Wow Thats Cheap For A Carbon Pole

[koopmaster]

I got hold of the manufacturers in china and asked them how much the carbon fibre poles cost. I have a price list in pdf and they are willing to send me one as a sample ($50) on top of the price plus postage.

36f carbon fibre pole is £140

26ft fibreglass pole is £21

I will see how much postage is for 1 of each.

 

[rcproperty]

sounds interesting!

 

[mr shine]

there very cheap i looked at this recently and found a company called wendeng xinbo composite products co ltd , let us know what the postage costs thanks

 

[harunh]

koop buy in bulk and start selling mate /emoticons/tongue.png/emoticons/wink.png

 

[Belfastcleaning]

China has the window cleaning warehouse backpack ( esr16 ) for $68....

 

[harunh]

China has the window cleaning warehouse backpack ( esr16 ) for $68....

any good ?

 

[doug atkinson]

Don't forget to add duty and vat onto it. When the courier knock on the door he will be wanting paid before he will hand over the goods. /emoticons/wink.png

 

[koopmaster]

there should be no duty for a test pole

 

[All Round Cleaning]

As far as i understand if it's a commercial sample then you dont pay duty

But you may have like sample imprinted in big red letters lol .

 

[dfw2020wc]

The guy I bought my c/f pole from was trying to get established as a supplier here in the US, my pole cost $500 US (with brush and gooseneck) through him. Got to talking with him and was able to find out that you could pick up 10 poles via China for about $2000.00 US/around $200 each. Don't know if that was with or without shipping.

 

[doug atkinson]

Cleaningspot sell that pole

 

[harunh]

so are gardiners poles from china aswell ? lol

 

[Shaun1977]

Keep us informed

 

[Squeak and Bubbles]

Yeah Keep us informed... Even though Gardiners poles are one of the best, there expensive. My supplier in Leeds is getting me a 50ft (fully complete) with gooseneck for £800 all in. These poles from China if work as good as Gardiners, then they will do well! Just need to be tested to see what there like!

 

[daley]

your the one with yelow van down kerstal up yon side st is that the same squeaky

 

[Squeak and Bubbles]

Not me dude. I'm based in Shadwell, Leeds and have red vans. I do work is Kirkstall, get a lot of students wanting windows and carpets cleaned.

 

[daley]

ther wos a yelow van down that way for long time and he lived thar cos he often had hose out of house filling up ,just wonderd if it wos u

 

[Shaun1977]

What happens if clamps go on poles though will be but expensive gettin replacements for them from china and especially if they break as often as gardiners do

 

[Richard]

Koomaster is right

Carbon fibre poles (tubes) are manufactured just like any other material such as, aluminium tubes, steel tubes etc.

Then you have a base cap, screw end to attach the brush, and the pole clamps – that’s a wfp

100% carbon fibre poles will vary depending on the type & quality of the carbon fibre - for example I have brought a 100% 25ft carbon fibre for £60 and that’s when I went through a UK importer who put a 115% mark up on that price

I recently brought a top of the range Xinbo pole, (actually had it made to my spec) this company makes some of the best poles I have come across, a high modulus pole with a 3k Cf outer finish, the clamps are fantastic (once you set them up) it has a very fine screw thread then the turn screw pushes down into a locked position, I have never needed to adjust the clamps all year.

The carbon tubes on this pole are exceptional better than anything else available in the UK, compare it to other CF poles and they feel and look soft (that’s the only way I can describe it) depending on the current exchange rate I can get them for around £120 -135. You can order spare clamps around £4 USD each

Some manufacturers sell poles that are no where near as good as this for over £500, its pretty straight forwards to order, although you may initially get some resistant, and you may not know what you are doing, live and learn.

Good luck

 

[Squeak and Bubbles]

Must admit, I have not had any issues with Gardiners at the moment. The clamps from China would need to be sorted with pricing before poles are purchased. You could even buy in bulk to save money. It all depends on how good the clamps are!

 

[Richard]

Xinbo clamps are very good, the quality is there (I have tried to break mine when in use - on purpose) didn’t happen, never needed to re-adjust them, once I had set them up. I often throw new poles around a bit, to see how they hold up let the sections slide down and slam into each other, not affect on the pole or clamps at all or the fine set up.

Adjusting the tension on the clamp with its fine screw thread can take a few attempts to get it perfectly set up. You can adjust it by fractions of a millimetre, even to any individual wear of each pole section may get in the future, you then push back down the head of the screw and it stay locked in that position.

Richard