You could buy a basic 3 x1200 watt from Dual Pumps or Gardeners the list price has risen in the last month due to the strength of the Euro to £505.00 or £514.00 + VAT depending on whether you want the 110 or the 240 model. THESE MODELS CAN ALSO BE BOUGHT FROM US and you wont need to wait as they are usually in stock.
You will then need to carry out a conversion to 51mm and will also require reinforced NON-KINK 51mm hose - not sold by Dual pumps or Gardeners you will then need a full set of tools to reach into the different depth and width gutters in various angles and sizes again not sold by Gardeners or Dual pumps you could then buy a carbon fibre pole from Gardeners which will wear out very quickly due to the debris such as fragments of broken roof tile , gravel etc. being sucked down the fragile carbon tubes (this has been tried and tested by Jeff Brimble who managed to wear away the inner of the tubes in under two hours use) . Or you could buy the complete system that has been tried, tested and improved over many years from Omnipole and telephone us for free advice or to a have a custom tool made for any specific job.
Andy Cheyney was on the phone to us Friday wanting to buy all the extra bits and pieces that cannot be sourced any where else, maybe he will save one or two hundred pounds when he has finaly got the system working and its only cost him hours of phone calls and weeks trying to get all the bits needed and then building it him self - how does this is savemoney he could have bought from us and been working and have paid for the kit many times over by now. Kevin Red has posted saying he has paid for his complete Omnipole guttervac/camera/gutterwash system more than 16 times over in the last six Months which is probably close to £70 to 80,000.
a 24' COMPLETE patent pending, free back up advice, network of operators to pass jobs to one another, Omnipole GutterVAC is only £1090.00 + VAT
Work out the cost of a carbon pole and a basic unconverted 3x1200 vac , complete with the wrong type of hose and no gutter tools from Gardeners!
http://www.omni-guttervac.com/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20GutterVac%20complete%20system%20price%20list.pdf
Can I first state for the record that I have NEVER tried to put the Omnipole Gutter-vac system down.
The other thing I want to say is that the Jeff test was done with a short length of Carbonfibre fishing pole using only sharp grit, it was horizontal and in Jeff's words "Probable compounded the wear by a factor of 100."
The other week I was able to use both my diy gutter-vacuum and an Omnipole Gutter-vac. The Omniopole definatly looks the part and does a good job to. Although the hose to vac manifold could have done this being black or chrome. The Omnipole also has ready made connectors to help clean the gutters out. It was also quicker at doing the gutters but some of this extra speed would be down to a more experienced operator and my diy system still needing some "tweeks". I have NEVER tried to say the Omnipole system is not a ood system. All I have done is tried to show people how they can get MORE use out of a high reaching lightweight carbonfibre pole that otherwise might be sat in the garage for weeks inbetween window cleans.
For buildings up to 2 storeys then the Omnipole is brilliant but above that it does start to feel heavy and take it out of your sholders. The Omnipole site recommends a 2 man operation including a supporting pole for heights above 36ft. The diy SL2 system using Carbonfibre can still be used by 1 man uto 60ft and thats when it really comes into its own. If some one is using a gutter system on a very regular basis on standard houses then they would be looking for a dedicated system and the Omnipole system is the best for that. It also knocks the socks off the overpriced, non UK gutter compatable (Ionic salesmans words not mine) Upkeeper.
But if you want to utilise a pole you may already be thinking of buying or need to go higher for longer, then a strong Carbonfibre system will then prove better.
My DIY system has been used for a few months now and actually shows no signs of wear on the inside or on the joins. Time will tell as to when I will need to start buying new sections. I certainly don't factor in a new pole for every job although a recent job I did paid for my entire system nearly 4 times over as I could go where scaffolding would have cost a fortune and cherry pickers could not go. I was actually half the price of using scaffolding / cherry pickers and was finished in a day compared to a day just to put up the scaffolding.
I'm actually surprised that you haven't tried a strength test yourself Glynn using the Emporium poles to enable higher 1 man use of your system. Nor do you have the gutter attachments advertised seperately on your site for those that might want to purchase them but not the gutter-vac. It would still be sales in the till..!!
So its a case of horses for courses.
There are many things the Omnipole gutter cleaning system can do that the DIY system can't and things the diy system can do that the Omniopole system can't........
Either way. In my limited opinion they both do their job better that any other gutter cleaning system currently on the market....... If I had the space, the money and Glyn sold the gutter-vac pole seperatly, I would consider having both..!!!!
Regards
Mr H