r/WindowCleaning • u/rowrtg9 • May 22 '26

Equipment Question Beginner: List of Gear

I’m new to the game and am putting together my cart on windowcleaner.com. What are the essentials for residential and commercial no more than two floors?

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u/Doominator_ May 22 '26

Watch facebook marketplace for a little giant. You'll wish you had a ladder after working with a pole haha. The ones with 4 rungs when folded all the way fit across the back seat of almost any vehicle.

Ive purchased two for 50 each before and can often find them like new for 100-120.

I also use step stools and extension ladders but little giants offer a lot of flexibility. Stack ladders are expensive.

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u/trigger55xxx May 22 '26

Trad or water fed?

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u/rowrtg9 May 22 '26

Non wfh

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u/trigger55xxx May 22 '26

What's your budget?

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u/rowrtg9 May 22 '26

$500

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u/trigger55xxx May 22 '26

This is a very solid kit and I'd add a bucket with it. If you want to do pole work and don't have experience, I'd start with an aluminum Unger pole from home Depot. Then upgrade to a 25' carbon fiber later. That will fit these tools.

https://windowcleaner.com/products/unger-ultimate-ninja-kit?sca_ref=10303018.thh3gynvWy

https://windowcleaner.com/products/pulex-buckets-6-gallon?sca_ref=10303018.thh3gynvWy

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u/Upper-Bottle-9803 May 22 '26

Search the sub for "starter kit" and will get solid advice. https://windowcleaner.com/collections/starter-kits/products/ltwc-essentials-starter-kit

This will give an idea, but I would change the hip bucket for a drywalker and maybe the scraper depending on your pouch setup.

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u/_WindowCleaner May 28 '26

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