[John Gregory]

Hi All

Ordered 25 f of 1.5 inch vacuum hose off woodbridge today, fed up of fighting with 2 inch in bedrooms and small rooms . Will using 1.5 make much difference in the vaccum from me truckmount?

Thanks John

[Jason Hedges]

Hi John,

25' of 1.5" makes a LOT of difference using a tm. I use an 8' whip even that takes a lot of the vacuum away. I have used a spare length of 25' for odd jobs and cant believe how much vac pressure you lose.

Keep the whip line as short as possible, I agree with problem of fighting with 2", takes some getting used to!

All the best,
Jason.

[elliott cleaning]

I'd cancel your order for 1.5" whip line.  Persevere with the 2" pipe. You will get used to it. Am sure you will find that most t/m'ers who have been at it for any length of time have abandoned the notion of whip lines

[Jason Hedges]

Hi John,

Using 2" pipe straight through is near on impossible in most households, you will need a 1.5" whip at some stage. 2" is impossible to manouver especially around tight corners.

Some tm'ers use straight through 2" wands, great on straght runs, not on tricky stairwells and tight corners!

Use what you feel works for you, I'm prefering using a whip on stairs and tight corners, 2" on runs.

All te best,
jason.

[elliott cleaning]

Have to disagree with you Jason.  2" pipe is perfectly feasable even in some of the shoe box size houses they build today.  Will concede that when cleaning upholstery a 4' whip will make life easier

[Jason Hedges]

Ok Elliot, have to disagree with you....

2" is usable but 1.5" is more.

Depends on what type of hose, you can get soft and rigid hose. Soft 2" is easier then stiff but soft 1.5" is the easiest to use in confined areas.

On upholstery I prefer really soft (rubber like) hose to hand tool to
ease wrist pressure.

All the best,
Jason.

[Mark Lane-Matthews]

Using smaller hand tools such as a stair tool with a short whip in confined spaces, makes up for loss of airflow,but of course use the 2" hose where possible with larger wands for maximum benifit.
                                                            Mark

[John Kelly]

I use 20' 1.5 hose with my Prowler and would rather have the convenience of ease of use than the slight extra power you forsake. Still sucks the guts out.

[John Kelly]

Whip

[Mike Halliday]

if you are using a whip line then you must be using a 1.5 wand, so it's not just the whip but also the thinner bore which is restricting airflow.

Mike

[colin thomas]

i use 2" hose all the way to a 2" wand and i never notice it being at all awkward, 2" hose gets more flexible the more you use it, i use this in all manner of houses, some like dolls houses, no problem, my furniture tool has a 4' length of 1.5" of course, in tight areas like the loo i will often change the wand for a stair tool to get into tight areas.

colin

[stevegunn]

I use 1.5 whip hose tried with 2" wand and 2" hose but found it too awkward especially in domestic situations.In commercial environment tend to use 2" hose where space is not a problem.

[John Gregory]

sorry I asked Now

John