[britishwill]

May be old news but Omnipole as title says are no longer trading.

I ordered from their eBay site, possible stock left over from the closure. I requested a VAT receipt I got no response until I said I would leave negative feedback. The email came back moments later saying they had ceased trading and are no longer VAT registered. So I cannot claim back the VAT I thought I thought I could resulting in a higher price
They went out of business in August last year.

[mjm]

its ashame   they have closed  nice bunch of people easy to deal with they have fixed things for me   back packs /trolley maybe they will open up under another name 

[windowswashed]

Shame they closed down, got my diesel heater from them

[Spruce]

I quite liked the idea of their tank on a skid plate although it must have added a lot of extra weight.

One of the local lads bought a Renault van with a tank fitted. They located the 4040 r/o inside the tank in the water which would lesson the chance of the r/o freezing. Not sure if the tank was baffled or not though.

[Dry Clean]

I quite liked the idea of their tank on a skid plate although it must have added a lot of extra weight.

One of the local lads bought a Renault van with a tank fitted. They located the 4040 r/o inside the tank in the water which would lesson the chance of the r/o freezing. Not sure if the tank was baffled or not though.

That's the problem Spruce, a lot of these guys get carried away with the innovation and forget that they have to sell the product in order to make money, an RO inside a tank sounds costly to produce and probably not needed by the majority of users.

[Walter Mitty]

I quite liked their innovation - finding non-standard solutions.

I quite liked the simplicity too. They tended not to use flow controllers.  Instead you would vary the flow rate with a return-to-tank pipe with a tap on it.  That works well with a robust pump.

[Spruce]

I quite liked their innovation - finding non-standard solutions.

I quite liked the simplicity too. They tended not to use flow controllers.  Instead you would vary the flow rate with a return-to-tank pipe with a tap on it.  That works well with a robust pump.

Our first r/o trailer had that arrangement. The pump worked flat out and I could never get the adjustment right to suit me.

The first controllers that Varistream made were just a game changer for me with regard to water saving.

[Spruce]

I quite liked the idea of their tank on a skid plate although it must have added a lot of extra weight.

One of the local lads bought a Renault van with a tank fitted. They located the 4040 r/o inside the tank in the water which would lesson the chance of the r/o freezing. Not sure if the tank was baffled or not though.

I agree. I don't recall see this design of tank anywhere else. Whatever, the mould to make the tank must have cost an absolute fortune - they did a couple of different sizes as well didn't they?

Its little wonder that Wyedale were the tanks to use back then.
That's the problem Spruce, a lot of these guys get carried away with the innovation and forget that they have to sell the product in order to make money, an RO inside a tank sounds costly to produce and probably not needed by the majority of users.

[Walter Mitty]

I quite liked their innovation - finding non-standard solutions.

I quite liked the simplicity too. They tended not to use flow controllers.  Instead you would vary the flow rate with a return-to-tank pipe with a tap on it.  That works well with a robust pump.

Our first r/o trailer had that arrangement. The pump worked flat out and I could never get the adjustment right to suit me.

The first controllers that Varistream made were just a game changer for me with regard to water saving.

What I used to do was have the tank tap set for a  higher flow rate than I needed and make the finer adjustment with a hoselock (with tap) style fitting on the pole end of the hose reel.  I agree that it's less elegant that an electronic flow controller, but it's also one less thing that can go wrong.  I preferred simplicity over elegance - others might not.
I currently have a delivery unit from another company.  It does have electronic flow control.  It's just the way it came.