[lee sobol]

time to replace some rubber on my squeegee, browsing the web you can get hard or soft rubber, as the equipment i bought was already assembled I have no idea, says on the rubber "Prochain" which I assume is the brand, am I hard or soft.... err dont ask the wife !! anyone know to what application I should normally be using either please ? 

[groundhog]

Hard in the Summer, soft in the winter... But lots of wc's just use soft all year round. 

[Jackal]

i use pulex soft all year it seems the cheapest to buy and works a treat

[Mike_G]

Soft Unger for me

[ascjim]

i use Soft Unger all year round

[lee sobol]

seems like wer'e all softy's then !!  when would you use the harder rubber for ?

[groundhog]

seems like wer'e all softy's then !!  when would you use the harder rubber for ?

You obviously didn't read my post Lee..... hard rubber is designed to be used in the Summer!!! 

[Sean Dyer]

i use pulex soft all year it seems the cheapest to buy and works a treat

same for me

[lee sobol]

Groundhog, i did read you're post, what I meant is why the hard and why the soft, is it to do with the temp of the glass or purely the hard in winter theoretically because there is more dirt and grime on the window rather than in the summer ?

[G Griffin]

It is to do with temperature. Hard rubber needs more pressure to remove solution and in winter it becomes less pliable still, and is even less effective. Think hosepipes, plastic things etc; they are less flexible when its colder.
Use soft all year and you`ll be ok. Hard lasts longer but it doesn`t matter for what it costs.

[rosskesava]

Unger soft - summer and winter.

If you use good old leave smears fairy liquid or similar, they won't last long but if you use proper window cleaning stuff like GG3/4 or squeegie off, they last ages.

[christopher b]

soft at moment.
for me it was the make, started using gg4 and ended up buying one of each make to try
unger and pulex like fairy, syr either and now im on etore.

[bobby p]

i say Dont buy SYR soft, its truly rubbish ,leaves trails and wont fan properly.

[petemg]

hi ya  my usual supplyer has shut down ,so i went in to home base they had a pack with a 42inch lengh of rubber blade made by unger it was just under £5 it seems ok not as soft as the ettore rubbers i am used to it will do till i find a new supplyer in my area............pete

[G Griffin]

hi ya  my usual supplyer has shut down ,so i went in to home base they had a pack with a 42inch lengh of rubber blade made by unger it was just under £5 it seems ok not as soft as the ettore rubbers i am used to it will do till i find a new supplyer in my area............pete

Can`t you buy online, Pete?

[petemg]

hi ya matey :)yes i could i just got used to going to a janitorial shop , having a chat and a cuppa , a god way of geting extra work and a whose who in your area ............pete

[G Griffin]

hi ya matey :)yes i could i just got used to going to a janitorial shop , having a chat and a cuppa , a god way of geting extra work and a whose who in your area ............pete

I can see why now  .

[chez]

was using unger soft but went through them too quickly. so swapped
to unger hard 6 months ago now they last 4 or 5 times longer!!