[Ian101]

ME 

repaired yet another clamp on gardiners pole last night .... guess who bonded 2 sections together 

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

you need be selling it to me

[lyndy]

To our emplyee who cleaned a conny roof and the front of another house that he shouldn't have!!

[Tom White]

Squeaky for remaining alive and a major hindrance to the human race.

[bobplum]

you ready to sell huntington to me yet

[barry mallett]

+dont mess about gluing em .2 of my clamps came loose on my clx about 6 months ago. i glued em but they didnt last long , so i stuck em with insulation tape . tyey are still rock solid . plus some sections were spinning when i closed it to do the downstairs so i could only get a good grip about 6 inches down each section . this made the closed length about a foot longer making doing the bottoms a bit  tricky .but since putting the tape on ,the clamp now grips to the tape on the clamp above . so it is now back to its original closed length . works just like a brand new pole . this pole should now last years unless any sections snap

[Dave Anderson]

I use insulation tape as being a fudge-handed diy disaster I could never get the glue to work..

[Londoner]

some sections were spinning when i closed it to do the downstairs so i could only get a good grip about 6 inches down each section . this made the closed length about a foot longer making doing the bottoms a bit  tricky

Thats a real problem with all poles. It starts happening not long after they are new and gets worse very quickly. Later at the other end where the clamp grips when the pole is fully extended they start going as well and the clamp doesnt grip causing the section to push back in. If you tighten the clamp so it grips when fully extended its stiff on the middle.
Its always worst on the first section because that gets the most use and is the thinnest so the wear becomes more apparant.

To reduce the wear I dont always extend the first or second section on easy windows but that reduces the advantage of having a lightweight pole.

[Avo]

i had one go today too... what you bonding it together with mate..

[barry mallett]

i ended up putting tape on all the clamps . even the ones that had not come loose, just so the clamp below gripped when closed . it works perfect and that was 3 months ago .

[Ian101]

i had one go today too... what you bonding it together with mate..

tried the following

araldite and superglue twin syringe type of thing = lasted couple of months

araldite alone but in a twin syringe thingy = 2 days

araldite in a normal metal tube twin pack with hardener and resin = so far so good .... just seperate pole sections first !

[CLEANCARE WC]

Me and my big mouth... Had a clamp come loose on my CLX I was just saying the other day how I had never had a problem. Still it is coming up for a year old now...

[EandM]

I have a well used Bayersan 18 foot fibreglass pole that I bought simply because it was cheap and I needed one ASAP. One year later it's still going strong, hasn't cracked or spilt, hasn't broken any clamps and is to be honest quite excellent. It's outlasted my 20 foot XTEL and cost about half as much.

[Mist A Bit]

my facelift pole has had the clamps ajusted a few times in a year and thats it, its used hard every day, nothing spins nothing lets go. its not as light and stiff as more expensive poles but its earned more money than any pole i`ve had before