[craigw]

hi
 looking at geting a 60ft pole dont no what one to get what do you thinks the best and why? want to pay about £1000 + vat was thinking about a brodex 57' Cobra Water Fed Pole Carbon Commercial
or the facelift what ones best? 

[Alex Wingrove]

do you like modular poles?

[craigw]

whats a modular pole is it like a Super-lite?

[Alex Wingrove]

yeah thats it you put once piece over the other

its alot cheaper that the telescopic one and lighter

have a look on alexs website

[Jeff Brimble]

For those that do not want to Diy there are now TWO manuf of Excellent extreme lightweight Modular carbon fibre designed specifically for for window cleaning. 
 
Gardiner systems 40ft for £495 complete with brush and hose etc  http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html
 
Emporium Poles, 40ft for £380 complete with brush and hose etc Website online and launch Friday 20th ish. tel. Alan, 01698285524 Hamilton Scotland

[S.A.J]

Here you go Craig have a look through here http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html  

Stuart

[S.A.J]

Booooo Jeff beat me to it 

[craigw]

thanks but dont like modular poles dam i dont know wot to get lol

[Jeff Brimble]

Whoops sorry Stuart,
Craig You may guess I am a beliver of these new kids on the block extremely lightweight poles for heights of more than 30ftish. You are going to have a difficult time coming to a decision. I suggest you get hands on with as many as you can. Here is some more links for info about them.(just in case you missed them.
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=44015.0
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=43900.0
oh and the diy link below gives the history behind them.

[Jeff Brimble]

  oh well I only tried.

[craigw]

thanks

i can get the 57' Cobra Water Fed Pole Carbon Commercial
or the facelift for £850+ vat 

[Jeff Brimble]

What have you currently been using and at what height ?

[craigw]

got a 6 ft brodex 18ft brodex 35 brodex 12ft ionics and a 60ft ionics its a old one its a ott one lol

[darren72]

I used the facelift today 40ft+ for the first time today it was hard work but got the job done.Anything under 34ft the poles brilliant wouldnt atempt 60ft with it.

[Jeff Brimble]

I had and sold the Ionics E1 too heavy its a two man pole, the E2 is the same weight but with more carbon to make it stiffer and the sections cannot pull out as they are flared at the base. I think they may have improved the locking clamps since the show or soon.  After using the original Ott then any poles got to be lighter  

[brightnclean]

I have the 60ft C Extel carbon pole. If u can love a pole at 60ft I do  The section lengths are great and the clamps are excellent. It's telescopic so its easy to extend and retract. I've used the old Ionics OTT  OUCH!!!  lol  I paid £699 + VAT for it including gooseneck and brush.

[Alex Gardiner]

thanks

i can get the 57' Cobra Water Fed Pole Carbon Commercial
or the facelift for £850+ vat 

If I had to choose between just the two poles you mentioned, I would go for the Facelift as historically it has proved stronger.  Also, in my opinion, it's a more adaptable pole.  But do remember that both poles are considerably shorter than their stated length as this length is just a reach not an actual measurement. 

Another pole to choose from, as has just been mentioned, is the 60 ft (actual length) Carbon Fibre X-Tel Pole, great clamps and shorter sections than either of the poles mentioned above.

At this height though, I would never go for telescopic as it just has too many disadvantages to the user.

[brightnclean]

At this height though, I would never go for telescopic as it just has too many disadvantages to the user

LOL Alex.. I love some of ur posts 

[Alex Gardiner]

At this height though, I would never go for telescopic as it just has too many disadvantages to the user

LOL Alex.. I love some of ur posts 

 

I'm just speaking from my own user perspective rather than a retailer perspective. We actually make a larger profit margin when we sell 60 ft X-Tels (and indeed all of our X-Tel range) than when we sell our modular poles!

[Captain Scarlet]

I think thats going to change Alex! Luke