[KS Cleaning]

Can anyone recommend a product to protect EZ snap fittings. I’ve just  swapped back to EZ snap from Slick 2 Connect and hoping to find something suitable to protect them from damage.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364447152273?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=w9mg6r1bq4s&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=_JEVDsbdQsO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

These any good?

[Simon Trapani]

I’m still using those little spongy practice golf balls. Cheap on ebay too.

[simon w]

https://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/standard-protecta-ballr-40mm.html

These provide clearance from the ground.

[Ched]

The Tuff Connect has been great for me https://www.rootek-designs.co.uk/product/7457256/tuff-connect
Plus they do a hoseless kit that also works very well.

[Simon Trapani]

https://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/standard-protecta-ballr-40mm.html

These provide clearance from the ground.

Get them on ebay. Just drill a hole in them.

[KS Cleaning]

Thank you for the reply’s. In true CIU fashion, despite making copious amounts of money each day cleaning windows, I think the Tuff Connect products are a bit on the pricey side for what they are……so protecta balls it is😉

[Splash & dash]

Thank you for the reply’s. In true CIU fashion, despite making copious amounts of money each day cleaning windows, I think the Tuff Connect products are a bit on the pricey side for what they are……so protects balls it is😉

Lol they aren’t expensive, and will save their cost in the extra life you get out of a fitting before we used them we were changing fittings every 2-3 weeks now they last at least 15-24 months . Do you use a univalve ? If you do then you can afford one of theses 😂😂😂😂😂

[simon w]

Thank you for the reply’s. In true CIU fashion, despite making copious amounts of money each day cleaning windows, I think the Tuff Connect products are a bit on the pricey side for what they are……so protects balls it is😉

Lol they aren’t expensive, and will save their cost in the extra life you get out of a fitting before we used them we were changing fittings every 2-3 weeks now they last at least 15-24 months . Do you use a univalve ? If you do then you can afford one of theses 😂😂😂😂😂

Same with a protecta ball if fitted correctly, if fitting can't come into contact with ground it can't get damaged .

I also use the correct size jubilee clip to attach to hose reel hose as they last longer than o clips and can be loosened off sprayed with WD40 and re tightened when you change rectus fitting.

[Splash & dash]

Thank you for the reply’s. In true CIU fashion, despite making copious amounts of money each day cleaning windows, I think the Tuff Connect products are a bit on the pricey side for what they are……so protects balls it is😉

Lol they aren’t expensive, and will save their cost in the extra life you get out of a fitting before we used them we were changing fittings every 2-3 weeks now they last at least 15-24 months . Do you use a univalve ? If you do then you can afford one of theses 😂😂😂😂😂

Same with a protecta ball if fitted correctly, if fitting can't come into contact with ground it can't get damaged .

I also use the correct size jubilee clip to attach to hose reel hose as they last longer than o clips and can be loosened off sprayed with WD40 and re tightened when you change rectus fitting.

We didn’t find a protector ball accomplished anything, it still allowed grit to get onto it and cause damage the  tuff connector prevents any contact with the ground or dirt getting into the fitting at all , much better and the balls catch on the slightest thing and jam up , the other connector does get  caught on stuff but no ware near as much

[Phil J]

Rectus 26 lasts for ages without any type of protection

[Splash & dash]

Rectus 26 lasts for ages without any type of protection

But they are heavy and bulky and an ugly fitting , the 21 is a much nicer fitting to use

[p1w1]

Rectus 26 lasts for ages without any type of protection

Yep, a much better and robust fitting.

[robert mitchell]

The Tuff Connect has been great for me https://www.rootek-designs.co.uk/product/7457256/tuff-connect
Plus they do a hoseless kit that also works very well.

Have you got any pics of the tubeless system from rootek ?  is it better than the exceed one?

[Ched]

The Tuff Connect has been great for me https://www.rootek-designs.co.uk/product/7457256/tuff-connect
Plus they do a hoseless kit that also works very well.

Have you got any pics of the tubeless system from rootek ?  is it better than the exceed one?

Info here: https://www.rootek-designs.co.uk/product/7457050/tuff-tubeless-kit-for-gardiner-poles
I didn't like the look of the new exceed one with the tail that pokes out your pole.

[Splash & dash]

We use the rootech ones they are very good the latest exceed ones are hideous with  the hose tails sticking out of the pole .

[KS Cleaning]

We use the rootech ones they are very good the latest exceed ones are hideous with  the hose tails sticking out of the pole .

What are the main advantages of going tubeless? I take it you would then need to have a certain amount of pole hose on your reel so when you extend the pole it’s the pole hose going  inside the pole and not the minibore/micro bore?

[tlwcs]

We use the rootech ones they are very good the latest exceed ones are hideous with  the hose tails sticking out of the pole .

What are the main advantages of going tubeless? I take it you would then need to have a certain amount of pole hose on your reel so when you extend the pole it’s the pole hose going  inside the pole and not the minibore/micro bore?

I have 30 metres of microbore and 100 meters of exceed pole hose. Tubeless. ( rootech)  Makes working so light. The exceed hose will last a couple of years.

[Smudger]

We use the rootech ones they are very good the latest exceed ones are hideous with  the hose tails sticking out of the pole .

What are the main advantages of going tubeless? I take it you would then need to have a certain amount of pole hose on your reel so when you extend the pole it’s the pole hose going  inside the pole and not the minibore/micro bore?

Correct - the main advantage is when disconnected from the reel you don’t have 10 meters of pole hose to deal with - makes storage of the pole better

[KS Cleaning]

So I’ve watched the video on how to fit the tubeless kit, seems straightforward enough but what are the spacers for? If you use a Univalve do you fit the spacers evenly on either side of the Univalve? so half of them towards the gooseneck and half of them towards the base of the pole?