[heath verrall]

Does your pole hose kink by the tap and cut off the water flow?.  I've found a simple idea to stop this happening.
Get some heat shrink about 10" long slip it over the pole hose at the tap end and heat it up , it shrinks round the hose then put the hose clip back on and tighten . This keeps it from kinking.  Works great.

black  (Raychem heavy duty) works best.

[dazmond]

Does your pole hose kink by the tap and cut off the water flow?.  I've found a simple idea to stop this happening.
Get some heat shrink about 10" long slip it over the pole hose at the tap end and heat it up , it shrinks round the hose then put the hose clip back on and tighten . This keeps it from kinking.  Works great.

black  (Raychem heavy duty) works best.

eh? what tap?

you need a uni-valve mate

much better/easier to work with than a pole tap IMO.

[Stoots]

Why would it kink by the tap?

Move with the times. If you ain't got a univalve you are missing out.

[heath verrall]

What's a univalve ?

[heath verrall]

I have a small tap with a protection ball, at the end of my pole hose I have a rectus 21 fitting. Bloody thing keeps kinking

[Smurf]

There seems to be pro's & con's with all flow devices. Therefore It's a personal choice what people decide to use.

[Dry Clean]

What's a univalve ?

I think my neighbour had one of them fitted after his heart attack.

[P @ F]

A univalve has to be one of the best things in the wfp world , so simple with great gains .

[dazmond]

What's a univalve ?

google it mate.its a valve that fits to your pole hose at the top(near your angle adaptor) and you simply pull it on/off to control your water flow.its ace.ive had them since they came out over a year ago now.

[nathankaye]

I use a valve tap, connected to a holster mate and that stops all the kinks n snagging and all difficulties. However a univalve sounds a pain as you have to grab hose at base of your pole to tug on or off. I recently and i mean only last week got this and its even easier
http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/pump-hose/hose-fittings-adapters/flow-control-valves/gooseneck-valve.html

[heath verrall]

What's a univalve ?

google it mate.its a valve that fits to your pole hose at the top(near your angle adaptor) and you simply pull it on/off to control your water flow.its ace.ive had them since they came out over a year ago now.

I've just seen one they look great, do you think it would fit into a gardiner pole?
I suppose you use a rectus 21 from the reel hose.

[dazmond]

What's a univalve ?

google it mate.its a valve that fits to your pole hose at the top(near your angle adaptor) and you simply pull it on/off to control your water flow.its ace.ive had them since they came out over a year ago now.

I've just seen one they look great, do you think it would fit into a gardiner pole?
I suppose you use a rectus 21 from the reel hose.

all my poles are gardiner mate.they fit fine.its the pole hose that you need to get right(PU pole hose works best).

from reel hose i use rectus 26(their more durable than 21s IMO)

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I use a valve tap, connected to a holster mate and that stops all the kinks n snagging and all difficulties. However a univalve sounds a pain as you have to grab hose at base of your pole to tug on or off. I recently and i mean only last week got this and its even easier
http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/pump-hose/hose-fittings-adapters/flow-control-valves/gooseneck-valve.html

Honestly Nathan, I think you would be surprised at how easy the Univalve is to use as well. Most people watching a WC whose using one would probably wonder how they are turning the water on and off. It's so quick, if you blink you'll miss it.

[nathankaye]

I use a valve tap, connected to a holster mate and that stops all the kinks n snagging and all difficulties. However a univalve sounds a pain as you have to grab hose at base of your pole to tug on or off. I recently and i mean only last week got this and its even easier
http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/pump-hose/hose-fittings-adapters/flow-control-valves/gooseneck-valve.html

Honestly Nathan, I think you would be surprised at how easy the Univalve is to use as well. Most people watching a WC whose using one would probably wonder how they are turning the water on and off. It's so quick, if you blink you'll miss it.

If it wasnt for trying a friends pole with this device on, i would still be vindicating the tap valve, lol as i have on other threads. But i soon changed my mind after trying it, tho personally i still use the holsters as it saves me looping  near on 24ft of pole hose to next job. After trying this im ordering one for my spare pole that i use with backpack. I could try a univalve with that one, but there has also been many threads on here about the best pole hose to use with it etc etc. Yet i find with the gooseneck valve you dont have to worry about it, ever. Just a sligth turn of pole for flow on or flow off. It cant be any easier.
However, i know we all have our own techniques and favourites but thats whatbi like about this forum, you can get new ideas from each other.

[tlwcs]

I use a valve tap, connected to a holster mate and that stops all the kinks n snagging and all difficulties. However a univalve sounds a pain as you have to grab hose at base of your pole to tug on or off. I recently and i mean only last week got this and its even easier
http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/pump-hose/hose-fittings-adapters/flow-control-valves/gooseneck-valve.html

Honestly Nathan, I think you would be surprised at how easy the Univalve is to use as well. Most people watching a WC whose using one would probably wonder how they are turning the water on and off. It's so quick, if you blink you'll miss it.

If it wasnt for trying a friends pole with this device on, i would still be vindicating the tap valve, lol as i have on other threads. But i soon changed my mind after trying it, tho personally i still use the holsters as it saves me looping  near on 24ft of pole hose to next job. After trying this im ordering one for my spare pole that i use with backpack. I could try a univalve with that one, but there has also been many threads on here about the best pole hose to use with it etc etc. Yet i find with the gooseneck valve you dont have to worry about it, ever. Just a sligth turn of pole for flow on or flow off. It cant be any easier.
However, i know we all have our own techniques and favourites but thats whatbi like about this forum, you can get new ideas from each other.

I would say go tubeless with the univalve
Water control, no loop in hose, protected fittings they don't get damaged then leak
The blue Exceed hose is so durable I ditched the microbore totally and now use 100mtr of it, this makes the  running out the hose so light
If people think the univalve is a game changer, couple it with the tubeless set up and it's another level

I have tried the Gardiner aqua tap. The first was so stiff it wouldn't operate and in true Alex fashion he offered me a refund if I returned it (it's still on my desktop somewhere) I ordered a second, probably to get free delivery, that was better but no where near as good as the univalve. I think it stresses the joints in operation when turning on upper windows

Tony

[Michael Peterson]

The original aquataps were so much better and easier to work on , however we have noticed that they wear  the poles quicker , the uni valve is miles better they seem to have eliminated all the problems from the aquadapter

[Plankton]

I use a valve tap, connected to a holster mate and that stops all the kinks n snagging and all difficulties. However a univalve sounds a pain as you have to grab hose at base of your pole to tug on or off. I recently and i mean only last week got this and its even easier
http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/pump-hose/hose-fittings-adapters/flow-control-valves/gooseneck-valve.html

No use for the swivelers.

[Plankton]

Get yourself one of these...http://www.windowcleaningwarehouse.co.uk/hiflo-control-valve.html
Never had a problem with it and no leaks, best value wfp kit I've bought.

[heath verrall]

Thanks for the advice,  I will be looking into changing my setup.
Cheers ccmids