[P @ F]

As some may remember i was making up a trigger a while back  , here is what the result was.

Rich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=486NlvtAWes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FOEmcYj7m5c

[elinor]

Looks good . You going to be selling them .??

[mikey]

simple and easy well done  go on sell them 

[S.A.J]

Where's mine!? 

Told the lads about it and they can't wait to try it 

[wfp master]

 massive cloths peg.

[P @ F]

Shall i put you down for 50 then , you can get all the washing out at once 

Rich

[Window Lickers]

Looks good. I'm trying to work out how it actually works. Before you pick the pole up when it's leaning against the conservatory there's no water flowing through the hose but when you click the hose in place in the lever setup it still isn't flowing. Is there a mechanism somewhere within the pole or have I missed something here? Flummoxed.

[andyM]

Nice one Dave. 

[oldman]

Looks good. I'm trying to work out how it actually works. Before you pick the pole up when it's leaning against the conservatory there's no water flowing through the hose but when you click the hose in place in the lever setup it still isn't flowing. Is there a mechanism somewhere within the pole or have I missed something here? Flummoxed.

He's working from a backpack. If you notice, he kicks the on/off switch to turn the flow 'on'.

[robbo333]

Nice one Rich.
Could you set up a 'lock' system, so when you squeeze the trigger it locks (so you can leave the pole unattended)? And then you squeeze it again and it unlocks. Bit like a set of mole grips.

[bobplum]

one disadvantage, for me anyway, i use a SLX35, dismantled to the sections i need for the day, if i was to reassemble the pole for various jobs i would need to carry a lot of cable ties
Also have just purchased two aqua taps..............so im out but good luck i think you will sell a few

[oldman]

Nice one Rich.
Could you set up a 'lock' system, so when you squeeze the trigger it locks (so you can leave the pole unattended)? And then you squeeze it again and it unlocks. Bit like a set of mole grips.

I tried using a Brake Pipe Clamp, same principle as the one above but locks-off aswell.....but didn't arf give your hand grip a work-out  .  

One of these things....
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_214147_langId_-1_categoryId_255216

[P @ F]

The trigger was made as simple as possible just to save a bit of water, in the vid it was connected to van mount , i use  normal on off tap (red wing nut type) , once the pole hose is looped and nipped i then stand on the tap to switch it on , from then on i use the trigger as needed , when done i hold the trigger until i go and switch the tap off.

When doing high windows its the same , nip the hose while you lower the pole , a loop is formed sadly , but you can re nip the hose if you want to get rid of the loop .

It basically saves you water from window to window and when lowering the pole or going and shutting the tap off , its an eye opener how much is wasted this way .

Rich     

[P @ F]

big fat bump 

[Smudger]

Well it's ten out of ten for the quality of the item, you should be proud to have made such a professional job considering it's a prototype.

For me, I foresee a few problems, I'd get real fed up up of looping the hose every time I extended it, I could also see the trigger getting knocked or bashing my hand in tight corners or hard to reach glass, and I don't think the water saving would match the AD


Good effort, hopefully you could sell a few hundred units

Darran

[Window Lickers]

Used to use a trigger off a carpet cleaner. It had a small ratchet by which you could leave it in position, therefore negating to constantly hold it in place.

http://www.cleanstore.co.uk/products/Product.asp?ID=2222

[Peter Fogwill]

Very like the Unger one that's already on the market? Mass produced in plastic, very light, and locks in the closed position. I don't think they can even give them away. I would look into it before you spend any money on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s9hLI1PBKQ

[P @ F]

Peter , i bought the unger one !!!!

Utter tat , im only glad the supplier managed not to charge me for it 

Mine does work differently though , but i came to see that it wont appeal to enough polers to warrant me persuing it further , thats why i let people see it .
It is a good little tool and cheap to make aswell , i think the model on the clx worked out costing £4 plus my time

So i guess that the only thing for it is let people make their own or maybe knock a few up if anybody wants to try one (for a small fee of course) 

Rich

[Peter Fogwill]

What you want to do is make it worth your while, if you do it too cheap you will get fed up making them.  I remember years ago someone done that with brushes, made them up and put next to nothing on them for himself.  Yes he sold loads but soon got fed up and stopped it.  Much better to price realistically from the start.

[Peter Fogwill]

I still say what I have been saying for the last 12 years, you are never going to beat a device on top of the pole controlling the water from the bottom