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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: sparklebright on October 08, 2009, 08:47:28 pm

Title: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: sparklebright on October 08, 2009, 08:47:28 pm: A number of people have spoken about adapting these to wfp

How have people got on with them?

Are they sturdy enough?

Comments would be appreciated.
Thanks
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: kenaltobelli on October 08, 2009, 08:52:06 pm: tosh likes them ask him but dont say do they look cheap ;D
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: ftp on October 08, 2009, 09:23:16 pm: I used them for my first year - most are fragile and rather bendy. Good for two storey work. Easy to leave a section behind. The expensive ones are good for very high levels but still very fragile. Cheap ones are not normally carbon.
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: matt on October 08, 2009, 10:16:20 pm: mine is slightly over 2 years old now ;D ;D

i think it might have been last week it hit its 2nd birthday ;)

20 odd quid for a really really lightweight pole thats lasted 2 years ( despite being not up to the job as some said at the time )

yes you cannot throw them around or run over them in the van, but i do not handle mine with cotton gloves, 2 years speaks for itself

value for money, hell yes
ease of use, tick that box aswell
lightness, deffo

give it a whirl, you only have 20 odd quid to waste
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: EZclean on October 09, 2009, 12:48:25 am: dont stand on the section like i did last week.

anyone got a no7 section for a RT Gangster? :'(

cheshire fishing want £25 + post @ 6.50

new one is 59.99 ???
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: Jeff Brimble on October 09, 2009, 05:53:39 am: If your at the show I think I got one. :)07970727624
Sparkle bright I have a 4 year old Map F16 and a new Map M16 from Cheshire Fishing, which I reccomend as being strong enough, also at the show.
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on October 09, 2009, 07:21:54 am: i have a set of maver resolution/grim reapers....(over a hundred feet worth) alex gardiners prototypes which he strengthened.......the bees knees ;)
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: Jeff Brimble on October 09, 2009, 07:23:16 am: Can you still buy them Scrim ?
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on October 09, 2009, 08:02:53 am: yep....they are still sold on fleabay etc... even cheshire fishing sells them....but they aint half pricey on there...i got a replacement section on fleabay for 12 quid a couple of months back when my top section broke ;)
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on October 09, 2009, 08:05:30 am: here is one that is ending soon.....if you can get it for less than 400 then its a winner ;)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maver-N15-14-5m-pole-spares_W0QQitemZ110440095261QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_SportingGoods_FishingAcces_RL?hash=item19b6be1e1d&_trksid=p3913.c0.m22#ht_525wt_928

remember all you will need to do is buy more base sections and you have a pole you can take up to just about any height you can get away with (speak to jeff about getting them up to 100 feet) ;)
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: matt on October 09, 2009, 12:44:36 pm: Quote from: scrimman on October 09, 2009, 08:05:30 am
here is one that is ending soon.....if you can get it for less than 400 then its a winner ;)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maver-N15-14-5m-pole-spares_W0QQitemZ110440095261QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_SportingGoods_FishingAcces_RL?hash=item19b6be1e1d&_trksid=p3913.c0.m22#ht_525wt_928

remember all you will need to do is buy more base sections and you have a pole you can take up to just about any height you can get away with (speak to jeff about getting them up to 100 feet) ;)

it went for 310 quid
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on October 09, 2009, 01:32:56 pm: thats a bargain ;)
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: s.hughes on October 09, 2009, 02:12:22 pm: I wouldnt go the fishing pole way as mine snapped straight away.
So I paid out £700 for the supermax 45ft. Its so light and easy to use. Ok, it cost loads and I put it on a 13month interst free card as its the most expensive thing I have bought for w/c other than the car.
I was gutted I had to pay so much but its so nice to use and I enjoy the job so much more when using it.
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on October 09, 2009, 02:30:35 pm: Quote from: Steve H on October 09, 2009, 02:12:22 pm
I wouldnt go the fishing pole way as mine snapped straight away.
So I paid out £700 for the supermax 45ft. Its so light and easy to use. Ok, it cost loads and I put it on a 13month interst free card as its the most expensive thing I have bought for w/c other than the car.
I was gutted I had to pay so much but its so nice to use and I enjoy the job so much more when using it.

i have had my maver poles now for nearly 3 years without any problems except for snapping the top section (my fault) anyways alex had inserted some kind of plastic ball shaped thing in the base of each section and it is as strong as his gardiners superlites (sounds like a brand of ciggys) ;D

if i was looking for another set of modulars i would have gladly paid that 300 quid, no worries at all.
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: sparklebright on October 09, 2009, 04:42:12 pm: Thanks for that.
Anyone else
Title: Re: Carbon fibre fishing poles
Post by: AuRavelling79 on October 09, 2009, 05:51:20 pm: Opinion is divided on the matter.

We all think fishing poles have there place in window cleaning. Ewan doesn't! ;D

Seriously though I have used carbon fibre fishing poles on domestics and various telescopics. For me the carbon fibre fishing pole was the second best option out of four poles.