New VT Stair Tool

Bought a new stair tool from Joe this week and it is awesome. No stooping over. It cleaned great. Thanks Joe !

Which one did you get? I'm still hunching over a 30 inch straight tool...not my favorite.

Stair tools suck period. I do love the one I got from Joe. Cleaning stairs sucks really.

The one I bought is 2 jet 41inch long Straight

Is that the one with the 1.75" titanium tube?

yes, 1.75 ti tube.
I can make it any length you want.
I can even put a bend at the top, kinda neat for horizontals.
It's actually not much lighter than an all-stainless 1.75 since the tube length is not a large part of the overall weight, but it looks cool-er.

I did just raise the price to $199 so Festus, you got the last killer deal on that one. You should be bragging to Matt Dillon bout now. Where is the Marshall these days?
It's still a killer deal as compared to the PC heavy, heavy stairtools, all stainless equivalents. PC is good, but nothing custom about em and almost twice the weight. 
Remember why PC tools like the PCQuadjet were made so heavy duty:
1) they were designed for Franchise techs, 'throw & go' if ya know what I mean.
2) they were designed before Teflon glides.  Nowadays, you hardly ever see a broken weld or cracked metal cuz the stress is all but gone, thanks to 'the slide of the glide.'
Of course I don't sell much to franchises. I'm sure most still don't use glides, so there's always a market for tanks.

Over here, Ti & Teflon rules.
I'm stocking up for 2014 now ... got most any tool you could want stacked high, just waitin for a wander to give em a home.
All my new VT14s are gonna have a clearview window in the head.
I got a local bender here who does a good job of it. He's even makin us a VT15.
 

I like the clearview window idea, that would be interesting. Also may have to look into a taller stair tool...I don't expect to start shrinking for another 15-20 years.

My spring shopping list keeps getting longer.....

pic?

wandersproducts.com - a work in progress.

Here ya go Deacon.

That is one cool wand! Makes me want one.

sorry deacon. the video was screwed up in my youtube page. enjoy the footage.

It is a great wand, I personally think......I've been using the 13" for a couple years now and love it!

But I had to make my own window, before that was even an option.   

I couldn't imagine using a wand without a window in it, after getting so dependent on using it.   

I've said it many times, I like feedback tools. Adding a window to the wand head is a true winner of an idea. How well is the window holding up on clarity?

I still want to see a clear wand head....some day that will happen  

Is the window made out of glass or plastic ? If plastic, my concern is it might turn yellow over time due to heat and dirty water, is the window easily replaceable ?

dp1 wrote:Is the window made out of glass or plastic ? If plastic, my concern is it might turn yellow over time due to heat and dirty water, is the window easily replaceable ?

Great questions and what I am worried about. I had to change the window on my Demon about every 6 mos. and the window on the Zipper is gone completely, so I wonder how well they last?

Well, I've had mine on for about 6 months, and it's still as clear as the day I installed it. Mine is about 1/3 round slice of optically clear acrylic tubing, and I just used 'GOOP' to attach it over the slot I cut in the lower tube right out of the head. It's cheap at the internet plastics co I buy from and would take only a few min to instal a new piece when needed.

I could be wrong, but I think having the window in the tube gives a more accurate extraction reading than it being in the head. Having it in the head allows for a bigger window, which I think is nice, but I wonder if you get as well of a reading?......Maybe Joe knows?.....Joe's Nose?!?!    ........have to change that Emo to "The Cracker" soon!!   

I wondered about the sight tube vs head window as well. I think the window would be easier to see by its location while the tube would have more area so the water would be dispersed more. Both will show you recovering water and the dirt load of that water, but the head window would provide more detail due to density of the water flow.

Of course, the window in the head right at the entry to the tube would clog easier than a tube window. On my steamin demon, that window would clog up with animal har and poly fuzz after awhile and require cleaning and it was right off the vacuum slot.

Bottom line is that feedback is a good thing for performance in either form.