[rosskesava]

could somone not invent a pole where rather than any clamps you twisted the pole and it locked itself up inside the tube?
that could possibly be a good idea wouldnt it?

I've often wondered that. I've an Unger extension pole for trad cleaning that locks by twisting it either way.

Also, I cannot understand what is so complex about a clamp unless it has something to do with built in redundancy.

[Tony Edwards]

Is it me or is this so so boring now !!

[MWC]

+1 Another useless topic.

[wightsurf]

ideas come from useless topics! Then a company uses them 

[David Durrant]

Just thought id bump this back up again if you all stop arguing il have to sit and watch the soaps with my missis

[Pete Thompson]

Feel sorry for gardiner

good luck trying to enforce patents on chinese suppliers.  I've seen that happen before with much bigger companies, you have no chance.

Looks like these cheap china poles and clamps more or less exactly like yours are gonna be a game changer.  (not for the 10 or so forum fanboys, but for everyone else who will look at them and say "its the same thing only cheaper")

[Lee GLS]

Feel sorry for gardiner

good luck trying to enforce patents on chinese suppliers.  I've seen that happen before with much bigger companies, you have no chance.

Looks like these cheap china poles and clamps more or less exactly like yours are gonna be a game changer.  (not for the 10 or so forum fanboys, but for everyone else who will look at them and say "its the same thing only cheaper")

It had already been said that the clamps are not the same and the spring fitted to them is a waste of time, so they will not be as good.

[Spruce]

The chap selling them on Ebay still hasn't any feedback from selling his poles.

I'm starting to think that if you have a pole to sell from a recognised UK supplier, you will get buyer interest. If you are an unknown selling a pole, then it going to be difficult.

[windiewasher]

The chap selling them on Ebay still hasn't any feedback from selling his poles.

I'm starting to think that if you have a pole to sell from a recognised UK supplier, you will get buyer interest. If you are an unknown selling a pole, then it going to be difficult.

im a unknown supplier but had many emails they want to order 1 or 2 poles each.
I think he needs to let people know about there rather than only using ebay.

[rosskesava]

With ebay, does anyone know the law about the guarantee that comes with new products?

Gardiner's stuff comes with a guarantee as do stuff from other manufacturers.

[mufcglen]

the thing for me is why would somone buy a pole off a guy on ebay no matter how good they was if he doesnt have a website and everything else that goes with his business!
no one wants to spend good money on a pole only for it to break and then what do you do about warranty etc if its a fault with part of the pole?
thats why i went with gardiners, no messing, the websites there and easy to navigate, Alex is on here all the time and plenty of good comments in general off fellow windies.
i'd only buy from abroad if i was gonna save a shedload then it would be worth it for me and as somone said on here early on, theres the other end of the scale where bigger windies who make some good money dont mind spending big money for decent carbon poles as they pay for themselves in no time but for me as a one man business still building work i need something reliable, decent priced and has a good backup!

[deeege]

the thing for me is why would somone buy a pole off a guy on ebay no matter how good they was if he doesnt have a website and everything else that goes with his business!
no one wants to spend good money on a pole only for it to break and then what do you do about warranty etc if its a fault with part of the pole?
thats why i went with gardiners, no messing, the websites there and easy to navigate, Alex is on here all the time and plenty of good comments in general off fellow windies.
i'd only buy from abroad if i was gonna save a shedload then it would be worth it for me and as somone said on here early on, theres the other end of the scale where bigger windies who make some good money dont mind spending big money for decent carbon poles as they pay for themselves in no time but for me as a one man business still building work i need something reliable, decent priced and has a good backup!

Exactly this.

[Nathanael Jones]

There's a couple of types of poles that are big in America & are hardly ever seen here (Simpoles and ReachIT) - - would it not be a better idea to re-sell a "known brand" that's new to the UK but still has a proven track record??

[windiewasher]

There's a couple of types of poles that are big in America & are hardly ever seen here (Simpoles and ReachIT) - - would it not be a better idea to re-sell a "known brand" that's new to the UK but still has a proven track record??

Not heard many great reports about the 2 poles above.

[Lee GLS]

The window cleaning Facebook community's are filled with negative comments about the reach it clamps, and it sounds like they do not stand by their 3 year warrenty, they accuse the pole user of abusing the pole so it voids the warrenty.

[Arnold Palmer]

I'm with Matt...

[Spruce]

There's a couple of types of poles that are big in America & are hardly ever seen here (Simpoles and ReachIT) - - would it not be a better idea to re-sell a "known brand" that's new to the UK but still has a proven track record??

Perry Tait has his poles made in China. I once saw a Chinese address for him in those days when he was keeping a lower profile.

[mufcglen]

theres a post today on there with a video of a guy not happy with a reach it pole spinning like mad and dont think its that old either!

[G Griffin]

There's a couple of types of poles that are big in America & are hardly ever seen here (Simpoles and ReachIT) - - would it not be a better idea to re-sell a "known brand" that's new to the UK but still has a proven track record??

Perry Tait has his poles made in China.

They sound very fragile.

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

The reach-it poles have been around for quite some time, if they were any good we'd have all known about it by now!

The guy who was the UK distributor used to come on here.

The best poles are already out there & well known, if anything comes along that betters these we'll all know about it pretty quickly.

Is there cheaper? probably, is there better? NO.