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♠Winp®oClean♠

  • Posts: 4085
Re: any decent poles?
« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2011, 07:17:27 pm »
I'm hopeing for good things from the Slx 25 ive just purchased one from Gardiners, I have previously been useing the 25' xtel Hybrids up til now and they have served me pretty well

I've been using one (25ft slx) daily for 3 years! ;)

Those hybrids will make good drain rods though so don't just sling them! ;D

David Kent @ KentKleen

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Re: any decent poles?
« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2011, 08:59:18 pm »
i have used a certain alloy pole SCUD!
All camps came un glued
Do you get the problem with the clamp levers opening up to much and jamming the pole?

As for the clx I dont have one butwill be ordering soon after a recent conversation with a fellow wfp who had nothing but praise for it and the slx.

do you have a problem with gardiners? you sound like you do matey!
 ;)

mikecam

Re: any decent poles?
« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2011, 09:27:16 pm »

 Dazmond, haven't you only recently gone over to wfp?

 If so, how do you know these are the best poles out there for domestic? Surely you haven't tried all the poles on the market all ready?

 I swear by the ally brodex poles, yes the clamps have come unglued, but the pole won't wear out in 4 months like all the poles for the price do. and yes, I have been through alot of the cheaper end of the market poles.

  I know i will now get all the weight comments, but I like the brodex, perhaps I am just strong and fit enough to use it all day!
Funny old world innit, i've tried most of the poles like you. And yes you will get all the weight comments .I'm strong and fit enough to use one all day, the only thing that stops me doing it is my brain, it tells me its harder and long term day in and day out it doesn't do my body any favours.
 You keep plugging how strong and fit you are to be able to handle a Brodex pole all day, and i'll say i can operate the 27 CLX with one hand and its a breeze.
 I'm sure you're gonna help Brodex sell loads of them with that catchphrase..."i'm strong and fit eough to use it all day " !!!!   ;D

Gav Camm lammy 283

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Re: any decent poles?
« Reply #23 on: February 11, 2011, 10:49:01 pm »
doctorwindows just make sure you glue the clamps on right with araldite and you should have no other problems!! ;) :) :)


best poles out there for the money for regular domestic window cleaning by a mile!!



dazmond

 Dazmond, haven't you only recently gone over to wfp?

 If so, how do you know these are the best poles out there for domestic? Surely you haven't tried all the poles on the market all ready?

 I swear by the ally brodex poles, yes the clamps have come unglued, but the pole won't wear out in 4 months like all the poles for the price do. and yes, I have been through alot of the cheaper end of the market poles.

  I know i will now get all the weight comments, but I like the brodex, perhaps I am just strong and fit enough to use it all day!

only just moved over to wfp?i been doing it for 10 months now!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


ive got an unger teleplus 30 footer,25ft brodex hydra and a streamline 20ft fibreglass pole and i can say THE BEST WFP FOR THE MONEY IS THE GARDINER 22FT CLX FOR REGULAR DOMESTICS!!


sucker!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



dazmond



daz try the slx thats the best pole m8 ;D
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dazmond

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Re: any decent poles?
« Reply #24 on: February 12, 2011, 12:50:01 pm »
the slx might be the best pole out there  but the clx is the best VALUE POLE FOR THE MONEY!! ;D ;D ;D
price higher/work harder!

Nameless Drudge

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Re: any decent poles?
« Reply #25 on: February 12, 2011, 03:08:13 pm »
Awkward conny roof done friday,clx was out for the windows of an adjoining barn conversion so hooked up the brodex 18 ft alloy and vikan sill brush to the customers tap for the conservatory roof.. Fine for up and down the roof but as soon as i got to the finials and the awkward bits around the back i wished i had bothered with changing a few connectors and used the clx,am still aching in places. Rinsed with the clx and superlite DT 15 degree splay and so an immediate comparison was made. Conclusion,1 hardly used Vikan Sill brush and Brodex 18 ft alloy for sale. I nearly bust it up there and then so i wouldn`t be daft enough to use it again. What a massive massive difference and the superlite loses nothing in performance to the vikan sill brush and its 9 million times easier to use. Bought the sill brush after hearing rave reviews on here,obviously by goliath impersonators. Superlite DT 15 degree great brush and for sills i take 2 steps back to change the angle and hold the pole more aloft.
   The phrase "You dont need a sledgehammer to crack a nut kept coming to mind".

I have a 30ft Unger optiloc which was used for conny roofs,gutters etc before i got clued in on wfp gear and before i got my hands on a clx the Brodex seemed a great improvement. I had  a Brodex 36ft carbon modular and that was superbly light and rigid but not practical for everyday use so i sold it unused.I would have an  SLX tommorrow if they knocked them out at £10 a week.
           Using the heavy gear all day every day will almost certainly be something you will regret,in fact i might start a thread now to see if theres any common  ailments from long term wfp use.