Cherubs, I thought you said the 60ft Ionics has no bend, this is against a building and you can see the bend! Luke
LWC, it weighs 7.5KG
OK OK so you got a Superlight thingy. Give it a rest will ya. Any pole will have some bend at this sort of height. If a window is dirty the weight of the pole actually helps to get a better clean at real height. Calm down young Jedi. Horses for courses and all that.
I know what you mean.
Even when I'm using the SL2 at 15-20ft, it doesn't feel like you're really scrubbing the dirt off like with the heavier fibreglass pole.
I'm sure pure water loosens the dirt fine, but you do wonder sometimes.
The ability to scrub a window properly has more to do with the bristle density, texture, and stiffness than it does the weight of the pole.
When specifying a brush for the Super-Lite we realised that a soft bristle brush was vital to ensure excellent cleaning with minimal pressure. The brush we use never feels like you are working hard enough on the glass but always ends up cleaning better than a Vikan/Salmon etc.
We also have in the workshop some natural-fibre bristle brushes, such as horse and pigs hair and these are amazing but also very expensive. They are soft but efficient. In the practical world you can can get almost as good a result from artificial fibres and at a much more realistic price.
On a castle or stately home such as above you really do not want to be putting too much weight on antique irreplaceable glass! We clean a stately home and the glass is so thin that the weight of an ordinary pole would almost be enough to shatter it.
