft) you could make an extremely rigid 24ft pole by taking out the top 2 sections and using a collett adaptor to attach your brush head to the 3rd section. Usually, a powerpole brush head can only be connected to the 1st or 2nd section but these can be whippy with the weighty brush head attached. So you can purchase an adaptor from Powerpole which allows you to fit the brush to the 3rd or 4th section making it extremely rigid.
My power pole does not seem whippy on the 1st section.
I use my 36ft powerpole as a 24ft pole most of the time.
I have the adapter so i can remove the top two sections but i prefer to just remove the bottom 2 sections as its a bit lighter.
Paul