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Poll

What is your fav brand of equipment?

Ettore
25%
15 (25%)
Pulex
18.3%
11 (18.3%)
Unger
50%
30 (50%)
Other
6.7%
4 (6.7%)

Total Members Voted: 56

[GQC] Tim

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Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #20 on: October 10, 2008, 09:46:54 pm »
Roger, what microfibres are you using at the moment? My Unger cloths have seriously given up now after quite some time. :)

Bobs Window Cleaning

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Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #21 on: October 10, 2008, 10:20:52 pm »
I suppose Im used to unger after using them for a long time.

I agree that the ettore sgueegee is much better and the sgueegee off is excellent but the unger rubber works for me.
Why oh Why did he spell my name as bod & not bob on my wedding invites.

L.J.Thorpe

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Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #22 on: October 10, 2008, 10:35:07 pm »
pulex rubbers
syr channels and handles ;D
tried all the ettore and unger stuff
like ungers applicator
dont like anything made by ettore that i have tried (channels,applicators,rubbers,handles)
unger micros ok but good scrim is better imo

Sir Squeaky

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Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #23 on: October 10, 2008, 10:54:07 pm »
Roger, what microfibres are you using at the moment? My Unger cloths have seriously given up now after quite some time. :)
I can't remember, but they're light blue, and I got them from Window Cleaning Warehouse in Barry.

Sir Squeaky

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Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #24 on: October 10, 2008, 10:55:09 pm »
HAHAHA Unger the professionals choice?

It's Toys r us squeegees seriously, ettore is superbly balanced, and is 10x the squeegee Unger is. Ungers bucket is strong (the one with the casters), their poles are okay, I'm using them atm, simply because I never knew about the harris pole 2 years ago. Flipping costed me £80 that 20ft Unger pole. Their buckets on a belt aren't great either.

Ettore squeegee off is one of the best liquids I have used, and will always use it for insides.

Unger rubber is pants, Ettore or SYR.
Spot on Tim. ;)

Toys R Us!
I was thinking Unger stuff was more Fisher Price. ;D

L.J.Thorpe

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Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #25 on: October 10, 2008, 10:59:43 pm »
Roger, what microfibres are you using at the moment? My Unger cloths have seriously given up now after quite some time. :)
I can't remember, but they're light blue, and I got them from Window Cleaning Warehouse in Barry.
those light blue ones from wcw are same as soap nationals budget ones
not very good
micros have their uses but in long run a large collection of good quality well washed scrim is more use

Sir Squeaky

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Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #26 on: October 10, 2008, 11:13:48 pm »
those light blue ones from wcw are same as soap nationals budget ones
not very good
Can't be the same ones then.
These are very good.
Twice as quick and less smears than Unger.

L.J.Thorpe

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Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #27 on: October 10, 2008, 11:23:46 pm »
fair enough
i have some lite blue micros that are crap
i have some unger micros that are ok
neither are as good as scrim for detail on glass
great sill cloths and for wiping fascias tho

Sir Squeaky

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Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #28 on: October 10, 2008, 11:42:01 pm »
Interesting.
I find they don't hold enough water for sills or any mopping up.
Great for buffing and detailing though.
I use a scrim for mopping up.

Funny how people find things different isn't it... ???

Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #29 on: October 11, 2008, 01:14:32 am »
Interesting.
I find they don't hold enough water for sills or any mopping up.
Great for buffing and detailing though.
I use a scrim for mopping up.

Funny how people find things different isn't it... ???
Have to agree with you on that one, nothing apart from a beer mat (something I would not use ) mops like a scrim. detail micros do come in to there own, dont know why they just done a better job than a scrim. They dry your hands out big time though  :'(

Re: Trad: What is your fav brand??
« Reply #30 on: October 11, 2008, 07:13:20 am »
I have used allot of microfibers over the course of time, but after trying about 20 different types I now just stick to ones that you get out of tescos for about 30p. However for the most part I use Unger scrims for detailing. I only switch to the microfibers now if I am doing pole work, and I started using microfibers but moved away from them as they were ringing after about 2 mins.

Gerard  :)