Looks like he’s using the purple pole hose like me! Flexi-5 all the way!

Looks great & a much more realistic price.

I’d be interested to hear what others think, especially Spruce.

I got a bit bored watching this tbh. Sorry Dave, but you need to present this video in a more professional manner if you want to make a sales commission from each unit someone buys with your link/code.

A Thermo Top C 5.2kw heater could only warm my test bench heater from a cold water temperature of 8 degrees to 35 degrees. Those V jet nozzles are tiny, so the heater was definitely not heating a high water flow rate IMHO, hence the reason why he managed to keep the heat up. A brush with 2mm jets will change things a bit heat wise.

What he never touched on was what provision was made to stop the heater switching off and back on again (cycling) once the internal coolant temperature reached its maximum temperature.

The new 5kw diesel heater is the Thermo Top Evo which replaces the Thermo Top C. However, the Chinese are making a copy of the Thermo Top C and selling it as brand new.
The same factory is selling 9kw Webasto Thermo 90s and ST. Webasto have discontinued this model and replaced it with Thermo Pro 90.

For all I know, it could be the same factory making current Webasto diesel heaters sold under the Webasto name in Europe at Webasto high prices.

Hot water definitely allows me to work faster, and makes my day much more enjoyable. 

Supple hoses, less tangles, birds mess and green facias are a doddle to clean.

I agree it can be a decent amount of outlay, but I’d happily purchase another heater when I have to replace mine.

My grippatank heater is currently 6 years old and still going strong.

Quote from: SB Cleaning on April 28, 2025, 06:57:20 pm

Only 5kw it won't get that hot.

Genuine question... how hot does it need to get then?

I still struggle with being convinced hot water is faster on routine maintenance cleans. Were all creatures of habit and work to our own default speed, it would be  hard to break that habit after all these years. 1st cleans and facias, yeah, i can get that but as an established wc who rarely does facias these days and lets face it, not all 1st cleans are that dirty, plus an additional £25 a week plus initial outlay to recoup....   Squeaky says it will pay for itself over winter yet there seems to be an increasing number of hot water users on here who wont go out when its freezing!!! why is that? Genuine question again, are they scared of breaking a window given temperature extremes of water against freezing glass? Seems bizarre that they don't when this is a perfect opportunity to work when us cold water boys cant. Im definitely not  knocking hot water users and at this price for the heater itself then it certainly starts to warrant a further look, but im still yet to see a convincing argument for it.

Also, whilst i have a lot of time for Squeaky, telling viewers he gets a commission on sales for it through his link sort of nullifies his impartiality.

My opinion is it’d be nice having hot water, but it won’t make you any more money, it’ll only reduce your profit. The cost to buy it and then run it is going to cost more than any benefits.

There is no way it’s going to make you more money as you’re still cleaning the same amount of windows each day.

Anyway, I can’t be bothered to watch the whole video, does it recirculate through the tank? Does it have a frost stat to stop water freezing overnight?

Quote from: windowswashed on April 28, 2025, 06:35:10 pm

Wish some supplier would make 10mm outer diameter with 8mm inner diameter flexible pole hose  and not the two layer minibore hose stuff which is to stiff at times and too heavy compared to Rhino tube. which I can only get as 8/,6mm which is too small.

Why is it to small ? Ime guessing  you are using 2 mm jets ? You  can only push so much water through them you don’t need an 8 mm supply for 2-3 mm jets

It's far too small for Reach-it brushes, the more flow the quicker the clean, stands to reason