Recommendations for WFP Backpack & Pole?

Anyone got any recommendations for a decent back pack to purchase? Price? Also what pole would you personally start with being a beginner? - residential

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Also where could I find a trolley for the back pack to be put on? I have looked at them pure freedom trolleys and they seem very pricey. Cheers


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Gardiner Back pack

Gardiner SLX 27

Pure Freedom trolleys may be pricey but they're built to last. If you're planning to go long term with a trolley they are hard to beat. They will also give you a better flow should you want it than a backpack unless you upgrade the pump in the backpack. However, if you do I'm not sure how the electronics would fair with the extra load of a more powerful pump. I personally have never got the flow I want from a backpack.

Gardiner back pack & Gardiner CLX 22. That was my set up (I also bought a clx 10 as I picked up bungalows very quickly) 

A CLX 22 will reach all gutters & fascias on most normal ‘urban area’ houses. 

Clx (Red poles) Are the cheapest pole from Gardiner, good for beginners on limited budget. After 6/12 months treat yourself to a Slx. 

I’m also a new starter, and I got the gardiner backpack and clx 22. 

Been good to me so far ??

Gardiners back pack;

http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/pure-water-systems/portable-systems/the-gardiner-backpack/new-gardiner-pure-water-backpack-v3-22-litre.html

I'm no expert on which pole is best but I have the SLX27 which is serving me well and seems well thought of on here;

http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/water-fed-poles/telescopic-poles/slx-ii-carbon-fibre-pole/pole-slx-27.html

And to carry your water round in;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-X-25-LITRE-25L-25000ML-NEW-PLASTIC-BOTTLE-JERRY-CAN-WATER-CONTAINER-CARRIER/272721121367?epid=12003397143&hash=item3f7f721057:g:wo8AAOSwnK9ZRAfA

P4dstar said:

Gardiners back pack;

http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/pure-water-systems/portable-systems/the-gardiner-backpack/new-gardiner-pure-water-backpack-v3-22-litre.html

I'm no expert on which pole is best but I have the SLX27 which is serving me well and seems well thought of on here;

http://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/all-products/water-fed-poles/telescopic-poles/slx-ii-carbon-fibre-pole/pole-slx-27.html

And to carry your water round in;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-X-25-LITRE-25L-25000ML-NEW-PLASTIC-BOTTLE-JERRY-CAN-WATER-CONTAINER-CARRIER/272721121367?epid=12003397143&hash=item3f7f721057:g:wo8AAOSwnK9ZRAfA

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That's the set up I have recently got and must say the products are quality. But they do fetch a premium when it comes to price 

Craigmac said:

That's the set up I have recently got and must say the products are quality. But they do fetch a premium when it comes to price 

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The backpack is the cheapest option about. The pole on the other hand, not so much. Thing is, you get what you pay for!

Gardiner's or water genie, I use water genie and I'd say it's point for point in comparison with Gardiner's,both with backpack and pole

Clisty1989 said:

Gardiner's or water genie, I use water genie and I'd say it's point for point in comparison with Gardiner's,both with backpack and pole

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You can't beat Gardiners for service though. I think the kit looks more professional too but thats a matter of personal opinion. The backpack does look like something out of ghostbusters haha ?

Save yourself a load of hassle get a slx so wont really need to upgrade a few months down the line. If you have a small car or van go for slx 27 its a short collapsed pole.

I agree with most of the comments on hear Gardiners back pack on a sack truck , as for pole size I would say that would depend on the type of properties you will be cleaning I wouldn’t want to use a 27 foot pole all day unless I was doing 3 storey houses all day depending what you are cleaning I think a 22-25 would probebly do you get the six if you can afford it if not the clx is a good starter pole 

Craigmac said:

That's the set up I have recently got and must say the products are quality. But they do fetch a premium when it comes to price 

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Before Gardiners started as a wfp supplier you should have seen the cost of carbon fibre poles being sold by Facelift. Probably one of the reasons Brodex (and a few others) did so well with their ali poles. Tucker used ali poles for years but their clamps apparently were their achilles heal. Back in those days Gardiners brought an affordable carbon fiber pole to the masses. Alex is to the wfp industry what Henry Ford was to the motor industry.

Most windies used fiber glass poles in those early days. Some of us converted carbon fibre fishing modular poles into poles for window cleaning. To stop them seizing together, we used ducktape around the female end of the taper. The first SL2's from Gardiners were made using the same principle.