Ive seen the product before, and like it as part of the process.
âend all/be all?â no.
I think the trick would be to ladder up to the downspout, and send it on its way.
But you still would need to recapture, at end spot.
So it helps for the âshitty ladder movesâ to an extent.
The real trick would be to find a way to drop and recover, that little motherfucâŚ
and go with some pressure (small diameter hose) to clear the down spout.
⌠all from a WFP pole.
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Look good. Seems that it will also make a nice mess of everything below, windows, cars, driveways. Maybe an idea would be a catch net of some kind. Or maybe I am not seeing the whole picture.
If using a water feed pole did not make you any faster but made the job easier I wonder if that would be enough to make the investment. Just a thought.
If I did not need to do additional cleaning up after this mole does itâs thing, I would consider.
My thinking isnt about the mess it leaves below.
- that I can handle.
I like the idea of saving shitty ladder moves.
Those gutters, above gutters/roofllne.
Or that far corner, on a slope belowâŚwhere I can get to the main strip, but not to the far end.
âcall that mother back to manageability.â lol
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The thing has a remote control, I would assume it goes in reverse, maybe.
If you you would only need 1 ladder placement per straight stretch of guttering.
As for the leaves I would just blow them away with the leaf blower as they fell from the robot.
Will it work when everything is wet and clogged?
Would it actually save time?
Safer sure, better? No idea. Iâm actually getting out of gutter cleaning for a while. Focusing on glass only.
yes, put it in reverse and it puts all the leaves back in the gutter.
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Why is that GlassMD?
Too slow of a process for the price. In my area gutters are often ignored until they canât be any longer. I find it quicker and therefore more cost effective to do minimal ladder positions and drag the debris to me with an extension pole and a gutter tool, transfer to a 5 gallon bucket, transfer to large leaf bags so the clean up is minimal as well.
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Wow. Itâs an irobot product. I would imagine itâs only a matter of time until the company figures out that homeowners donât want to go up a ladder to begin with. Theyâll create some pole or something so you can drop it in from the ground.
That being said, I can see that being useful. Messy, but could be great for very hard to reach areas you canât reach with a gutter vac and canât walk on the roof either.
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Why am I pausing gutters? - at this time, I am limited on days to do work. I just want to focus on windows this year as I prepare for full time. At that time, I may introduce it back. I may not. It would help to fill days but itâs not my forte. Iâll be doing glass work and window cleaning. Gutters maybe. It can be easy money. I may wait until I hire too.
Decisions, decisions.
This is probably the use for this tool.
I tell folks I have a $100.00 minimum. I focus on windows too, but If I have space to make another $100 or more, Iâll take it.
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I think I may offer to some as I clean windows. Pick and choose. Stick to the easy ones. Iâm not willing to advertise for it this year again though. Too many inquires about gutter guards and what not. I just dont have time for it all. When I reach full time, I probably will again. I would like to see how busy I am first with glass and mirror as well as window cleaning.
One other thing I thought of. If their next version of this robot can clear out a downspout as well, this thing could start to take some jobs away, if the ladder situation is resolved as wellâŚ
Gets me thinkingâŚ
