[Window Washers]

Alex, talking of quick release, are you planning on making a insert so people can have a screw end if they wished ?|

The reason I ask it is all well and good having this quick release clamp but if you need to pop in a shop to replace it you cant, if its a weekend that little saving would be a massive loss as the parts are not mix and match like the older plastic goosenecks most of us have/use.
They are a different size to the older plastic goosenecks.

Also one more thing is there any chance, or do you already do metal barrel nuts for clamps ? as the plastic ones wear out quickly on some clamps (which I still can't figure out why, my guess is lightness over lifespan)

We do a Quick Release Alloy Converter which simply fits into the top clamp and allows any screw fittings to screw on to our pole ranges. Have a look on our website for this part under pole fittings.


We do have some aluminium barrel nuts in stock with matching lock-bolts. Give the girls in the Office a ring and they can supply you with some.

Cheers  I may now convert all my poles to quick release 

[Paul Coleman]

very disapointed with mine - the clamp was hugely oversize to the pole section and required loads of glue to fill the void.

every couple of days the glue just couldn't take the pressure and movement so the quick release just kept coming off - binned it as a bad jobbie and returned to the screw thread

Darran

Sounds like you had the wrong size clamp included in your kit. It should be a number 1 clamp which is a good tight fit for the number 1 section. You could give our office a call and they can sort this for you. Having the quick release system is well worth it.

I can't keep up with the improvements that you keep making Alex   .
I've ended up with some clamp ends and some threaded ends.
Is there still a choice of threaded ends on the CLX pole? - and will there continue to be?  It may sound odd but I have a several jobs where things are so tight, I would not be able to fit a gooseneck into the gap.  Although I could clamp a threaded insert onto the end, the tightness of the job means that it would be tricky cleaning without knocking the clamp off the end.  To give you an idea of how tight it is, when using the plastic angle adaptor, I must use it almost straight.  I also rub the no 1 section against the building.  The building has very wide concrete beams (they were maintenance walkways with harness hooks in less safety conscious times) and the gap between them and the building is quite a squeeze for a pole.

Hi Paul

Only the CLX14 still has a thread on the end and this will only be until we have worked through the last of them on the shelf. Then all poles will feature the quick release. Of course if you still need a pole that has a screw thread and no clamp we can always fit one up for you as we still have a supply of alloy screw threads which we sell.

Thank you for the feedback Alex.  Good to know I would be able to have it supplied with thread rather than clamp.  I may even get a new CLX with clamp end and keep my worn one just for the tricky jobs.