Unger's HiFlo CarbonTec

Unger's HiFlo CarbonTec in pole position with new generation connectors: Unger, the global manufacturer of professional window cleaning tools, has introduced a new generation of modular connectors for its HiFlo CarbonTec Water Fed Pole system offering improved operator grip when adding sections, and providing additional safety and security for poles when cleaning at heights.
At Unger, continuous Quality Assessment and state-of-the-art computer-aided machining results only in precision constructed threads. Manufactured from hard-anodised aircraft aluminium, the strongest, lightest, and most durable material available to commercial manufacturing, the new modular connectors now have longer threads (2.25 turns) for improved connection, and an optimised surface texture for positive grip.
According to Unger's UK General Manager, John Sobucinski: "Unger has continued to invest in upgrading its innovative and market-leading HiFlo CarbonTec pole system. The introduction of the new generation modular connectors means that Unger customers are assured that their Water Fed Pole system remains at the forefront of high level window cleaning technology."
Said to be "the only water-fed pole any window cleaner will ever need to buy", Unger's HiFlo CarbonTec is designed to grow with the job requirements.
A window cleaner can start by purchasing just a few sections of the pole initially, appropriate to the needs of existing customers, with the option to purchase more pole sections when the business needs to "reach greater heights."
In fact, a full 10-section kit can reach all heights up to 15m and any number of the 1.5m sections can be split so that two or more operators can use the system independently.
At just under 2m long when packed in its storage bag HiFlo CarbonTec is also easy to transport, even in a small van or car. Conventional telescopic systems require large storage space and therefore larger vehicles to carry them.
Furthermore, while conventional telescopic systems also need regular and costly maintenance due to their more complex nature, HiFlo CarbonTec, thanks to its simplistic design, requires hardly any maintenance at all.
In use, other advantages immediately become apparent.
Because HiFlo CarbonTec is manufactured from ultra-lightweight carbon fibre and aircraft aluminium the system is very light. The modular design means that the operator will only need to use the minimum number of sections to clean at any height, thus saving on unnecessary weight.
This compares to a conventional telescopic system that weighs the same no matter how high or low the area to be cleaned. For example, a window cleaner using a 15m telescopic pole to clean windows at only 10m means that he is carrying 5m of unnecessary pole weight!
In order to combat the weight problem, some manufacturers have resorted to using very thin carbon fibre tubing, even claiming their product to be 'lightest on the market', but by reducing the thickness of the tubing they are also significantly reducing the pole's strength and rigidity. The result, claims Unger, will always be a 'lightweight' pole that is very difficult to control, and much more likely to break.
As well as reducing fatigue, operator safety is also built-in. HiFlo CarbonTec is manufactured using the most modern materials so that every modular pole section is insulated to reduce the risk of electrical conductivity.