[Mr B shine]

Who's using what and what's good and what's not?

 Im needing to invest in one as i am getting more gutter work with hard to reach places.
 Also are the cameras any good on them?

 Cheers fellas.

[Smudger]

depends on what you want,

we still ue the omnivac which is 10 years old - but you can't get these now

Skyvac have a good rep, but are expensive - have a look at the gutter sucker range - I have a second hand one which is very good but came with 1.5" diameter poles (not so good) if they do 2" diameter poles I would consider them as a good all round choice without breaking the bank

Darran

[mufcglen]

I’ve had a couple of cheap carbon guttervac setups from guttercleaningsystems, couldn’t fault them.
I only had the small 1400 vac but did the job as I didn’t want to cart a big massive 3k vac, they supplied the poles in the bigger 51mm bore which is definitely better as they get pretty clogged up at times with things like broken tiles blocking them so I imagine the 38mm vac’s block a lot more.
I ended up getting rid as I cut back on my gutter jobs and only go up ladders on the occasional job If I fancy it and it’s safe now but generally I was always faster up the ladders with an gutterpro tool on one of my slx poles scraping it all into a bucket!

[Plankton]

So Gutter sucker direct is not the cheapest place to by it and on another site where it's actually £300 cheaper it states the manufacturer of the gutter sucker is Spinaclean.
Seems like a decent buy, although the poles are apparently 44mm

[Plankton]

Darran, I take it you don't use the filter in the gutter sucker vac?

[Smudger]

that's correct

Darran

[Plankton]

Vac, 10.5m 44mm diameter poles, non record cam, 6m of 38mm hose.

https://www.guttersuckerdirect.co.uk/product/gutter-sucker-pro-system/

For £700 I'm thinking about it.

[Stephen burton]

I bought these poles
https://www.guttercleaningsystems.co.uk/product/100-carbon-fibre-composite-pole-head-set-35ft/

Then this machine
https://www.manomano.co.uk/p/maxblast-80l-industrial-vacuum-cleaner-7712533

Perfect for domestic jobs and not too expensive

[Plankton]

Probably the same vac I have but those poles look rough, no?

[Stephen burton]

Poles are absolutely fine

[Plankton]

I modified mine slightly due to getting held up by blockages...

[Mr B shine]

Vac, 10.5m 44mm diameter poles, non record cam, 6m of 38mm hose.

https://www.guttersuckerdirect.co.uk/product/gutter-sucker-pro-system/

For £700 I'm thinking about it.

 Was looking at that one 😄

[Spruce]

I was going to ask why manufacturers don't fit side mounted inlets to get a better cyclone effect in the drum.

[Stoots]

I made mine from flag poles and a 3000w eBay vac.

Works fine, if I was using it regular I would want carbon poles but for the odd job and less than £300 it's great.

[Mr B shine]

Looking at industrial 3000w vacuum cleaners and the gutter vac units, they look the same apart from the branding and the price tag.
 Am i missing something?
l

[Stoots]

Looking at industrial 3000w vacuum cleaners and the gutter vac units, they look the same apart from the branding and the price tag.
 Am i missing something?
l

Same as anything else in life.

Stick a brand on it and charge 10x as much.

My vac is 3000w and £200.

Now I'm not saying that a £2000 one might not be slightly better but would it be 10x better 

[Windy Miller]

My Clarke (remember those!) gave up the ghost this afternoon cleaning a family member's house. First time having it out in a few years, sad to see it go as it made a few quid in its day but the poles were so heavy and a put off.

Watching this topic as I'm interested in buying a decent sized vac and carbon fibre poles.

[Plankton]

Vac, 10.5m 44mm diameter poles, non record cam, 6m of 38mm hose.

https://www.guttersuckerdirect.co.uk/product/gutter-sucker-pro-system/

For £700 I'm thinking about it.

 Was looking at that one 😄

Did you order it? Noticed the stock going down by 1.

[Mr B shine]

Vac, 10.5m 44mm diameter poles, non record cam, 6m of 38mm hose.

https://www.guttersuckerdirect.co.uk/product/gutter-sucker-pro-system/

For £700 I'm thinking about it.

 Was looking at that one 😄

Did you order it? Noticed the stock going down by 1.

No.  Still looking

[Shrek]

Vac, 10.5m 44mm diameter poles, non record cam, 6m of 38mm hose.

https://www.guttersuckerdirect.co.uk/product/gutter-sucker-pro-system/

For £700 I'm thinking about it.

 Was looking at that one 😄

Did you order it? Noticed the stock going down by 1.

You keep an eye on stock levels of gutter vacs 🤨 Wow you must be bored 😑

[Plankton]

I checked back on the price and noticed that the stock went down Hoping someone could have told me what the poles were like before wasting money.

[g.brookes]

I bought these poles
https://www.guttercleaningsystems.co.uk/product/100-carbon-fibre-composite-pole-head-set-35ft/

How do you find the hose length? Would it be easy to extend it?

Then this machine
https://www.manomano.co.uk/p/maxblast-80l-industrial-vacuum-cleaner-7712533

Perfect for domestic jobs and not too expensive

[Plankton]

Those 44mm poles had me confused but as with the wfp suppliers stating the reach instead of actual length the '44mm' vac poles will be as below;

Pole specs:

38MM Inner Diameter Smallest End
40MM Outter Diameter Smallest End

42MM Inner Diameter Largest End
44mm Outer Diameter Largest End

Cheeky beggers

[Plankton]

To add to the spec the poles are 30% carbon and 70% glass fibre, I don't know how that compares with the grippa V3 poles.

I dug my poles out earlier think they're from carbon fibres tubes and not sure of the carbon content but they are 2m long 51mm internal (at the top) and weigh 620g

I might see if I can add one pole to the 4 I have and just buy a new vac and new hose.
Maybe a numatic cvd900 if anyone has any knowledge of them.

[Clever Forum Name]

Still alive then Bruce lol, aint seen you for aggggggggggggggges! 

If you need any help with GV's gimme a call

[Plankton]

Just for future reference apparently the 3000w gutter sucker motors are made by Soteco which is basically going to be the same vac as I mentioned somewhere before the Viper 375.

Price wise it's a pretty decent package you get with the gutter sucker, 38mm poles, heads, cam, bags and some dvd.
The poles must be very light feeling but my only criticism is the 38mm.

[Smudger]

I have to disagree - as 38mm poles are pretty damn useless for any semi serious gutter work you are to an extent just throwing your cash away - 50mm is what you want/need for virtually trouble free vac'ing - maybe the sky vacs at 44mm maybe ok - not tried that size so whether they cut the mustard or not is just an educated guess

Darran

[Plankton]

Well I'm only assuming it's 38mm and the supplied hose is 38mm but the email I received was "They diameter is 44mm to 422mm as they are slightly tapered"
So I can only assume that they've supplied the exterior diameter of the top section which would taper down to a much smaller internal diameter at the bottom.
You obviously have used the poles so will know what size the poles are.

[Mr B shine]

Still alive then Bruce lol, aint seen you for aggggggggggggggges! 

If you need any help with GV's gimme a call

They aint caught me yet 😂.
 I will be in touch later 😉

[Window Cleaning Superhero]

This article may be useful:

https://www.windowcleaningsuperhero.com/21-skyvac-atom-review-why-you-should-consider-this-gutter-vac

It reviews the Skyvac Atom.

Hope it helps>

[Smudger]

nice little site - I hope CIU don't come along and ban you as a rival or for advertising


Darran

[Plankton]

It's not an article is it! It's a website advertising one vac with I assume links to the seller.