The gardiners Supalite brush is one of the Bentley ones, have to say I love it, the bristles spread well and also retain their shape, it's monfilament too.
Up until now I've used the Salmon brushes, the Salmon brush is monofilament, or at least those supplied by Peter Fogwill are!
The Bentley may only be a cheap as chips sweeping brush (as many of the WFP brushes indeed are) but it is so light, and really is perfect for WFP (even if totally unintentional!!)
I saw the Bentley stand up at the NEC, but all the brushes I lifted felt far too heavy to be used for WFP, but then, that isn't their intended use.
As time passes, it is going to become increasingly important to have the lightest possible brush/jets/gooseneck etc, just a few grams at 30 or 40 feet makes an enourmous difference!
Ditto with poles, get that combination right and the difference on your body is staggering.
The cheapo Aluminium pole from Unger is a very light pole (many disadvantages over others, but it is lighter than most) and I've done a particular job with this pole at 35ft and the Fogwill Salmon brush attached.
Bloody hard work and it's also a good job I'm physically a strong man because some of the windows (not possible off ladders) needed a lot a strength to clean.
Done this week with the Gardiners Supalite pole and Supalite brush....what a difference!!
One of the biggest differences is the weight at the business end, the brush, jets, gooseneck are all as light as you can currently get them...huge difference...
I've seen some of the various goosenecks and the methods used to attach whatever brush was being demonstrated up at the NEC.
Some wonderfully solid bits of engineering were on display...but that all means heavy!!!!!
Not in your hand of course, but by god, up at 30 or 40 feet and extended over a roof of some description you are really going to know about it!
Another thing to consider about an ultra light brush is the fact that as well as considerably less strain on you the user, there is also less strain on the gooseneck and pole, meaning of course that they don't need to be so solidly robust.
I don't know if Gardiners have started pushing this area in the advertising, but I'll bet that if their system isn't the lightest on the market, then it ain't far off!
God, look at the time...7am! I'm late for work
Ciao for now,
Ian