Need a bigger pole for occasional higher stuff, purely residential. Would probably use it once a day, max.
Considering the SLX 35 or 39.
Anyone got one they can give me their impression of?
Yes Jay got the slx 39 and use it a few times a day as my slx 22 reaches a majority of my work... great pole IMO
I have one of the original SLX40. Its all of 10/11 years old now and it was treated to a smart clamp upgrade a few years ago.
Again my SLX22 is my everyday pole. I probably use the SLX40 4 or 5 times a month. I only use it on full length once every 6 weeks to clean an old Victorian building. I use it for the whole building as it has a deep reach gooseneck on it. It only gets fully extended this once to clean the velux window in the roof.
There are a couple of sea front flats the pole won't reach so I pass any work onto a fellow windie who has a longer pole.
If you are short like I am then extending the pole is challenging as the section lengths are longer than the section lengths of my SLX22.
I also have the beginnings of arthritis in my fingers so the diameter of the base section does make my hands sore if I use it for too long.
We have done our local high school for about 10 years and have a run of 3rd story windows. The SLX40 will reach these easily where my sons SLX25 won't reach them. I'm afraid that I am unable to do the run by myself and so son and I take turns. My SLX22 will just reach the 2nd story so I change over to that.