"I absolutely hate rigid wands"- Ely Young

Mikey P

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I had to take our older swivel wand off the truck for two days while I replace the 1/8the QCs..
The crew came back to the shop all passed off and threatened to use it leaking or otherwise if I was not done.

Looks like I need two on each truck. Our rigids never get used and the Zipper is their go to for big rectangularscreen


Tony's new wand works great but has a serious flaw in the swivel. The locking collar can not be removed once damaged and it damages easily. We'll keep using it until late a promised new design arrives in two weeks


Tom's old Swivel is still going strong with just a hint of play. I re-greased it over the weekend, which did not effect the play.
The mounting hardware and system fit the manifolds are it's weakness. Not a lifetime set up for sure.


If I were Tom, I'd be bringing a dozen of his new wand to Nashville, as I'm sure he'll sell them all.


Mark my words, in three years from now I predict:

-Swiveling will be the industry standard amongst the WWW crowd and possibly the franchises
-PMF will be assembling Tom's perfected Devestator
-Swivel adaptor kits for other wands will be available
-Every manufacturer will be offering one
-Marty will still be rigid and waiting on the fad to prove itself.
 

Mark Saiger

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Mark why do you use Zippers in the home?

Dry times are so good, they do clean faster for US in a lot of cases, especially larger homes.

I just like pushing and pulling vs Wanding it seems. On some carpets it is a bit more difficult to get it started, but once under momentum, we are rolling... And some it is just remarkably easier

And it just takes less time for us... And did I mention the dry times :)
 

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Dry times being number one..

It kind of started that way, but then we got so skilled using the Zipper, we are faster than Wanding most of the time.

It can be slower for people at the beginning to learn how to use them efficiently, but with us... They are huge time savers.

We look and laugh at what we used to think were large jobs... Even in homes
 

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I'm pretty sure Mark will be posting a video any second of him knocking out a house with the Zipper :-) Love the videos by the way!
 

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Up and back on the same path?
 

Mark Saiger

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This is the Zipper to me...



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Mark Saiger

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Maybe I should ask for some time to show Zipper Wand Technique in Nashville :)

(time permitting or of course one on one will be available anytime with me too :) )
 
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