urm question
sorry... whats the backpack!? :
i mean i see surflo do a backpack, but this includes pump right? but less powerful?
Tosh, didn't you go for backpack? was this for trolley system
ben
Ben
I've a back pack and a 50 litre trolley system (which is a bit naff because I haven't got a Variflow) and struggling to work out the best way to stick a hose reel on it (I'm not very practically minded).
I don't think I'll use the trolley much till I get a trailer and tow bar fitted anyway.
I use the back pack, mounted on a shopping trolley with a bungee, mostly and it's great. Goes anywhere. Light enough to lift over walls, carry through houses, down small back alleys overgrown with foliage, up steps. Anywhere just about.
I've even carried it up a set of ladders onto a flat roof to clean a conservatory roof (but a longer hose would've been better and just left the back pack on the ground).
Anyway, the back pack pump is a has a self contained 45 psi pump, which has pumped water through 25 meters of normal hose, then through 35 feet of thin hose and has cleaned 2nd floor windows (three stories) no problem.
It holds 16 litres of water, enough to do at least one complete house (normal three bed semi) and is a good entry level peice of equipment that would compliment any van mounted system too (as David uses).
Also, hoses really bug me. All those tangles and frustration. Probably because I haven't had enough experience with 'hose', but the beauty of the back pack is you keep it close to you, so you need very little.
And as David has said, the battery is superb. It's not failed me yet, although I charge it each night.
I've just been contemplating selling my 50 litre trolley system and buying another back pack for Wor Lass.