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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Davew on December 13, 2007, 06:35:03 pm
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As there seems to be a lot of interest in the new pole Alex, do you think you will have sufficient stock for the end of January (wouldn't want to miss out). Are they produced in the uk?
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As there seems to be a lot of interest in the new pole Alex, do you think you will have sufficient stock for the end of January (wouldn't want to miss out). Are they produced in the uk?
what pole are you talking about Dave ?
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SL-X
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Alex, could you give me the exact price again so I can see if I can budget it!! Luke
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As there seems to be a lot of interest in the new pole Alex, do you think you will have sufficient stock for the end of January (wouldn't want to miss out). Are they produced in the uk?
As with anything, there will be a finite supply of them. We think we have ordered a sensible amount. If we had unlimited resources we would have ordered 2000 of them! We think we have enough to satisfy the first wave of demand. We have a second batch already ordered for eight weeks later. We have actually started to reserve them for people who definitely want one (simply send an email confirming an order for one).
They are not produced in the UK but they are produced by one of our local neighbours in Europe. If there was a factory capable of producing them in the UK we would have done so!
Alex, could you give me the exact price again so I can see if I can budget it!! Luke
£340 for the pole with hose and connector and plastic gooseneck.
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Just 1 cornetto,give it to me.
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Thanks Alex, see if i can muster something up.
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I want to be the first please,i think it`s only right lol. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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What length will that be alex & whats the weight ?
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Hi Chris
You may have missed the SL-X thread a few days ago with more details:
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=46952.0
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I think it`s 5.5ft with plastic gooseneck and brush.
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Just found my answer!
Here are some stats on the SL-X:
Size: 26ft extended with a 30ft reach, in 5 sections 5' 4" closed length
Weight: 1450 grammes
Price: £340
Launch date: End of January 2008
It is currently the stiffest telescopic pole we have tested in it's length. It has lightweight aluminium clamps which are the most compact clamps available. The sections have low drag when extending for faster, easier use. The sections have a positive stop action so that you cannot accidentally over-extend the pole, but you can still quickly and easily remove sections with a twist of the allen bolt. The pole will have the facility to have an extension section fitted giving you an extra 5ft when needed, this then will have the ability to take our Super-Lite base sections to give even greater height if required.
It uses an even tougher grade of carbon fibre weave than the Super-Lite2. It needed this to cope with the internal stresses that telescopic poles generate. As a result it is not quite as light as the S2 but it is still about half a kilo lighter than a comparable X-Tel Hybrid.
This pole has been in development now for about a year and we have been working with the prototypes for well over six months. Because of this, we are confident not only in it's strength but it's durability. Apart from the Super-Lite2, this is now the only other pole I use.
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I've just pulled mine in from my vehicle and it's 5'9" including plastic gooseneck. Hope that fits Luke!
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Yes I think it will! So can you tell us more about the hose and clamps, because I think I know what your going to do hose wise! Luke
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The hose is standard hose and could be changed to any hose you want. The clamps - you'll have to wait and see. They are very simple, very strong and lightweight.
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:( :( :( I though maybe you were going to do something special. I was actually thinking that you may have used an idea similar to jouk45 with a hoseless pole! Luke
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Engineering a new pole is hard enough! Making Joe's idea work on a 26ft pole would be nigh on impossible.
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Oh i see!!! :) :)
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Definitely looking forward to it, in fact holding off buying a Hybrid for this one. I really like the fact you can add one or two supalite sections. Just what I needed. Yay.
Alex, pweeeeeze show us a picture!!! Pretty please with sugar on top. ;D
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Yeah give us a picture!!! even if its just the corner of a section!!!! Luke
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Oh OK then
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Lovely weave Alex, just like my new wig i had made last weekend! ;)
tony
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X-ray of a Giraffe.
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Sweetness, what a tease though.
Thanks Alex, much appreciated. ;)
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How about a clamp or part of a clamp now Alex?! Luke
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or even just the bristles of the new brush?! Luke
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No and.... No :)
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I've just pulled mine in from my vehicle
you better lock your van up tonight and put it in the garage, im making the 6 hour journey to steal the pole
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Why don't you go have a look at the van now, you might be suprised to see something small missing!!!! Luke
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We have 24 hour security guards on the job with CCTV and a helicopter surveillance team circling overhead.
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But they didn't count on a small trained baby. After all that pole is so light a baby could easily carry it off. The security just thought that it was a baby playing with a big lolipop!! Luke
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Glad to see the abondonment of the 'weave' for a more rigid lightweight pole.
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Come on Luke. Ur like a kid with new toys all the time.
Do yourself a big favour (And the rest of us) and HAVE A LONGGGGGG break over the Xmas period. After all this is only window cleaning. Not rocket science or brain surgery.
So.. there is a new pole coming on the market (Give me a minute while I dance around the room wetting myself with excitement)
OK back... hmmm nothing has changed.. there's a new pole coming along soon.. oh well YAWN!!!.
I,m sure it will be a good pole and as and when I want another pole I will consider it. Good on ya Alex for the development work. I hope it makes you a nice profit line :)
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I am a kid, I'm 18!!!! jokes on you :)
ps. Give me a minute while I dance around the room wetting myself with excitement
how did you know??!!
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I know you are Luke.
I met you at the Blackpool show :(. I've never seen so much hair on a floor.. even at a hairdressers. (The hair belonged to exhibitors who had torn it out after Luke's visits to them) lol :)
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abondonment .
Do you mean abandonment or abundance?
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Im talking about the abandonment(lack of) a cosmetic outer layer.
These cosmetic outer layers tend to weaken the properties of the carbon fiber sections.
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I can't remember who you were!! :) did you meet?? Yeah back then I knew nothing about wfp!! Now I barely ask any questions compared to what I did, but knowledge is power as they say!! Luke
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Luke there is nothing wrong with the questions you ask or the amount of them.
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Im talking about the abandonment(lack of) a cosmetic outer layer.
These cosmetic outer layers tend to weaken the properties of the carbon fiber sections.
I get you!
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Luke there is nothing wrong with the questions you ask or the amount of them.
Thanks!!! They used to flow out of me, but know I have hardly anything to ask, just the odd question here and there!! Having and using wfp answers most of your questions!
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Post some more of them pics they made me lol,tangerine man.
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I get you!
You talking to me?
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I've grown to love your posts young jedi, i was hard on you to start with but i didn't know (then) you were only 17. :-*
tony
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(http://lh6.google.co.uk/rupertthehair/Rw5uAI7HDKI/AAAAAAAAAfU/PSkVb1x-57U/ginger%20head.jpg?imgmax=400)
I will be like him when I'm older, he's my idol. All I need is some hair rollers, to be able to grow a beard!! and ginger hair dye....oh and a pair of aviators! Luke
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I get you!
You talking to me?
Yes I understand what you mean now. :)
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LOL, ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I get you!
You talking to me?
Yes I understand what you mean now. :)
Good. Hopefully some of the other suppliers will get with the program and not worry so much about what a pole 'looks like' on the outside and more of the what a pole does when up in the air aproach.
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The pole also looks very sexy,i reckon it will take some beating.
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Yes, i fully expect Alex to be beating tree trunks with it. ;D