[dazmond]

working today battling the wind,rain and hail and my aqua-daptor snapped(the actual body of the thing fell apart!!)so i decided to use outside pole hose with carbon gooseneck and sill brush.

WOW!the pole is MUCH LIGHTER,EASIER TO EXTEND and i soon got the hang of nipping the hose!(i use the aqua-daptor pole hose).its also very easy to change brush heads and goosenecks.

i have another mark 2 aqua-daptor that i may put on my pole but im loving the lightness of my SLX again!!so im gonna stick with this set up for now.

no noticeable slowdown in my work or water wastage!!and when i needed to stop the flow for a while i just disconnected the pole hose from my microbore.dead simple!!


cheers tosh!!

i have to admit i know why you work this way now!!


very best wishes


dazmond

[colin purewater]

Slx with a aqua adaptor on would be like using a brodex with a 16 inch
Viking brush!! Waste of a good pole

Not for me mate! 

[Steve Sed]

Not sure about hose outside the pole, but any flow control attached to the pole makes a difference, even attached to the bottom of the pole.

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=157927.0

[gary999]

ahem!   tosh is never and i repeat never right!

[stuart mc]

ahem!   tosh is never and i repeat never right!

agreed at least don't tell him he is right for pitys sake, he just quotes it and sticks it in his sig

[DaveG]

100% correct as usual Tosh 

[bobplum]

working today battling the wind,rain and hail and my aqua-daptor snapped(the actual body of the thing fell apart!!)so i decided to use outside pole hose with carbon gooseneck and sill brush.

WOW!the pole is MUCH LIGHTER,EASIER TO EXTEND and i soon got the hang of nipping the hose!(i use the aqua-daptor pole hose).its also very easy to change brush heads and goosenecks.

i have another mark 2 aqua-daptor that i may put on my pole but im loving the lightness of my SLX again!!so im gonna stick with this set up for now.

no noticeable slowdown in my work or water wastage!!and when i needed to stop the flow for a while i just disconnected the pole hose from my microbore.dead simple!


cheers tosh!!

i have to admit i know why you work this way now!!


very best wishes


dazmond

did you find all day you kept going for the hose and pulling it

[*Hector*]

ahem!   tosh is never and i repeat never right!

agreed at least don't tell him he is right for pitys sake, he just quotes it and sticks it in his sig

Some people just never learn do they Stu ?? 

It is us who frequent Tosh's forum that have to put up with it when people praise him....... 

[stuart mc]

Dazmond if you are quick you can delete this and we can all delete our replys

[*Hector*]

At least change the title 

[ben M]

i always said to you daz that it was silly to add weight on top of a slx, so i was right too! 

[dazmond]

thing is i got used to the added weight of the aqua-daptor but it makes a very noticeable difference.using it without it for most of yesterday i found the awkward windows over connies/extensions etc were much easier to clean with less strain on my arms,the pole was more rigid  and the closed length of my pole was more manageble(i use a 25ft SLX).

outside pole hose is not ideal but i soon found ways of nipping the hose at different points depending on whether i was extending or collapsing the pole.very easy to extend and i reckon the pole will last longer as no dirt is going up inside the pole.

i do like the aqua-daptor and i might go back to the other mark 2 i have but for now im gonna work this way and see how i go on.im working on a big estate of compact houses with a fair few awkward windows for most of this week.

im using carbon goosenecks(i have 3 of em)2 of em have sill brushes on and 1 has an extreme brush on.

ive not even tried the extreme brush yet with this set up which is even lighter than the sill brushes!!!

[steven ainger]

Daz,
 try your pole with the hose inside, and still nip the pole hose at the base, as your used to reaching there to pull the a/d hose to turn off the a/d.
I use this method to stop the water between windows, but also have a push fit tap, attached to a caribina on my belt loop, via a key hasp, to turn the water off completely.
This way your not perminantly attached to the hose.
Also, get the extreme on your pole, youll find your working day so much easier

[Erithwc]

ahem!   tosh is never and i repeat never right!

And why has tosh not replied to this thread ?

His head is now to big to fit through the door 

[Avo]

I stopped using the aqua 12 months ago for the same reasons  "added weight" put it on about 3 weeks ago while trying out that g101 on a connie but took it back off again within 5 mins.. I always just use gardiner pole tap on the brush end and have done for 12 months it's great,I don't notice anymore weight over them deep extensions now.

[Scrimble]

dazmond the mk3 AD is noticably lighter than the mk2

[Garyj]

That's ironic, its the only thread he hasn't commented on 

[*Hector*]

He's never gonna get away with the "modest" card is he 

[dazmond]

this morning i put hose back on the inside of my SLX and put my medium extreme brush with carbon gooseneck on.

WOW!!its mega light!!and rigid!!the only fly in the ointment was i got rained off at dinnertime!!

nipping the hose was fine! ive soon got the hang of it!cant see me going back to the aqua-daptor now!!!

hopefully ill get a few good days in the rest of the week as im a week behind schedule.


best wishes to you all


dazmond

[*Hector*]

Good one Daz...

Now for goodness sake...


Change the title of the thread....