[Alex Gardiner]

What do Gardiners use on the SLX to stop you over extending the pole.

Each section has a wrap of PVC tape which works against the clamp jaws as a joint stop. This is easily maintained if needed and can also be removed if clients wish to remove sections. To do this:
1. Undo lever arm assembly from the clamp on the section you wish to remove.
2. Prise apart the clamp jaws and slide the section out past the joint stop.
3. The tape can now be removed if required or the section can be re-fitted when needed.

We have found that it is safer to use a pole with joint stop tape than a pole without (we have produced the SLX with both options in the past). When there is no joint stop tape present you spend more time looking at the clamp and watching for the markers than you do looking at where you are putting the top of the pole. At greater heights this poses more of an issue as controlling a 45ft pole is hard enough without having to watch for the markers. You also run the risk of over-extending the section out of the pole with 40ft of pole in just one hand - and yes I have done this and it gives you scary moment!

[thermoclean]

Lies damn lies and statistics

[Mike #1]

very true alex it has happened to me before it is pretty scary.  but i do personally prefer i pole without positive stops . MIKE

[Adam WFP Co]

Hi All,

It's great to see that our Elite poles are getting some good reviews on the ciu forum, I expected nothing else

I've been watching some of the recent posts but thought it was good practice not to get involved and to let the end users discuss matters themselves. After all I thought that's what forums are for, aren't they? I could answer every question about our Elite poles but I don't think this is my place to do it. This is just my opinion

The fact that I don't have to come on this site to offer support and customer service can only speak volumes imo. We have a very very very low defect rate (not going to get into percentages).
I didn't want people to think that our customer service was not very good because we are not on here all the time and I thought I would explain this.

Whilst I'm on here I will quickly answer the question about positive end stops. Our Elite poles don't have them and have a marker line. A lot of our customers have preferred this because they can quickly reduce the size of the pole if it is not needed. We can however fit positive end stops, on request.

Any further questions please feel free to email me adam@thewaterfedpolecompany.co.uk

Keep up the good banter, which makes this site one of the best forums out there.

Adam

[Panorama]

I've been watching some of the recent posts but thought it was good practice not to get involved and to let the end users discuss matters themselves. After all I thought that's what forums are for, aren't they? I could answer every question about our Elite poles but I don't think this is my place to do it. This is just my opinion




Whilst I'm on here I will quickly answer the question about positive end stops. Our Elite poles don't have them and have a marker line. A lot of our customers have preferred this because they can quickly reduce the size of the pole if it is not needed. We can however fit positive end stops, on request.






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[SherwoodCleaningSe]

I think it's great when manufacturers com on here, as long as they are open about who they are. I thought in part that was what the forum is about a place for window cleaners to speak to manufacturers.

As regards the original question, I've used slx's and they have worked well for me.

Simon.

[3 Wheel Windy (Retired)]

I am very interested in the outcome of this thread..

What did you go for in the end WC? and How does it perform?

Ta Pauly..