I have been humming and ahhing about getting 100m of microbore to fit on my existing hoselock 50m hand wind reel....
Went for 100m of tricoflex and a 100m hand crank hose reel instead...boy, what a difference, ok, I know I lose the advantage of the lighter microbore when dragging it out, but winding it in is vastly easier, and the tricoflex doesn't kink, even when you have dragged out a pile of it and it is all lying on top of itself.
My pole hose is reinforced airline type hose, I have about 25-30m of this, its connected to the tricoflex via a step down connector and a standard plastic auto-shut off hoselock connector...these are 5 or 6 quid to buy, they do wear out but I have never, ever had a problem with the auto shut off failing.
My biggest complaint with them is that if I tug too hard on the pole hose it comes out of the connector.
But as I have 30 or so metres of the pole hose this gives me lots of scope.
I am still using the same brush (I only have the one at the moment still) as I had when I started, this is the Salmon one that came with the system I bought off Peter Fogwill, its over 2 years old now and the bristles (mono-filament) are still perfect, if a little worn on each end of the brush, I can't recommend the Salmon brushes high enough.
Snail trails.....god but I hate snail trails!!
Having said that, I hated them when doing just trad and I think WFP cleans them better actually, you see them instantly (and not after you have started to squeegee the glass) and also know when they have gone.
If I have done a load of large high buildings, my lower back can really ache...but in truth this wouldn't be a problem if I wasn't such a fat b****d
And I too hate the 6ft pole length, though as I use the Unger ones, I at least only need to have the section on that I will actually need...they may be the cheapest poles out there, but they are bloody versatile
And the little green bits that wear out in the clamp section are just pennies to replace too.
It's a big learning curve using WFP on standard semi's too, get it wrong and it is highly frustrating, the hose catches on everything, or jams under the customers car wheels!
So you have to be very organised, when you get it right you can really fly.
I should be at work, I've only got 2 jobs to do today though...both over a ton..who wants 30 semi's
2 big 3 storey Georgian offices that no one with ladders wants is just the ticket for me
Ian