[Caleb Morley]

Alright lads,

I need to buy a new gutter vac as last one was lost in the stolen van.

Can anyone recommend a good one?

I don't use it weekly more seasonally so it wouldn't need to be top of the range but equally I'm not looking for anything cheap and nasty.

Poles need to be carbon fibre too.

Cheers,

Caleb

[Tony dunmall]

http://www.aquafed.co.uk/product-category/gutter-vacuum-systems/3000-watt-gutter-vacuum-systems/

[NWH]

I've got the one from grippa it's good its not the smallest one they do,it's more than powerful enough for what we use it for.

[Shrek]

http://www.aquafed.co.uk/product-category/gutter-vacuum-systems/3000-watt-gutter-vacuum-systems/

Aluminium poles ?! 😱

[Tony dunmall]

I'm guessing they have carbon as well

Otherwise the machine is about 450 standalone without poles and but direct from Gardners's base sections 10# and or from grippa for the tools or poles as well

[Nick Day]

Anything above 1200 watts is up to the job, just be careful looking around when it comes to carbon fibre, read the wording carefully. Last week I had someone on the phone who didn't realise that another machine they were looking at was advertised as carbon fibre had 70% fibreglass in the poles. There's quite a few machines on eBay or Google.

[Stoots]

I have the small 1250w one from gutter cleaning systems with alloy poles.

Its ok, done a dozen or so jobs with it and it manages, mines only used maybe once a month so it's ok for me. If I was doing any sort of quantity or had plenty of spare cash I'd want a 3000 watt plus jobbie with carbon poles to make it a lot easier.

[Nick Day]

The difference between carbon and aluminium poles is immense, typical 5ft aluminium pole 850 grams, carbon 5ft 7 (that length allows for tapers) 340 grams!

[Don Simon]

Anything above 1200 watts is up to the job, just be careful looking around when it comes to carbon fibre, read the wording carefully. Last week I had someone on the phone who didn't realise that another machine they were looking at was advertised as carbon fibre had 70% fibreglass in the poles. There's quite a few machines on eBay or Google.

If it was 100% carbon fibre at 50 mm width it would snap !  You are using a totally untruth to sell your cheap Chinese rubbish !    Don't how the Mods let you post unless you are paying ?

[Nick Day]

Here we go....
It's a strange old world we live in there's me in our factory in Norwich having just cut carbon cloth, laid it up, rolled it onto the mandrel, shrink taped it and now baking it in our oven and then there's you Tony 200 miles away in Huddersfield telling me I'm buying them from China? Well we don't, 100% carbon poles at 50mm don't snap, we have made and sold enough to know that (out of over 1000 poles made we have only known of 5 fail), if I was buying from China I would have to put my prices up for 100% carbon fibre. The only untruth is coming from you Tony!

[The Jester of Wibbly]

Anything above 1200 watts is up to the job, just be careful looking around when it comes to carbon fibre, read the wording carefully. Last week I had someone on the phone who didn't realise that another machine they were looking at was advertised as carbon fibre had 70% fibreglass in the poles. There's quite a few machines on eBay or Google.

If it was 100% carbon fibre at 50 mm width it would snap !  You are using a totally untruth to sell your cheap Chinese rubbish !    Don't how the Mods let you post unless you are paying ?

He has not mentioned his company or used any of his branded names to advertise, and was just trying to help.

As for the poles. I have them and I think they are great and light weight. Yes i agree lighter the weight the more fragile but as long as you look after them there should be no problem. If your heavy handed then just buy heavy poles.   

I don't think they would last long if you used them all day every day like your  slx.  But for the occasional use...nothing to worry about. You should get years out of them although early days for me still.

[Don Simon]

Here we go....
It's a strange old world we live in there's me in our factory in Norwich having just cut carbon cloth, laid it up, rolled it onto the mandrel, shrink taped it and now baking it in our oven and then there's you Tony 200 miles away in Huddersfield telling me I'm buying them from China? Well we don't, 100% carbon poles at 50mm don't snap, we have made and sold enough to know that (out of over 1000 poles made we have only known of 5 fail), if I was buying from China I would have to put my prices up for 100% carbon fibre. The only untruth is coming from you Tony!

The biggest supplier of carbon fibre tubes in the country says you are talking rubbish.   They tried 100% carbon and all the customers were complaining of snapped tubes especially at height, so they did a mix and have no complaints.  I know who I would trust but buyer beware !

[Nick Day]

They were clearly doing something wrong, if it's the company I'm thinking of they've never done 100% carbon. Unlike a lot of our competitors we actually clean gutters and test our products before they are put on the market.

[Nick Day]

The reply above was from my son Alex.
I suggest you ask the "biggest" yeah right "supplier of carbon fibre poles" if they actually make them.
We do and we give them hell in testing on a daily basis. If we found a fault, we would alter our lay up immediately.  At  35' and above,  at very acute angles lifting heavy weeds, they have not let us down.
Give us the track record of this supplier, in fact...name them.
Like we said, we actually make them, do they? or do they come with P60 and rice??

[Lakes and Pennine]

Anything above 1200 watts is up to the job, just be careful looking around when it comes to carbon fibre, read the wording carefully. Last week I had someone on the phone who didn't realise that another machine they were looking at was advertised as carbon fibre had 70% fibreglass in the poles. There's quite a few machines on eBay or Google.

If it was 100% carbon fibre at 50 mm width it would snap !  You are using a totally untruth to sell your cheap Chinese rubbish !    Don't how the Mods let you post unless you are paying ?

Samson You do know that loo is copy written and you shouldnt be using it. Idontthink the mods would be happy you are using copy written material. Why not go back to the happy dog

[SB Cleaning]

They were clearly doing something wrong, if it's the company I'm thinking of they've never done 100% carbon. Unlike a lot of our competitors we actually clean gutters and test our products before they are put on the market.

I use Nicks poles with my grippavac....

When I first got the poles I was on here calling them a load of poop but I was wrong...

They are good value for money and I will continue to buy them..

[Tony dunmall]

Hi nick

Could you send me a link to your poles please, thanks

Tony

Www.puresolutions.me.uk

It's my web address

[Don Simon]

They were clearly doing something wrong, if it's the company I'm thinking of they've never done 100% carbon. Unlike a lot of our competitors we actually clean gutters and test our products before they are put on the market.

Then it i not the company you are thinking of.  This company sells millions of unis all around the world.

[Nick Day]

Millions of units of what? We are talking about gutter cleaning poles.

[Don Simon]

Millions of units of what? We are talking about gutter cleaning poles.

Yep