[birdymiller]

What is the smallest closed down sized pole you can get and where from. I can fit my harris pole with the brush attached in the back diagonally but wanted a very small closed down pole 18 ftish( only 1st floors). Having it diagonally is a bit of a nightmare when sawpping barrels around in the back of my l200.

cheers paul

[jaykie]

windowcleaningsupplies.net/prod_show.asp?id=21&mesize=24%20Foot(7.2m)%20Universal%20Carbon%20Fibre%20Pole

6x4 foot sections

[birdymiller]

Ideal size, but a little bit pricey. Do many of you domestic window cleaners spend this amount £300 on a pole. Carbon fibre would be lighter than my aluminium harris pole right.

[Alex Gardiner]

What is the smallest closed down sized pole you can get and where from. I can fit my harris pole with the brush attached in the back diagonally but wanted a very small closed down pole 18 ftish( only 1st floors). Having it diagonally is a bit of a nightmare when sawpping barrels around in the back of my l200.

cheers paul

The 17ft Xtel Fibreglass pole is only 5ft when closed and has an actual extended length of 17' 4". They weigh 1.3kg and have 4 sections.

You can see a picture of one closed up with all the others in the range if you click on this link:

www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/Glass_Fibre_X-Tel_Premium_Poles.html

This page also gives all of the statistics for the various sizes.

[birdymiller]

That is a bit more affordable. £56 plus extra for angle adaptor and the flow valve and vat. i have a vikan rectangle brush but fancy something different what would you recomend.

[Alex Gardiner]

My current favourite is the Super-Lite Dual-Trim brush.

Please bear in mind that it is 'our' own brand, so some may say that of course I would recommend it!

In my opinion, having used all of the available options,  nothing else comes close.

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

I have a Ranger, the load bay length is 1.5 meters.  The xtel goes in at an angle length wise above the wheel arches.  I imagine if you have barrels and not a 650L tank sitting in the middle then it will fit more easier.  The brush is a gooden as well.

Simon.

[birdymiller]

Thought about putting a flat tank in the back but only a250l one, just to fill my backpack. Thought it would cut down on me emptying barrels out of truck then filling each individual one, it takes time. Whereas if i had a tank it would be just a matter of connecting a transfer pump right?

Read a few posts on that brush alex and i think i will give it a try. Thanks for your help.

Been just washing glass for while now with ok results, but yesterday used it for the 1st time on one of my best peices of work so i decided to clean all frames. My brush kept getting covered in cobwebs and crap how do you lot clean your brushes.

[geefree]

hi thats what i used to do.... i had a backpack, it was a nightmare fillinf it all the time with 25 litre containers.... so i used a 250 litre tank.... without a pump....

i simply attached a small piece of hose to the tank outlet, popped it into a 25 litre drum on the kerbside.... by the time i had got set up... the tank was full in a couple of minures.... i did this after a while with only the back pack.... popped it under the hose whilst i was packing away... and it was ready for the next job.....

just dont forget your little tap. 

[geefree]

oh and i use the 21ft x-tel from gardiners, for tops and bottoms, nice and light and easy to use . 80 odd quid plus vat.

[birdymiller]

I think im going to go with the 17ft x-tel with brush, extras and delivery its £138. Just want to make sure that this pole will be ok for me to use all day and not to heavy. I use a diy harris pole for everything at moment but its too long to get in the back of truck, clamps are wearing and the pole hose keeps getting jammed when i am extending or lowering pole. The harris pole is really light, what does the x-tel compare. It says 1.3kg my harris with brush on weighs 2kg, so it should be lighter right :

[geefree]

its very light my 21 ft... yop can almost clean with one hand on bedroom windows.

[birdymiller]

I only need it for 1st floor so i reckon 17ft will do what can you reach with a 21ft apart from 21ft. Ive only got about 6 3 storey houses in my entire round, so ill carry on using my 24ft ecoline pole which ways a tonne (4kg) for these. Cheers gazza

[WCE]

I think im going to go with the 17ft x-tel with brush, extras and delivery its £138. Just want to make sure that this pole will be ok for me to use all day and not to heavy. I use a diy harris pole for everything at moment but its too long to get in the back of truck, clamps are wearing and the pole hose keeps getting jammed when i am extending or lowering pole. The harris pole is really light, what does the x-tel compare. It says 1.3kg my harris with brush on weighs 2kg, so it should be lighter right :

Thats what I use most of the time. If you are only doing first floor and below then this pole is ideal. Will reach first floor windows and some! And then it is small enough for downstairs. I would say it is usable downstairs 99.9% of the time. For the cost this is a good pole.

[steven ainger]

17ft x-tel is the best pole out there for the money, light, short sections for using downstairs,cheap and great, easy to use clamps.

[birdymiller]

Cheers for the help lads