[EandM]

Having just survived two rather large gutter cleaning jobs and wondering if I'll survive another, I've been looking at the gutter cleaning poles available.

As a usual fan of Carbon Fibre, I see that they are also available in aluminum at only 500g a pole.

Has anyone experience with both, have any preferences and are there any downsides to the metal alternatives?

[Smudger]

Short answer - don’t do it!
500g doesn’t sound much but believe me when you have 5 of them plus clamps and sticky gunk clinging to the inside after lifting up and down a few times you’ll be ready to throw them away

You can’t beat 2 inch carbon tubes

[Splash & dash]

When I started I had the omnivac alloy poles they did work ok but heavy and in cold seam to act like a freezer . Carbon fibre poles are more delicate but so much easier and lighter to use , obviously they are a fair bit more money but the first ones I had I got from carbon fibre tubes they are tapered fit and you do need to keep the ends clean and use a ptfe lube on them or they can stick but they are very good poles ridged far more so than the Skyvac elite poles we have now .

[EandM]

Thank you both, that's a great help.

Carbon Fibre it is then.

Cheers.

[Bungle]

Short answer - don’t do it!
500g doesn’t sound much but believe me when you have 5 of them plus clamps and sticky gunk clinging to the inside after lifting up and down a few times you’ll be ready to throw them away

You can’t beat 2 inch carbon tubes

I used to use 7 of the b4stards sometimes. Bloody hard work it was.

[simon w]

Yep, would never go back to aluminum

[AuRavelling79]

Aluminium you Yankee illiterates.

 

[EandM]

Aluminium you Yankee illiterates.

 

If it was good enough for Scotty in Star Trek IV...


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