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Depends on how high you go and how long you work. If you're doing the odd standard house every now and again then alloy poles will do.
If you're doing 3 floors plus on a regular basis then it's a no brainer upgrading to carbon fibre.
If you're doing 3 floors plus on a regular basis then it's a no brainer upgrading to carbon fibre.
Only my opinion but yes. I am quite careful with mine though. I have a friend with a couple of employees and he gets the aluminium ones as they tend to bash them about a bit and throw them in the back of the van. Mine are only the push fit ones but a local gutter cleaner let me try his clamped carbon version a couple of weeks ago and they are brilliant (it was the skyvac ones). If I did enough gutter clearing the clamped carbon would be top of the wishlist.
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Carbon all the way - the difference is massive even on standard house gutters
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I had to weigh up cost over weight last autumn when I bought my Skyvac. So glad I went for carbon. Although they can get heavy 3 or 4 poles up if you're sucking up sludge that sticks to the sides.
In hindsight the clamped version may have been better still as I've got the push fits stuck on occasions.
In hindsight the clamped version may have been better still as I've got the push fits stuck on occasions.
I bought the aluminium poles when I bought a vac. Mainly because I didn’t know if I’d get much work clearing gutters so didn’t want to spend too much. No regrets about buying them. In the future I may upgrade to the clamped carbon poles, but these are good just now
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I only ever use Aluminium. More robust in my opinion. Don't delaminate or or split and there's nothing wrong with a free weight lifting workout on the job
I can also weld Aluminium so repairs are free
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Thats a bit of a specialist skill - not really a reason to recommend Ali over carbon in general
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It's a good enough reason that you can service and repair your equipment If it breaks or fails instead of just throwing it away. Having additional skills and qualifications in life is a no brained
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Yes they are very lite , but also very delicate I have broken a half length and full length section today lifting a turf out of a gutter over a conservatory!!!! Not much profit in that job
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They start to wear and get thinner, I have a full set of "new" Elite Poles and compared to my 4 year old set they are much thicker, especially round the clamped area.Yes they are very lite , but also very delicate I have broken a half length and full length section today lifting a turf out of a gutter over a conservatory!!!! Not much profit in that job
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So are you saying the new poles are thicker design?
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No, the older the poles the thinner, and more bendy, they become
Suppose if you get four years out of them with heavy use they're worth it.
Always got to be careful when they start getting heavy with mud, to carefully lower and flush them... I've had a few snap on me.
The extreme pole is pretty much the same, once it hits a couple of years section 1,2 snap easy...
Always got to be careful when they start getting heavy with mud, to carefully lower and flush them... I've had a few snap on me.
The extreme pole is pretty much the same, once it hits a couple of years section 1,2 snap easy...
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