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Title: fan jets save water?
Post by: drakestar! on November 13, 2007, 03:38:31 pm: been using both on different brushes & when using fan jets i found that i need less pressure, so less water. when i use pencil jets i need to turn may varistream up. has anyone found the same as me?
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: john tomkins on November 13, 2007, 03:55:38 pm: No, I need to turn up the flow to get the fan jets to work correctly, so I find pencils better for me.
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: need a cleaner on November 13, 2007, 04:01:17 pm: Quote from: john tomkins on November 13, 2007, 03:55:38 pm
No, I need to turn up the flow to get the fan jets to work correctly, so I find pencils better for me.

Same here
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: Pole2pole on November 13, 2007, 04:11:53 pm: I hate pencil, don't mind fans, but just adore er "Gardiners" needle jets. Am i allowed to say that? Oh well, i'm sure Alex 'n' Kirsty will turn a blind eye ;)
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: john tomkins on November 13, 2007, 04:27:35 pm: Quote from: Dino on November 13, 2007, 04:11:53 pm
I hate pencil, don't mind fans, but just adore er "Gardiners" needle jets. Am i allowed to say that? Oh well, i'm sure Alen 'n' Kirsty will turn a blind eye ;)

I'm sure he won't if you call him Alen ;D
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: gsw on November 13, 2007, 04:29:21 pm: Quote from: john tomkins on November 13, 2007, 03:55:38 pm
No, I need to turn up the flow to get the fan jets to work correctly, so I find pencils better for me.

did you buy the low pressure fan jets ...there are 2 types low and high... i have no problem with the low pressure ones.
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: john tomkins on November 13, 2007, 04:45:53 pm: Quote from: gsw on November 13, 2007, 04:29:21 pm
Quote from: john tomkins on November 13, 2007, 03:55:38 pm
No, I need to turn up the flow to get the fan jets to work correctly, so I find pencils better for me.

did you buy the low pressure fan jets ...there are 2 types low and high... i have no problem with the low pressure ones.
Yep the cleantech ones, very poor spray pattern when used with the same setting as the pencil ones, need to turn the dial on varistream higher
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: Pole2pole on November 13, 2007, 04:49:23 pm: Quote from: john tomkins on November 13, 2007, 04:27:35 pm
Quote from: Dino on November 13, 2007, 04:11:53 pm
I hate pencil, don't mind fans, but just adore er "Gardiners" needle jets. Am i allowed to say that? Oh well, i'm sure Alen 'n' Kirsty will turn a blind eye ;)

I'm sure he won't if you call him Alen ;D
I don't know quite what you're talkin about John, i'm sure ;) ;D
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: trevor perry on November 13, 2007, 05:00:06 pm: i was about to order some new brushes from gardners is he selling these needle jets yet or is someone having a wind up
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: Pole2pole on November 13, 2007, 05:44:47 pm: I'm pretty sure Gardiners sell needles as standard trevor. Maybe Alex can clear that up for you
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: Alex Gardiner on November 13, 2007, 05:47:57 pm: All of our brushes come with standard jets on them. These are basically brass fittings that have a 2 mm diameter jet hole which the water squirts out of. Some people call these pencil jets, others call them needle jets. The main difference between our jets and many others is that ours are best. :)

and also the jet hole is the most balanced size for the majority of users.
Title: Re: fan jets save water?
Post by: Pole2pole on November 13, 2007, 06:19:10 pm: I thought pencil was the droopy arc shaped jet,whereas your "needles" as i call them seem to be more er direct and powerful. IMHO :)