[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

It was great to see Vadim, Dave and Debbie Morris , Trippy, Steve, Wally, Brad and Ian from WCP, Craig from polarbrite, Andrew Wallis Impact43, Andrew Thompson from Purefreedom, Oh and Terry the Turbo Burrows (Thanks for the tips Terry, more practice I think lol).

All the best for the future guys



Matt

[Ste M]

i spotted you and your wife matt, i was to awestruck though to speak to you and just stood there in the background staring at you 

[Craig Trevain]

Corr my feet!!  thanks guys, was great putting a face to the voice/name today, and thanks mb for helping us load our van much appreciated.
 

[Clive McDonald]

I'm so jealous. i wish i'd gone- it's forty minutes.

I've been doing a lot of moaning about alex because he left the forum, but when i look at his website i think wow! has that guy been busy.New poles, new crash tested systems.

His stragegy always was to avoid high marketing costs such as attending these events and to use his expertise on this and other forums to create trust.

One thing more, my own van, it's part diy and part pro install, but it's two years in front of anything the suppliers have got.People like Jeff Brimble and Matt, or joeuk, have had more input into this industry than some might care to admitt.Most of us have one or two good ideas, after that you have to pinch ideas off other people.

Suppliers ignore this at their peril.

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

Corr my feet!!  thanks guys, was great putting a face to the voice/name today, and thanks mb for helping us load our van much appreciated.
 

Thats ok mate, sorry I couldn't finish that sale.
should of handed it back to you before they left.



Matt

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

i spotted you and your wife matt, i was to awestruck though to speak to you and just stood there in the background staring at you 

Its ok mate, theres always next year at the NEC lol


Matt

[Terry_Burrows]

  Big thanks to all that came up and said Hi the show was very busy I am now weak leamp Lifeless lost me mo jo and a big Thanks
 to dave st Ives Debs well done to debs for breaking her best! and many thanks to dave for giving me that blow fingy blow job dryer it was the only fing I pulled up to bed many thanks just great to see all been a really good 2 day show what more can I say night night

[Ste M]

I'm so jealous. i wish i'd gone- it's forty minutes.

I've been doing a lot of moaning about alex because he left the forum, but when i look at his website i think wow! has that guy been busy.New poles, new crash tested systems.

His stragegy always was to avoid high marketing costs such as attending these events and to use his expertise on this and other forums to create trust.

One thing more, my own van, it's part diy and part pro install, but it's two years in front of anything the suppliers have got.People like Jeff Brimble and Matt, or joeuk, have had more input into this industry than some might care to admitt.Most of us have one or two good ideas, after that you have to pinch ideas off other people.

Suppliers ignore this at their peril.

surely taking all this to a show like windex would of promoted it far more than his website does at the moment? i think alexs products are fantastic from my experiances so far, the thing that annoys me though is that someone who is supposedly a market leader does not attend these trade shows , its a bit like Land Rover not attending and off road day.

I recently purchased a 40ft pole from alex for 565, i asked them what happens if i get it and im not happy with it, their reply was unless it was faulty then i wouldnt get a re-fund, im buying gardiners equipment purefly and solely off recomendations on here so im taking a big risk, i dont have money to waste, surely alex could spend some of his money and attend one of these shows

[Moderator David@stives]

My experience of Windex was ------------------ Well Done Suppliers, nice to see so many there and all there new products.

I was there for 2 days and nights and it definately wasnt long enough, I never got bored for one minute. I must have met 100 window cleaners from this forum, and I spent at least 30 minutes on each stall talking to suppliers and examining there wares, so many good products and loads of competition, driving the industry forward.

The speed competition was good also, but maybe I am biased as I came 2nd today, despite no practice and recovering from a dodgy shoulder. My wife also broke her world record by an astonishing 3 seconds.

I picked up a few leads for the future which are quite promising, The Gala dinner on thursday evening was quite interesting as I got to rub shoulders with a few interesting people I would never of met otherwise, some of whom I would probably do business with in the future.

I would like to say all the window cleaners I met were brilliant, and it was a pleasure to meet everyone of you, you all helped to make my stay at Windex absolutely brilliant.

So here it is

Thank You all


The

[brett walker]

Had a great 2 days at the show, met a lot of old faces and some new ones

picked up a lot of new ideas for my business, definately my best windex so far, my first windex was back in 2006 in london and its improved every time since then. 

Thanks to facelift for doing me a great deal on a pole, i found all the suppliers very helpful there are lots of new trolleys out there if you want one, in my opinion pure freedom trolleys are still the best.

I also was very impressed with the polar vac

Brett

[G & M]

I came over from cork and over all I was expecting more. Thought there might be some new ideas, or maybe something on roof cleaning, power washing gear etc. The ionics 35ft pole looks the biz and the turkish made poles ( cant remember their name) looked pretty good too. Would have been great to see Gardiners poles there to compare with the competition.
   Some of you may be able to do a comparision  on the gardiner poles v ionics etc for the rest of us. I also really liked the ionics brushes.

[Window Washers]

My experience of Windex was ------------------ Well Done Suppliers, nice to see so many there and all there new products.

I was there for 2 days and nights and it definately wasnt long enough, I never got bored for one minute. I must have met 100 window cleaners from this forum, and I spent at least 30 minutes on each stall talking to suppliers and examining there wares, so many good products and loads of competition, driving the industry forward.

The speed competition was good also, but maybe I am biased as I came 2nd today, despite no practice and recovering from a dodgy shoulder. My wife also broke her world record by an astonishing 3 seconds.

I picked up a few leads for the future which are quite promising, The Gala dinner on thursday evening was quite interesting as I got to rub shoulders with a few interesting people I would never of met otherwise, some of whom I would probably do business with in the future.

I would like to say all the window cleaners I met were brilliant, and it was a pleasure to meet everyone of you, you all helped to make my stay at Windex absolutely brilliant.

So here it is

Thank You all


The

Dave have you ever been to windex before ?, because I am shocked if you thought that was the best, did you have you eyes closed ? the buzz was not there, even wcw did have the normal buzz they have, was nice to meet some new contacts there but hope they do better next time and supplier try a little harder, and one of them sell some parts that most will have wanted a few extra of :


Annoys me when I go to spend money on things and I cant
Ian
p.s I may have to train my guys missus to challenge Debs in the speed tests  but wearing my uniform  you did give me one tip that I will be using asap, thanks for that and nice to meet you.

[Wizard]

I am so surprise that there is no mention of the best exhibit of the whole Windex show. I am sure every one saw it ,and was gob smacked at its design. Its was the well designed little lady helping terry Turbo and  Dave Morris. What a neat construction. She would get my vote every time. Who could  disagrees.

[Frankybadboy]

name and shame the sad git who had there company t-shirt on,you stuffy gits.



seen a few.

[actualcleaning]

Was omnipole there?
Did they have a stand next to polarvak....

[Steve CM]

I enjoyed the show to. got to test a lot of poles and see some good systems. the polar vac has some good suction. i would like to test it at height though as i'm unsure about  wielding a pole at 40ft in the air having all that vac hose flapping about. Looked very good for the money though. and i think it felt like it had more suction than what my omnivac has.

for me the ionics poles are to heavy, to flexible and far to expensive.

the stand next to it had a very good value moduar pole that feels very similar to the sl2 and the replacement sections are only 70 quid each!! they had a nice solution to the hose on the outside of the pole as well. i think gardiners should adopt that method. nice brushes and goosenecks at a very attractive price. hopefully i will buy one in the future

Met a few guys to which is nice to put a face to a name. See some nice females floating about to which was a bonus

For me the brodex hydra ally poles are a must for an everyday cheap pole and a 3 year guarentee. i will be ordering a few this week.

good show, good people, good information and products. Well worth the trip

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

name and shame the sad git who had there company t-shirt on,you stuffy gits.



seen a few.

Didn't realise you were going Franky




Matt

[Moderator David@stives]

Ian I see the good in everything.

It worked for me, I came home richer and wiser, and have built a few new good relationships

[Frankybadboy]

name and shame the sad git who had there company t-shirt on,you stuffy gits.



seen a few.

Didn't realise you were going Franky




Matt

[Susan @ MB Window Cleaning]

Was omnipole there?
Did they have a stand next to polarvak....

They were both there! No pistols at dawn though!
All seems fine