Soft Or Hard?

[Ackroyd_82]

In winter which type of rubber do you prefer to use. I've always used Ettore soft. But I keep hearing people say that hard rubber is better.

Which rubber have you found to do the best job?

 

[stevelewis]

I use hard rubber for downstairs and upstairs (when up ladder) but if im using wagtail on a pole for tricky to get to windows i use soft (seems a bit easier to blade off when doing pole work)

Ettore rubbers aint bad just dont use pulex soft there ****! but if your not using pole then go for hard rubbers, more durable mate

 

[bvwcs]

Hard summer

Soft winter

 

[A.K WINDOWS]

i use hard all year round mate,soft dont last me 2 mins,im heavy handed like.

 

[Posh]

Unger soft all year round although at mo using wagtail medium as was given a load so using it up.

 

[chip]

Unger 3 star, medium. Lasts a while and doesn't judder easy

 

[adyspurs]

Unger hard all year round,heavy handed and to quick for soft

 

[GMcleaning]

soft all year round for me,

@adyspurs, how are you too quick for soft? a soft rubber with a light touch will be quicker then a hard rubber with heavy hands

 

[Ackroyd_82]

Ordered some Unger soft, Pulex hard and SYR today. Will try them all and see if there is any difference.

 

[Gmeister]

Unger soft or pulex hard for me, but atm using pulex hard, lasts longer then the soft like.

 

[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

Unger soft all year, but never tried hard to be fair!

 

[Gmeister]

Unger soft all year, but never tried hard to be fair!

Mate, am only a part timer while I build a good round up, and I find hard rubber lasts alot longer then the soft, am guessing your full time?Soft rubber only last a couple of days and like I said am part time lol.

 

[Deleted member 195]

I used to pretty much only have upvc windows to clean so it didn't matter what rubber I used, didn't see a difference... But now I've got loads of wooden windows and soft doesn't last a morning...

 

[Gmeister]

On PVC windows the rubber rides on the gaskets, thats why hard rubber lasts longer.

 

[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

I hardly use any pressure when using my squeegee, my rubber lasts ages with no probs!! May get a strip of hard rubber though to see how it compares!

 

[GMcleaning]

I hardly use any pressure when using my squeegee, my rubber lasts ages with no probs!! May get a strip of hard rubber though to see how it compares!

yh i agree, i cant understand what people are doing with their blade in order for the rubber to only last 2 days!

 

[Ackroyd_82]

Well after a couple of days of trying different kinds of rubbers I now think that Unger soft is far superior to other makes. Noticed the difference straight away which surprised me consudering i have been used to ettore. And @.50p each, I will be happy use a fresh blade every day.

 

[Gavin]

I always used to use ettore soft all year, although never tried anything else never had any trouble with it.