Back to black

Disposables says it was red faced and a little blue with the industry's reaction to the colour change to its Ettore Sidekick.

Said a company spokesperson: "Here's us thinking yellow would brighten up grey days, how green we felt when we realised that wasn't the case. Purple with bruises where we beat ourselves up and pink cheeked where the wet fish slapped, we knew we had to go back to Black." The Ettore SideKick bucketon- a-belt tool delivers speed, flexibility and convenience. It holds a washer, squeegee and cleaning fluid all in one handy tool which can be clipped on a belt.

Suitable for ladder work or working in tight spaces, the SideKick is reversible for right or left handers and its heavy-duty construction means it is durable in use.

The Ettore SideKick went from black to yellow a couple of years back and the decision to change to yellow was taken so that it matched the Ettore Buckets. This made perfect sense to the product development team at Ettore USA but wasn't received well by window cleaners worldwide.

Quick to respond, the colour has gone back to black and is now available from stockists across the UK.