[andrew.ralph@homec]

COULD ANY BODY TELL ME THE BEST RUBBER TO USE IN THE WINTER OR DOES IT MATTER IF ITS SOFT OR HARD THANKS ANDY

[Sir Squeaky]

Hi Andy,
Nice to hear from a "proper" window cleaner.

What rubber do you use now?
I've always used Unger soft, but lately they've lasted about 5 minutes, the quality isn't what it was.

Looking back through old posts a lot of people swear by Pulex.
I haven't tried them, but I may now....

Good job I spotted this, as no-one else bothered to reply.
They're all too busy worrying about DI's, pump pressures and resins to service their wet brushes on sticks.

Rog.

[Ken]

We use pulex, but had to use SIR rubbers recently and they seemed to last forever. Quite impressive!

[pjulk]

I find its best to use soft rubbers all the time.
I can't get used to hard.

I use both unger and pulex rubbers.
The pulex rubbers seem to be just a fraction thicker but you have to look hard to tell.
And i also think the Pulex rubbers are slightly better but not a lot in it really

Paul

[Sir Squeaky]

Lately Unger soft have been giving me nightmares.

Each time I start a new one I only get through a few houses before there's a chunk out of it near the edge.

It's driving me mad, but hard rubbers just slow me down, they just don't glide well.

[Andrew McCann]

We use pulex, but had to use SIR rubbers recently and they seemed to last forever. Quite impressive!

Same here. Ran out of Pulex and had to pop to a local supplier to get some.  They only had SYR ones in. Have to say that I also was very impressed with them. Easy to use and seemed to last far longer. ERRR why then did I go and get some more Pulex??   :

Andrew

[KJG]

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I've always used Unger soft, but lately they've lasted about 5 minutes, the quality isn't what it was.
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I've noticed the same with Unger's. The softs are too soft, easily damaged and go 'blunt' within hours and the hards are just way too hard. The slightest bump on a seal or nobble in putty jolts the blade off the glass.

[Morph]

I always use the Unger soft for insides, great.  Then I forget and I use them outside too till they nick, then I change back to hard, and so on.

Pj

[thewindowcleaner1]

Get mine from the barbers

[Sir Squeaky]

Get mine from the barbers

"Something for the weekend Sir?"

"No thanks, I don't work weekends" 

[windows_chepstow]

Lately Unger soft have been giving me nightmares.

Each time I start a new one I only get through a few houses before there's a chunk out of it near the edge.

It's driving me mad, but hard rubbers just slow me down, they just don't glide well.

Just prior to getting my WFP I spent £60 on a big box of Unger Soft rubbers from Screwfix.

I had problems with a bent squeegie channel around the same time I started using them.

But yes, the Unger Soft, they don't seem to last very long at all.  I just assumed I had a bad batch.

[batterbee]

I us pulex hard all through the year, a little GG4 in the water and they glide like on ice i've used soft once and nether again as they dont last as long i  even once had to change the rubber twice on one house! >:(i get mine from SOAP NATIONAL 12 4 £15+VAT

[mattstanley]

I've been using Unger 3* rubbers in my Unger channels - fantastic.  Have just run out so nipped to get some Pulex from the local shop - not good in Unger channels.

Will buy more 3* this week.  Window Cleaning Warehouse (http://www.windowcleaningwarehouse.co.uk) seem to be cheapest at £0.99 + VAT for a 36" strip.

Good all round rubber if you have an Unger channel.