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Morning all, I'm a newbie & wondering what anyone opinions are on the Brodex Hybrid poles are. Should I get 25ft of go straight in for a 38ft? So best of both worlds, Any help will be appreciated.
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Afternoon,I haven't used Brodex poles but if they are cheap it's usually for a reason! If you are new the starting off with a 38ft pole isn't a good plan. Personally I would go for a 25 or 27ft Gardiners SLX pole. It will be more expensive but it will be a great pole.
Afternoon John,Only ever held a Brodex pole once and it weighed a tonne compared to its competitors
I'm thinking of starting off with a Gardiner clx?Also note that Brodex are quoting the length as Reach not actual pole length!!
Very similar to Ionic’s they use the aquatech pumps and they charge around £180 , you can buy them else ware for around £90I dealt with Brodex once and never again.
I had a very bad experience buying 2 Prolong Poles in the early days. As @ched999uk says they were advertised as 22' poles but only 18' long as they included 'reach'.
I purchased them after receiving a text with an offer. They came 3 weeks later after many chase up calls. Money was taken on the day of the order. They then invoiced for a higher price and argued the validity of the price I was quoted. Thankfully, I still had text proof. Then they advised their policy was to re-invoice at the quoted price and pass a credit for the first invoice. It took me 3 months of continual phoning to eventually get a refund.
A small window cleaning business with 3 vans, each with Brodex systems, had a controller failure on one of the vans. Brodex quoted £150 + VAT for the PC board, but their supplier was out of stock. I saw the controller was a Varistream which we could buy off the shelf for around £80. Bought one from Daqua and used the PC board to repair the Brodex unit.
A Shurflo pump failed on one of the other vans. The owner phoned Brodex for a pump. £160 + VAT, but they didn't have stock as they were awaiting a delivery from their supplier. Their supplier had stock but wouldn't supply Brodex until their outstanding account was settled. Again, Daqua had a Shurflo pump at around £60.
I just had a look.
Brodex want £142.80 for a replacement Shurflo pump. Is there also an additional delivery charge? I don't know.
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Daqua have the same pump at £93 including delivery.
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Just look at Brodex's conditions of sale: It's very one-sided in my opinion.
Conditions of Sale - Brodex
BRODEX TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE FORM OF CONTRACT The term “Company” shall mean Fluid Science Limited and the term “Customer” shall mean any person, firm or company seeking to enter into an agreement with the Company for the...brodexbms.co.uk
They are good poles but personally I wouldn't go over about 22ft with a clx as they are a bit flexible. At the beginning this is a plus and a minus. On the minus side when you move the brush left to right there is a bit of whip (the brush keeps moving when you stop the bottom of the pole due to momentum). The plus side is that when you get used to it it can be quite handy being able to bend over a bit to get some hard to reach sills.I'm thinking of starting off with a Gardiner clx?
This is why I recommend any newbie to learn with a CLX as once you get over 35' you will have this problem with most poles.They are good poles but personally I wouldn't go over about 22ft with a clx as they are a bit flexible. At the beginning this is a plus and a minus. On the minus side when you move the brush left to right there is a bit of whip (the brush keeps moving when you stop the bottom of the pole due to momentum). The plus side is that when you get used to it it can be quite handy being able to bend over a bit to get some hard to reach