Bentley 14" Swivel with Ergonomic Handle

[Larry Cobb]

Built this Bentley today with GunJet handle:

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Also did a close-up with swivel turned allowing 4.5" total height:

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This allows cleaning under beds and other furniture.

Manifold jet design is our unique layout w/four #2 jets.

Slide-on glide is more secure.

Larry

 

[Mikey P]

 

[Dolly Llama]

Built this Bentley today with GunJet handle:

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Larry, how long do you think an operator will hold his right arm that high to keep the wand interface in the correct position ??
BEFORE it drops to a NATURAL position ..as he should while wanding to lessen fatigue


..L.T.A.

 

[Royal Man]

Larry, how long do you think an operator will hold his right arm that high to keep the wand interface in the correct position ??
BEFORE it drops to a NATURAL position ..as he should while wanding to lessen fatigue


..L.T.A.

That is why I like a wand with an adjustable length tube. Then you can custom fit the operator and whether the valve is below or above the tube. So, the glide is at the proper angle.

 

[Steve Lawrence]

The glide in the first pic does not appear to be in good contact with the carpet--wand needs to be raised a little which looks very uncomfortable for the operator.

 

[Royal Man]

Looks like the tube would have to be almost "boob" level for proper glide contact. That is what I also found out when I put the gun valve kit on a Bentley.

 

[Johnny]

Does the swivel place more strain on wrists?

How heavy is it?

 

[Ron K]

Love to see a picture of everybody elses wand being used in a perfect ergonomic position for a prolonged time.

 

[ruff]

Larry, how long do you think an operator will hold his right arm that high to keep the wand interface in the correct position ??
BEFORE it drops to a NATURAL position ..as he should while wanding to lessen fatigue ..L.T.A.

Agreed.
Also look at the angle of the wrist. How many weeks before that guy needs a surgeon?

 

[Royal Man]

Love to see a picture of everybody elses wand being used in a perfect ergonomic position for a prolonged time.

That set up ( like most all wands) Doesn't have a even close to perfect ergonomic position.

 

[hogjowl]

No disrespect intended at Larry, but this thread is a perfect example of what you get when you get a supplier designing tools for carpet cleaners.

No practical utility.

 

[Ron K]

My personal opinion is any wand could work it depends how you work it. A lot of pictures I see of people using what ever wand never let go with their bottom hand. I also think many try to have a longer stroke than is healthy. If you have to bend way over to get the length you want you're prone to get injured. When I am working I only use two hands on the wand if I need to agitate/scrub. When I move either left or right my bottom hand is usually right by my body. Or I could be totally wrong.

 

[Larry Cobb]

Marty;

This wand design, with some minor jet manifold changes . . .

has outperformed every high dollar wand we have tested against.

For a person of the height shown, I would use a standard-length Bentley,

instead of the XL model shown.

Larry

 

[hogjowl]

Wrong ... I dunno.

Long and boring ... yes.

 

[Mikey P]

The only thing good about that wand is the airflow. It extracts great like Larry says, especially with the poorly made metal lips on it.

But there is no excuse for the 6 (and counting) attempts to get the jets in the right location (still off in Larry's photo above) due to the improper location for the manifold mount.
If the cleaner pushes that wand far forward and the jets go INTO the carpet and it will streak and splash all over. This happens when reaching under furniture or cleaning steps. On certain denser fiber types there is also a BIG deflection problem and water goes all over the place do to the no wing/splashguard design.


It is my opinion that Larry is doing himself a huge disfavor by repeatedly pushing this POS here.


and yes Eckman we know you cleaned under a bed once and yes Lee, we know you like free stuff.



I've told Mytee how to fix it but they won't until all 20,000 cast heads have been sold.


Mount two manifolds to the back of the head ala" Prochem" and add wings.



but what do I know, I'm just an idiot carpet cleaner with a big mouf.

 

[hogjowl]

To stubbornly insist on touting the utility of a clearly defective design shows a clear lack of respect for the intelligence of the average cleaner.

It's probably the same reason he continues to put 8 oz's per gallon on his mixing directions on the Power Max buckets.

 

[Mikey P]

maybe if that idiot Deron tells John he will listen.

 

[hogjowl]

I was talking about Larry.

John is hopeless.

 

[Mikey P]

Oh I know.

I like Larry a lot, that why I give him shit when he does silly stuff like promoting this lame wand or not filling orders properly for one one of our heaviest hitters here. cough! rhymes with oranges.



I think those two hours lunches are clouding his better judgment..

 

[Jimmy L]

My POS 16 inch castex wand with 4 jets even has wings on it to prevent over spray.

HEeeeeeee HeeEeeeee!

LOSERS!

 

[Larry Cobb]

My POS 16 inch castex wand with 4 jets even has wings on it to prevent over spray.

Wings don't prevent overspray . . .

They attempt to correct a poorly designed jet pattern,

by dumping more water at the extreme edges,

where on a Castex 16" (??) the vacuum is nonexistent.

Larry

 

[Mikey P]

Prevent...contain..whatever ..a well formulated manifold design will still need a "roof" and wings to contain the spittle and steam created by a multi jet system.

 

[Dolly Llama]

For a person of the height shown, I would use a standard-length Bentley,

still going to be too high me thinks
That's the problems w/gunjet valves put on wands made for average size (5'8" to 6ft ) folks.
they were never intended/designed for top gunjet


here's another reality I mentioned before , doesn't matter where the valve is, you still have to physically push and pull the wand .

Regardless where the valve is, or the angle, years of use and millions of repetitive motion actions will take it's toll on the body regardless
(Even wands designed from the ground up like the Stryker)

you may change the wear points, but you can't change the wear, you're just changing the stress points is all.
Taking it off part and putting it on another

and I'd suggest the gunjet handles in that position are little to no change at all actually ...cause it's still essentially the same grasp and push , just a smaller grasping diameter than the wand tube is all



.L.T.A.

 

[Larry Cobb]

Another advantage of a swivel system . . .

is the ability to tilt the wand slightly to either side.

Variation of the grip position & distance,

should lessen the fatigue from a fixed position.

Larry

P.S. Happy 4th . . . only half a million spectators at Kaboom Town last night, Mikey.