[Dean Aspects]

I have a 400 ltr tank and use about 250 - 350 ltrs on the odd occasion i will top up another 100 ltrs but that is rare

Clear vision does using a back pack really save that much water as i use microbore and varistream and when not using the pole between windows i turn the flow off i dont see where i could save that amount of water

[craig jwc]

400 L and use about 3/4 of a tank most days.

Just the odd day here and there i will use pretty much all of it.

I used to use a backpack and think you use less water running a Varistream with Microbore, plus less hassle having to fill it up.

[sair]

i have a 750 in expert set up to men it will last two of us a 5 hours tops

by myself on a busy day i will use about 500 liters mind you i know it by then as thats a lot of work

it seems that domestic work uses far more water then commercial so you need to evaluate where your business will go, i would say 500 is a good size system 650 is good if you can afford one and it fits with your vans payload.

[carpetguy]

Easyclean

70 FLATS.....................£700.............is this a £10 per block price, or £10 per flat?

[mark dew]

i have citroen dispatch with 400 ltr tank and sub pump. microbore, pump but no varistream. Also freedom trolley.
I use between 200-400 litres per day. Twice in last 16 months i've wanted more.

Clear vision does using a back pack really save that much water as i use microbore and varistream and when not using the pole between windows i turn the flow off i dont see where i could save that amount of water

I think where the backpack and 25litre trolleys help you conserve water is that you don't know how big a house your water will stretch to. And therefore run out with a window or several left.
After a while of refilling halfway through (which is a huge drawback), you automatically refine your method until you've stretched that water round all the windows.
Jobs which use more water than is carried are much quicker with microbore, in my opinion.
I haven't been able to go as low as jeff brimble(??) though.

[Ian_Giles]

Jeff is the exception that 'probes' the rule!

Few will manage what he has done.

A way of making your water go further is of course to reduce your flowrate, but with a low flowrate (Jeff being the exception) you have to work slower as the flushing of the glass is of course far less than you can get with a higher flowrate.

Work too quickly with a low flowrate and unless highly skilled (re Jeff Brimble) the quality of your work will suffer (spotting etc).

One of my batteries is misbehaving, my flowrate has dropped considerably, I don't mind too much at the moment, but I have noticed that I've had to take more time.
Occasionally it fires on all four so to speak, flowrate is right back up there again and suddenly I'm working half as fast again than I was before.

But that also requires skill -to work fast with a high flowrate - so you need to be able to temper your flowrate to your workrate.
Therefore you also need to be able to increase or decrease your flowrate accordingly....
If you are working with a backpack, a high flowrate will have you constantly needing to refill
If you only have a relatively small tank in your vehicle, you will be hampered by the thought that if you use a high flowrate you are going to run out of water, and that will affect the way in which you work.
You can never have too big a tank (loading values notwithstanding of course) so don't go for the smallest tank you can get away with, go for the biggest.

Ian