Looking for H20 Hoses!

ElroyCarbon · May 9, 2002

I'm searching for a better alternative to Danger Deb for the same silicon Hoses. Anyone know of a place? I once saw a link to McCmaster Carr. If someone has the link saved please send it.
Thanks

overdoze · May 9, 2002

they are roughly the same price with dangerden. http://usplastic.com sell them as well under tube and fitting

Diggrr · May 9, 2002

www.mcmaster.com I haven't looked to see how their prices stack up though.

*edit* Whoa...DD is $2.00/ft, McMaster-Carr is $2.84/ft for the same dimension. They're thinner walled stuff may be cheaper than DDen's 1/8" but I wouldn't recommend the 1/16" wall stuff.

azhari · May 9, 2002

I already answered this question in your previous post of the same question.

XiveX · May 9, 2002

Forget silicone. Buy Tygon. Its way better. Check out a side by side comparison of tygon, silicone, and vinyl here:

http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2694&highlight=tygon

McMaster carr has it. You want part #: 5554K19

Thats the 1/2" ID 3/4" OD, Thickwall (1/8" thick) R-3306 Type of Tygon. Thats what you want. Its about $3 per foot. You'll probably need 7 to 10 feet.

hpotter · May 9, 2002

I'm pretty sure you can get any of the different tubings at a Home Depot.

XiveX · May 9, 2002

Home depot does NOT sell Tygon. You can probably buy Silicone there, and I know they have Vinyl, but who wants Vinyl anyhow??

Avatar28 · May 10, 2002

You can also buy Tygon from d-tek for a fairly reasonable price.

ravton · May 10, 2002

Before you go all gun-ho on Tygon. It's not perfect. If you search the procooling forums you'll see there's alot more information on it. Much of it contradicts the original posting. The original poster made alot of suppositions based upon using it for about 2 hours.

Tygon is nice, but it's not really better the silicone. They're both very smooth interior walls and depending on what version of each, they have good turn radiuses. Tygon has higher-end stuff with very tight turn radiuses but that's about $10/ft at mcmaster and $8 at usplastics.

CrystalMethod · May 10, 2002

Tygon is also a very hard material to bend. It's by no means "supple". If you don't mind having a lot of connectors and "L" and "U" joints in your system, it's perfect. Other than that, I'd stick with silicone, or vinyl, and change the hoses every year or so. On the bright side, it is however hypo-alergenic...

ravton · May 10, 2002

There's Tygon (formula R-1000) which is much softer then the R-3603 which most people have. I think I saw dangerden or somebody with it. It bends much easier, but it has low ratings for pressure. Still well within what watercoolers see though.

Silicone definitely bends better then the R-3603.

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