Ive made that mistake before buy a flat tank and its so much harder getting the last of the water out, you can  have like 50l in the bottom you cant get to unless you park on a steep hill.

upright tank is the answer

Bought a flat tank because I thought it would be a better shape for ratchet strapping it in, I say flat tank, the one I went with is more like a cube, so water level should still be ok towards end of the day. It’s the water sloshing that is a pain.

Quote from: colin bird on January 06, 2026, 07:55:02 pm

I’ve had four pure freedom 40 inch ro van mounted systems over 17 years never had any problems ,but I think there more expensive now than they used to be due to the business take over a couple of years ago

Ive found its better for me to just get one system fitted into a new van and keep it well maintained for 10-15 years before getting a new van and system.

I only use my van for work though. If it was my only vehicle I'd be changing it more frequently most probably.

I used to change my van every four years so would sell them with system fitted,I factored in the sale price of the van  the price to ncude the system I always got a good price for van and system as the van was low mileage.
My current van is six years old in march with same system since new,this sadly will be my last van as I’m 67 in a couple of years will then go very part time if health allows until I’m 70 and will subsidise my income with my pension. And government pensionim not looking forward to retiring as I feel work is good for you in many ways

Ive made that mistake before buy a flat tank and its so much harder getting the last of the water out, you can  have like 50l in the bottom you cant get to unless you park on a steep hill.

upright tank is the answer

Quote from: Klean07 on January 07, 2026, 08:30:47 am

Quote from: dazmond on January 06, 2026, 07:15:58 pm

Professional fit every time esp if you want a diesel hot system. Get it fitted into a brand new van if you plan on window cleaning for many years to come.

Nothing worse than messing about every few years switching systems from van to van.

I've had this van 16 years Daz but as I'm scaling down to doing less as I'm now only part time so for a start I don't need a 500 litre system a 350 will be fine I also want a nicer more up to date van etc which I'm hoping when I retire fully in around 3 years time I'll be able to sell for a decent price.

16yrs,thats impressive, what van have you  got?

Citroen Dispatch 11 plate mate. Should have read van is 15 years old I've owned for 11 years.

That's impressive too, what's your van?

Hyundai iload.