Phoenix Poles

[adyspurs]

A pole is a pole ,as long as it cleans and I'm comfortable with it then happy days.have a selection of them,budget ones for manky exterior cleans and dirty conny roofs to my exspensive one for cream jobs.always a lot of bickering about poles.

 

[Tuffers]

Seems like people bungle when buying poles.

 

[adyspurs]

In the jungle,the mighty jungle the bungle sleeps tonight!

 

[Tuffers]

A wim away a wim away.....

 

[OoO]

Been using extremes since release. Everybody here loves em. But xline open day opened my eyes /emoticons/wink.png

 

[bluemonkey]

Been using extremes since release. Everybody here loves em. But xline open day opened my eyes /emoticons/wink.png

how why?

 

[rcproperty]

you could buy a phoenix 18 ft fiberglass pole for £ 70

or

a extreme pole £375

the extreme is only 40 tsp of sugar lighter

......So man up you lot :Image3:

or a harris pole for £15 lol

 

[Smurf]

Indeed RC...Nothing wrong with a harris pole you know as are very handy poles to have :Image9:

 

[rcproperty]

Indeed RC...Nothing wrong with a harris pole you know as are very handy poles to have :Image9:

yep, was using one most of today doing cleaning gutters out while using that shoot!!!

 

[OoO]

how why?

Clamps are better. And I'd say the will wear better as the finish looks stronger.

 

[HotWash Window Cleaners]

Clamps are better. And I'd say the will wear better as the finish looks stronger.

Would you buy one?

 

[OoO]

Nope. We all use extremes now.

 

[bluemonkey]

I think I will buy one, I was impressed by the fibreglass, as it was very light and not whippy, just want to see what the carbon one is like and will get one

 

[HotWash Window Cleaners]

Are the clamps good? They look like they have put some thought into the poles. I would have bought an extreme 18 for the misses and a slx 25.

But my other gardiner poles have only lasted under a year and they need replacing so not sure if I want to be buying new poles every year.

Spoke with Richard at varitech systems and they have some new products in the pipeline too. Their new poles are great but have the old clamps and I don't like them. He did say that he had some new light weight brushes and clamps in the pipeline too.

I am feeling like the phoenix pole full carbon ones look quite durable and might last a bit longer for the money.

 

[bluemonkey]

I got told that phoenix should be coming down to Exeter way in a few weeks, so am waiting and will go look at there poles then

 

[HotWash Window Cleaners]

Heard the same thing. Looking forward to seeing them. Be nice to see a few members from here too. Put faces to names.

 

[mark m]

a soon as I know facelift are coming I will tell everybody i spoke yesterday to facelift he waiting for some new equipment to arrive then he can make a date

 

[Posh]

My Harris cleaned as well as any pole. As did my DIY brush.

 

[Posh]

I got a 18ft Phoenix with the big boy backpack & I think it's brilliant. It's light, clamps are great & it does a great job.

 

[bluemonkey]

which phoenix posh?

 

[koopmaster]

Well what to say about the pole....!!!

I have had mine 6 weeks and 2 of the clamps (aa and the D) have snapped this week. If it was one then I would say ok but 2 in a week and its only a 6 week old pole... well to say the least I was not impressed. I phoned my seller and he phoned phoenix and to be fair they are sending me 2 new clamps free of charge.

I think I might have a bad batch of plastic but fingers crossed it does not happen again...