Just to let everyone know I now use a lighter Salmon brush as standard for the Autobrush, it is now the lightest professional brush on the market that I know of. It also makes the Autobrush a little cheaper.
Mike triggers can be OK if you want to use many different sizes of poles instead of one pole. Personally I wouldn't want to be swapping poles over, and wasting time doing so.
Peter
What do you mean Peter? I use one pole, one trigger for all my jobs?
What is the weight of the salmon brush without the Autobrush assembly?
The bare brush is 312g
Mike 108 has 4 poles and I assume he needs different sizes of poles, because of having a trigger fitted to each one.
If using the one pole then the trigger would need to be taken off every time you wanted to add or take away sections. The trigger also has the disadvantage of having pole hose between the trigger and the top of the pole to allow for the pole to extend, this can get in the way and caught on things. If you take a look at the picture in the previous page you will see hose coming down from the left hand side of the trigger, this section of hose would have to be 18 foot long for an 18 foot pole, and 40 foot long for a 40 foot pole. Now when you are moving around with the pole the hose gets in the way.
The idea of the Autobrush is to eliminate such problems, and it does completely. Yes a trigger may be a way to save water but it brings along another set of problems. I personally played around with triggers and if there were no problems then there would be no Autobrush. The new Autobrush saves water and adds no problems. Yes it may be a bit more expensive than an ordinary brush, but you get far more in return.
Peter