Decided to post a small review of the said brush now that I've used it for long enough to give a true evaluation & hope it may help anyone.
I've tried many brushes in the last 4.5 years wfp & a few "light" ones too- various salmons etc. But never found a light brush that suited wfp, or at least my technique. For me, weight has never come before performance/usability where wfp brushes are concerned, so I have used rectangular vikans as my main brushes for quite a while now.
Upon receipt of the brush my innitial thought was that the bristles looked a bit sparse & almost decided (before even fitting it) that it wasn't going to suit me!
Well I thought, it's been designed from scratch for wfp, I'll give it a try. How glad I am that I did!
How wrong my innitial thoughts were
This brush is realy light ( I'm using an slx ) & it complements this pole greatley. After using vikans it feels like there's no brush on the end at all! I don't clean any top frame & so need a brush that keeps it's shape well, to be very controllable & accurate. The sl-dt does all three extremely well. It's also very efficient, by that I mean it cleans superbly with very little effort or pressure- a big relief for my arms at the end of the day! I've never used a dual trim brush before & to be honest, never realised the point of them, untill now
The shorter, stubby, inner bristles make light work of baked-on bird poo etc & are a big asset to the user in these situations. The tension of the outer bristles is spot on too, an excellent, controllable splay is easily achieved whenever needed. It gets right into corners with ease, even up under sash windows which is a big plus for me as I have many sash windows on my round. The jets are placed very well to give a full flow through the bristles, right to the edges of the brush when on glass (nothing worse IMO than jets placed just either side of the centre). It's a good size too, roughly the size (length) of a rectangular vikan (approx 10/11" I think without checking). It took me a couple of days to re-train my brain & realise that I didn't have to press on hard & scrub like mad with this brush, infact, just the opposite is required most of the time. At last, a readily available light brush that works!
So, all in all, I love this brush, it realy does cut the mustard at the business end & is now my main weapon of choice. It's been one of those moments when you suddenley think- how did I manage without it before?
It's saved me considerable time on some jobs & made each day much, much easier. I would recommend this brush to anyone, top product.
Credit to Gardiners
Tony
