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made this carbon fibre pole today .  total cost around £70 reach about 20 ft weight around 1230g

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[andyatkinson]

looks good mate and a good price. couldnt help but notice, your really quite small!

[BORBRYCE]

So what was it originaly, and where did you get the bits?

[Chris Cottrell]

Nice pole , nice pics too but I got a saw neck now though

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So what was it originaly, and where did you get the bits?

pole amazon £12   angle adpt and pole coller w.c. w £15 superlite brush gardiners £36 other bits and bobs  about a tenner

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looks good mate and a good price. couldn't help but notice, your really quite small!

lol that was just to demonstrate that at around 1230g my 9 year old can use it .     its very light!

[matt]

nice job

now watch out for the idiotic replies, they will include :

it looks crap
i dont get it
you should use fishing poles for fishing

[andyatkinson]

is there a way the hose can go though the pole not hang on the outside?

[matt]

is there a way the hose can go though the pole not hang on the outside?

not really, as you need to remove the bits of the pole

[andyatkinson]

thanks matt

[suds window service]

nice job

now watch out for the idiotic replies, they will include :

it looks crap
i dont get it
you should use fishing poles for fishing
prise indeed thank you ob1

[Tosh]

I've been using DIY fishing poles for about 6 months now; they're great; the only bit of maintenance I've had to do is remove a bit of tape, and replace it 3mm lower than what it was originally set at.  It took about one minute.

They're just so light too. 

They're a class bit of kit.

[ants]

Looks great Dave,its gotta be slower than telescopic though.Let us know how you get on with it this week.

[Wrekin C S]

What did you use around the top of the pole to keep the hose connected is it a cable tie?

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velcro strip from local diy shop

[karygate]

what make of pole and how long was it and how much you not used at thinnest end. all the specs please

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made this carbon fibre pole today .  total cost around £70 reach about 20 ft weight around 1230g

well i have been using my diy pole all week!
 so the benefits are its lightness and ease to use ,it started at about 24ft but was too brittle so cut it down to 20ft and its been perfect for my domestics.
      is it slower.....yes of course....however after a couple of days you get used to a new way of working and the operation speeds up.
  i cut down an old pole to 4ft to use for the bottoms,so its a case of changing poles.
after one week i would say it takes only a couple of mins longer to do a house.
         the body though feels so much better at the end of this week.
 so i will keep refining the idea until i get the perfect lightweight AFFORDABLE pole .
 bearing in mind that the pole its self was only £15 pound delivered its been money well spent.

[Alex Gardiner]

made this carbon fibre pole today .  total cost around £70 reach about 20 ft weight around 1230g

well i have been using my diy pole all week!
 so the benefits are its lightness and ease to use ,it started at about 24ft but was too brittle so cut it down to 20ft and its been perfect for my domestics.
      is it slower.....yes of course....however after a couple of days you get used to a new way of working and the operation speeds up.
  i cut down an old pole to 4ft to use for the bottoms,so its a case of changing poles.
after one week i would say it takes only a couple of mins longer to do a house.
         the body though feels so much better at the end of this week.
 so i will keep refining the idea until i get the perfect lightweight AFFORDABLE pole .
 bearing in mind that the pole its self was only £15 pound delivered its been money well spent.

Isn't this pole Fibre Glass not Carbon Fibre?