Hi everyone,  I live in Australia and carry all my equipment on my belts.
The items carryed are :  squee gee
                                     applicator
                                      4 inch scrapemaster blade
                                      a philips head and standard scew drivers
                                      clean scims ( in a bag )
                                      dirty skrim bag
                                      sports dring bottle containing cleaning solution
                                      small bottle of concentrate cleaning solution
                                       extra squee gee rubbers
                                       4 inch squee gee
                                       applicator cover for colonial windows
                                       hose fittings
I carry all the equipment on 3 seperate belts.  I never have to move or bend down for a bucket.  Always have clean skrims and a bag handy for the dirty ones.  Always have two hands free with my applicator / squee gee and my scrapemaster at my side,  handy when doing ladder / roof work.  There is always a tap handy so I never run out of cleaning solution because I carry a concentrated solution with me.  I always use screw drivers to get flyscreens off and have these at hand on my squee gee / applicator belt.  I have my 4 inch sqee gee at hand on a loop in my belt and applicator cover for colonial windows,  extra rubbers and hose fittings in a bag attached to a belt.  I am having great success with this method and am able to clean a large hospital without having to ever move a bucket or go back to the van every half / hour to replencish my equipment.  Its great when you have to do ledge , ladder and roof work,  you can just keep going.  You always have the correct ammout of water on your applicator,  need a little more water,  there it is,  strapped to your hip on a belt.  If your not impressed with this system.........the only other treasured screat I have is the window cleaning industrys best kept screat.............honestly using cloudy ammonia to clean windows changed my professional life and for all the non believers who wont even try this product,  Ive heard it all before from people here in Australia but for those who maybe give it a go will very impressed with the results.  I have seen these results every day for 20 years and some days even suprise myself (  if not always my customes ).  It gives you a great powerful cleaning solution that melts the dirt away and makes the inside view of the window seen as its disappears and the outside view with a great glazes appearence.  Fantastic for mirrors,  now honestly they really come out glazed.  For people in England,  just look for a product at the local grocery shopping centre in the cleaning  section and get the one that has Ammonia somewhere in the title.  You can buy the 80 % Ammonia but it is too strong so dont use it neat,  you can buy this from chemical distrubuters,  so for cri key sake water it down.  I have used the neat product and wow.......it really, really cleans the galass but gets on your throat too mush ( Im a smoker )                              
                                                     
Hoping to hear for the believers and non believers soon.

Regards

JD2

Hi,
   Been using some of the methods you use for a while now. I especially like the bottle on your belt idea, I realy get on well with this but I occasionally return to the car for the odd thing rather than overload myself with gear.
I find that a bottle of solution (1 litre) lasts much longer than I ever emagined when I first started and have never looked back. I use mainly Wagtail which no doubt will warm your heart! So, if and when the applicator pad gets too dirty I either rinse it under somones tap, or just change it for a fresh one. It's real quick because I use the velcro type of attachements. Iv'e been using GG4 recently too. Also I do a lot more polework now I got the Wagtail sorted.
Keep it going, if it works for you great.
Chris.

When ammonia was first made from coal tar, the solutions were very murky. Later, the "Haber" process for fixing the nitrogen of the air gave a very pure product, but by this time people were used to "cloudy ammonia". For this reason soap is added to keep pure, clear ammonia - "cloudy".

Ammonia vapour is extremely irritating and the solution is very alkaline and acts as a caustic.

Please read all the way through (its a killer):-

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Well at least you know the dangers now, JD2.

I hope no one else will go down the cloudy ammonia route, as I've mentioned before, many others have used this in the States & were very ill & caused irreversible damage to their bodies. Thats why they make pro' window cleaning fluid!
I advise you to check out the link I posted - its Australian - for your benefit.
Even the Australian government list it as a hazard in the workplace: -
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Don't think I'm getting at you JD2, its just a chemical that I wouldn't advise using (I used to be a chemical technician at I.C.I.  in Australa & the UK). I have even been gassed my ammonia in the UK.
For this reason, please don't promote this product on this forum any more for health & legal reasons.


You could have the same argument of time saving by just using a wfp on the screens, frames etc, with the windows to boot. I also used to carry a bottle on a belt around, but found it useless for cleaning out my scrubber & once you go looking for a tap, I'm better off with my bucket. I think its a good system if the windows are relatively clean.