This forum is not a nice place.
And hopefully no one on this forum buys any of my stuff.
Fed up of cheap skates.
If you keep on reconditioning products they will disappear out of production for good and no one can use them then.
Don't you get business?
You depend on repeat cleaning don't you or just one off.
Want stuff to last 20 yrs.
Clean my windows but don't return for 20 yrs as I will buy a maintenance kit
I do hope people don’t take notice of this. You have brought some great products to market that has made the working day a lot easier for many a window cleaner, myself included.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for you and people will realise you have said some things out of frustration and draw a line under it.
This is a really nice response. I have often said over the years that I wish I had half the design ability Steve has. From the first launch of the Aquadaptor he had my respect. What a brilliant piece of kit.
Unfortunately, the Univalve has lasted too long. That doesn't help for repeat business and a continued income stream. He is passionate about his business as is seen from his responses and feels the need to protect his products. I think we all understand that. The cost of the Univalve reflects the cost of the dies needed to make the product. Those are very expensive and often it takes many years to recoup the investment made manufacturing and maintaining them.
In the late 1950's in central Africa there was a German car called a Borgward Isabella. I loved that car and would have liked to own one. I loved the lines and the look of that car. It was indestructible too; it just never broke down and stood up to the rough gavel roads of that era. Everyone said it was the car to own but there weren't many around. The company went bankrupt in the early 1960's. Many said it was because it never broke down. I'm not sure that was solely the reason. Unlike DKW Auto Union which later absorbed into Audi, the plant was sold and moved to Mexico. That didn't work out, unlike VW who continued to manufacture the VW Beetle in Mexico for many years after they stopped manufacturing them everywhere else. (My first car was a DKW Auto Union two stroke estate back in the late 60's. I replaced the 850cc engine with a 1 litre from a saloon car I purchased for spare parts.)
As far as wfp is concerned, I kind of think that there isn't much left to design and manufacture for our niche market. This must be a concern to Steve. Basically this means that he will have to spread his proverbial wings into other things. I would find that quite daunting tbh.
I'm sure Steve must be sick of us fickle window cleaners. I remember when everyone continued to complain at the weight of the Aquadaptor and he tried to reduce the weight with each variant he supplied. We had 2 x SLX22 poles on the van, one with a Univalve and the other with an Aquadaptor. Honestly I didn't notice a significant weight disadvantage using the pole with the Aquadaptor attached.