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windowcleaninginessex.co.uk

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£ 35.00 water fed pole
« on: May 12, 2009, 08:38:30 pm »
Been cleaning windows for over 15 years now and it is time to go wfp, looking at all options at moment. Purefreedom seems the one to go for.

but wanted to know  if anyone  used one of these poles and what are they like

http://www.ufind.at/mscleaningpoles

£35.00 is cheap, does it mean cheap

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Simon@ Clearview contractors

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2009, 08:43:01 pm »
Cheap? yes, practical? No.  Imo, 12ft is nowhere long enough.  On quite a few of my jobs the 18ft is only just long enough.
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Pittmonkey

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2009, 08:46:07 pm »
PMSL

Check out the video's. Looks like I've been doing it wrong all this time. Didn't know you were supposed to put fairy on the brush :o
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johns window kleen

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2009, 08:49:18 pm »
It says it works directly from a mains tap!!!!

Miles too short . What if you  encounter windows above conservatories?.
This appears too restrictive.
Cant see any advantages in using this.

Get a good 5 section telescopic one  from about £170.
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tomy jackson

Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2009, 08:54:40 pm »
convert a haris pole and  it will do 95% of your work  £15 and by a biger pole for hier work
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macmac

Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2009, 08:55:58 pm »
Quote from: darrencharm on May 12, 2009, 08:38:30 pm
Been cleaning windows for over 15 years now and it is time to go wfp, looking at all options at moment. Purefreedom seems the one to go for.

but wanted to know  if anyone  used one of these poles and what are they like

http://www.ufind.at/mscleaningpoles

£35.00 is cheap, does it mean cheap



The best advice I can give you with 5 years wfp experience under my wing is not to  over-look the huge importance of your pole & brush. These two things are the most important & influencing tools you will buy. Don't handicap yourself from the outset by useing inferior poles, they will make your life SO much harder. 400 quid will get you a superb pole, might sound dear to you as a newbie but they are worth every penny & I class them as investments as the enable you to work faster, easier & do a better job every time! ;)
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andyatkinson

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2009, 08:56:44 pm »
OMG! they use a soapy brush and rinse with 200 litres of tap water from a market stall caravan cleaning brush,
its the future ive tasted it ;D
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windowcleaninginessex.co.uk

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2009, 09:03:54 pm »
You all worded your answers well but to the point -They are crap
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macmac

Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2009, 09:06:07 pm »
Quote from: darrencharm on May 12, 2009, 09:03:54 pm
You all worded your answers well but to the point -They are crap

That would be a compliment!  You would have to stick a couple of "F" words in to do it justice! :D
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bonsey

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2009, 09:19:56 pm »
darrencharm  you can always pop down road and have a look at my set up
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weetot

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2009, 09:23:30 pm »
Is that one of them car cleaning  things where the hose in no way stays on the end.

Ive got one, paid £4 from a warehouse cash an carry and use it with a bucket of water and fairy on the van.

Scuse me if im wrong, but £35 Narghh
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dai

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2009, 09:25:54 pm »
Quote from: tomy jackson on May 12, 2009, 08:54:40 pm
convert a haris pole and  it will do 95% of your work  £15 and by a biger pole for hier work

This is the best advice you will get on here, most of my work is done with the Harris, I paid over £800 for a superlite 2, But for 95% of my work I use the £15.00 Harris, and have been for the last 2 years.
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weetot

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2009, 09:29:40 pm »
yeh convert a unger of harris, if youre on a budget its much cheaper, drill a couple o holes and slip 6mm tube though, add a pole valve and a hosetail waterstop and bobs your uncle....
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windowcleaninginessex.co.uk

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2009, 09:40:28 pm »
Quote from: dai on May 12, 2009, 09:25:54 pm
Quote from: tomy jackson on May 12, 2009, 08:54:40 pm
convert a haris pole and  it will do 95% of your work  £15 and by a biger pole for hier work

This is the best advice you will get on here, most of my work is done with the Harris, I paid over £800 for a superlite 2, But for 95% of my work I use the £15.00 Harris, and have been for the last 2 years.
When you say harris pole , i take it you mean the extension  pole for decorators etc,
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Window Washers

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2009, 09:42:00 pm »
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Sapphire Window Cleaning

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2009, 10:49:35 pm »
that 12ft pole is just a caravan brush, I used these on conservatory roofs before converting to WFP they are a good little pole for cleaning plastics and caravans and cars, but they are NOT a waterfed pole.





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jeff1

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2009, 10:57:55 am »
Quote from: darrencharm on May 12, 2009, 08:38:30 pm
Been cleaning windows for over 15 years now and it is time to go wfp, looking at all options at moment. Purefreedom seems the one to go for.

but wanted to know  if anyone  used one of these poles and what are they like

http://www.ufind.at/mscleaningpoles

£35.00 is cheap, does it mean cheap


Don't bother with it I already have one I first bought for doing conservatory roofs with and they are good for that but they weigh a Ton but after a short while they leak like anything because the whole pole is full of water.
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MJH

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2009, 11:38:04 am »
I use expensive rigid poles for commercial work, but for domestic an 18 foot glass fibre with vikan brush head is practical!!!

At the end of the day a £400 pole wouldn't last too long on daily domestic work!!!

For 1st floor standard house windows a gf is cheap and practical, you don't have to worry about the whip due to the heights you need to reach!!!
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Sapphire Window Cleaning

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2009, 04:37:46 pm »
Ian that was great, ended a little short though but got the gist of it, I am going to try and make one at the weekend as a spare lol





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windowcleaninginessex.co.uk

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Re: £ 35.00 water fed pole
« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2009, 05:44:27 pm »
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