Friday Window Cleaning Releases

50? Not a day over 25! Unger keeps it young.

Unger celebrates 50th anniversary in style with limited edition work wear range: As part of Unger’s celebrations to mark 50 years of innovation and excellence in cleaning tool design and manufacture, a limited edition, high quality work wear range has been launched. Each item of high quality outdoor work wear features the 50th anniversary commemorative logo. Practical enough to withstand the rigours of day-to-day work, but also smart enough to use when off-duty, the range is available to UK customers now. The work wear collection consists of: - 

• Softshell jacket – A versatile garment that is both wind resistant and water repellent, with the added bonus of a warm lining for greater comfort. The jacket also features two zipped hand warmer pockets and one zipped chest pocket. 
• Hoodie – A practical hooded jacket with two front kangaroo pockets, inner headphone pocket and reinforced seams. 
• Softshell waistcoat – A sleeveless version of the jacket, featuring all the same great benefits. 
• Beanie – A warm, knitted hat; a must-have for the professional window cleaner and Unger fan! 

These products have been developed as part of a year-long celebration to mark Unger’s 50th anniversary. More activities and special promotions will be launched throughout 2014, to thank customers for their continued loyalty. 

Also check out the Unger limited edition tools here.

More high jinks with Mole & Jersey, episode 13 + a live session from NOLA. Click the pictures above to take you there. That'll keep you busy over the weekend!

The SLX Pole that took the whack!

We had the Reach-iT shock now listen to the Gardiner shock… WCM reported within hours of Erwin Sørensen of Odense, Denmark a few months back and his lucky escape when his Reach-iT pole caught overhead power lines carrying hundreds of volts. We report today of another near miss this time in the UK, when Adam Cosway, 26 from Cornwall took a hit when using his Gardiner SLX pole. Adam Cosbay tells how it happened & Alex Gardiner gives his opinion. Read more here. 

Gardiners Waterfed Pole Saves Life

WATER RESCUE: Window cleaners Neil Caden and Ferdinand Henriques saved a man who was drowning in the lake at Roundhay Park with their Gardiner Water fed Pole. Click to enlarge.

Window cleaners use tools of trade to save man drowning in Leeds lake: A pair of heroic window cleaners used the tools of their trade to save a man drowning in a Leeds lake. Neil Caden, 46, and Ferdinand Henriques, 41, known as Junior, were cleaning the windows at Lakeside Cafe at Roundhay Park, early on Tuesday morning. (July 3) Neil, from Garforth, spotted two men on the waters edge at around 9am. One of the men jumped into the lake and swam to the other side before his companion followed and quickly got into difficulties.

Neil told the YEP: “He wasn’t a strong swimmer and I could tell he wasn’t going to make it. After a while he started slipping under the water and I could tell he was really struggling.” Both window cleaners jumped over a fence and rushed to the edge of the lake. They used a 35ft telescopic cleaning rod to try and reach the man while his friend remained in the water at the other side. Neil said: “By this time his face was in the water and he wasn’t strong enough to grab the pole so we knew one of us would have to jump in.”

Without even pausing to take off his shoes or empty his pockets, Junior, from Belle Isle, dived into the cold water and grabbed the drowning man.  Neil then held the pole and guided both men to the side of the lake, tending to them while a passer-by contacted the emergency services.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said the 49-year-old man’s injuries were not life threatening. Neil added: “We don’t think we’ve been heroes – at the end of the day, you should do it for anyone and at the time you don’t give it a second thought. I’m just glad he’s OK.” Dedicated Neil and Junior both returned to the cafe first thing yesterday morning to finish cleaning the windows.

Portable 'On-Demand' Water Fed Pole Systems For Pure Window Cleaning

'Simpole Inc.' -features it's new 'Sim440' 7 stage, tankless & pumpless RO/DI (reverse osmosis/ deionisation) system in a pull along toolbox. This unit is a gallon a minute producing powerhouse - 60 gallons an hour/1440 gallons a day system. It comes with a 60 foot carbon fiber water-fed-pole for only $3,875.00. You can run two poles off the system at the same time. Phillip Alexander explains the system in the video above.

The "Reach Higher Ground" Products Company has designed the new water powered system to be the smallest multistage water purification system the window cleaning industry has ever known. The ‘EZ Pure’ as it is known, weighs in at only 45 pounds (20 kilos) and is slightly larger than a rectangular window cleaning bucket. It utilizes 4 of the RHG filters with their quick connect fitting system. The carbon, dual reverse osmosis membranes, and a DI Filter. All four filters are 4″ x 24″ long making the unit a total of 24″ long x 12″ wide x 12″ tall. The system produces purified water on tap water pressure alone. The systems design lends itself to being the easiest to use system on the market. Simply connect your tap water supply to the inlet of the system, close the bypass valve, and connect your waterfed pole to the outlet of the system. Its that simple!  Shawn Gavin explains the easy change system above. Available here.

P1000 Portable RO Unit: Just plug into the outside tap and process as you work - works off mains water pressure. This can also be used as a stand-alone RO unit with amazing simplicity and efficiency of use.It features a 'long-life' life carbon/sediment filter with an ultra low pressure RO membrane - Up to 200lph depending on input water pressure. Can produce water down to 20psi (1.3bar) with no pump needed. Size: 24" x 12" x 6." This unit is ideal for use with a seperate DI canister or on relatively low TDS water Supplies - If used on a water supply with under 100ppm this will bring the water quailty down to under 10ppm with no need for a DI unit. Price: £455.00 (£546.00 Including VAT charge at 20%).

P2000 Portable RO Unit: The Ultimate in Portable Systems: Same as above except it has a 4 Litre DI cartridge fitted to provide 100% purity whatever the input quality. Single or Twin user option (£695).

Sized slightly larger at 36" x 12" x 6." Price: £565.00 (£678.00 Including VAT charge at 20%).