[patwoods]

hi gang,
whated to know your thoughts on which all think is the best rubbers regardless of cost as there is now such a variety ie soft rubber hard not to mention the suppliers.

[NWH]

Ettore soft,or Unger soft,always soft especially in winter.

[patwoods]

do you change in the winter?it's just that the soft seems to leave a film on the glass

[windowwashers]

hi gang,
whated to know your thoughts on which all think is the best rubbers regardless of cost as there is now such a variety ie soft rubber hard not to mention the suppliers.

I have always found that pulex hard to be the best, have tried loads and all others seem to niche very quick

[NWH]

They don`t leave a film,it depends on the temperature in which your cleaning.It`s almost like condensation it`ll disapear in seconds,you sometimes get this round the back of houses on cold mornings.

[NWH]

Soft don`t last as long but clean far better than hard ones,soft rubbers clean to the edge better than hard therefore less detailing.

[windowwashers]

also depends if you are using fairy or a liquid designed for window cleaning, fairy is for dishes  

[NWH]

Sqeeggee off is realy good with a soft rubber.

[patwoods]

hi ian  
thanks lads but where is the best to get them in bunddle

[windowwashers]

Soft don`t last as long but clean far better than hard ones,soft rubbers clean to the edge better than hard therefore less detailing.

if you wet the edge you will always have to detail soft or hard  if you leave an inch gap you dont no where near as much to details regardless of soft or hard

[windowwashers]

hi ian  
thanks lads but where is the best to get them in bunddle

windowcleaningwarehouse wintecs scrimcity. If you live in softwater area gg3 liquid hard water gg4  i use pulex hard and gg4

[NWH]

GG products no thanks,i didn`t like them but that`s just my opinion.

[Sir Squeaky]

None of them are the quality they used to be. :

I did a test on some popular brands a while back.
My findings were as such...

Based on: How well they slide along the glass.
                 How easily they "cut" and gets nicks in (durability)
                 How long they last providing they haven't cut.(longevity)
                 My overall rating.

Marks are out of 10.
All rubbers are the "soft" variety, but I'd imagine the comparison would be similar with "hard".

Ettore    : Slide  9.   Durability 7.   Longevity  8.   Overall  8.5.  :  The best about.

Pulex     : Slide  6.   Durability 8.   Longevity  6.   Overall  7.     :  Don't last 5 mins.

SYR        : Slide  8.   Durability 7.   Longevity  7.   Overall  7.5.  :  Not a bad rubber.

(d)Unger: Slide  8.   Durability 5.   Longevity  7.   Overall  6.     :  Vile. Falls to bits.

So, there you have it...
Ettore best of a bad bunch, but the most expensive.
SYR not too bad, but Pulex is very overrated, and you'll be changing it every 5 minutes. It doesn't cut much, but it goes blunt in a morning.
Unger...slides well, but built like a 1980's Lada Riva.

Hope this of some interest to someone, it took long enough to type it!

Cheers, Rog.

[patwoods]

roger your the man but were they soft or hard rubbers

[Sir Squeaky]

oops, sorry.
They were all soft rubbers.
Post amended.

Well, Pulex is not really soft!
More like an old car tyre.

[patwoods]

what do you use out of interest roger

[D woods]

We sell all the different squeegee rubbers and the two best sellers are Ettore and Unger Soft.

[Sir Squeaky]

I haven't bought any for ages.
Because of wfp I probably use my squeegee 30% of the time that I used to.

I think there's an SYR in there at the moment, but I've got through quite a bit (unsurprisingly) of Pulex in the last few months.

If I was to buy some more now?

Probably Ettore, and look after it.
It's the dog's swingers to work with, but it does cut easier than some.

[Sir Squeaky]

We sell all the different squeegee rubbers and the two best sellers are Ettore and Unger Soft.

They're the two biggest names.
That's the main reason.

Justified in Ettore's case.

[Jason Atwell]

GET A SORBO SQUEEGEE, lasts much longer than ettorre pulex and the rest and cleans brill, once i used mine, i could not go back