Hi , just read all this post and I'm amazed . Gary 999 thanks for posting some good replies .
I'm a window cleaner that uses several suppliers , my poles are made up from several suppliers .
I have no hidden agenda
I bought from China after good advice from KevC as I couldn't afford £600+ for a 45 ft pole .
So I used my own initive , my own keypad and communicated and bought some poles through my research and decision making .
Very happy
Paid all the Taxes , probably 20% of the full price as this was declared through the postage company . Not me .
Reference the Gardiners clamps - as you all know I think their terrible in operation , but great for longevity of your old poles . I PERSERVERE with them on my slx 30ft pole . As for Alex Gardiner the offer to take my pole was nice of him but not required . I fitted them right , used the loctite superseded bolts that he sent me and still the operation of them disappoints me . My thoughts and opinion .
I buy regular from Gardiners , quick loq , cill brushes etc so I have no problem with Gardiners . I'm not the only one to dislike the operation of the clamp.
I just try and take the best stuff from various suppliers , common sense I feel and my own right to do so being the customer .
Gardiners are great suppliers and excellent custie service .
I simply bought another type of pole from another supplier and a few didn't like it and a few embraced it .
Sorry to the gardiner obsessed persons on here , I just bought a product that I felt offered me the user a better way to put water onto the window in a more " value for money " way
Amazed
A normal bloke , independent buyer
Kempy