Anyone ever tried one of these tubing options?

[kinghong1970]

Smartcoils are a Pain in the ASS to put on... either that or i must be doing something wrong...

but check out item number 5393K42

edit: hey, it's monday morning... brain still sleeping...

[SoulsCollective]

Er...link?

[kinghong1970]

Damn... i knew this monday's gonna suck...

sorry... go to http://www.mcmaster.com/
and put in the sku number 5393K42

[SoulsCollective]

Certainly looks like it'll cut the mustard, but perhaps not be as flexible as ordinary Tygon due to the reinforcing braid? Something you have to watch out for is that with reinforced tubing, it can take a lot more bending without kinking, which is a good thing, but also means that because you're bending it more, unless it's well secured the extra strain on the joints where it meets the barbs can mean the hose just pops off after a while.

[Agent11]

Those are some intriguing hose.

On the same tangent, I came upon these the other day.

http://www.elkhartproducts.com/xpress/xPress.cfm

If I can find someone that ACTUALLY SELLS the damn things I may give them a try.

[kinghong1970]

Certainly looks like it'll cut the mustard, but perhaps not be as flexible as ordinary Tygon due to the reinforcing braid? Something you have to watch out for is that with reinforced tubing, it can take a lot more bending without kinking, which is a good thing, but also means that because you're bending it more, unless it's well secured the extra strain on the joints where it meets the barbs can mean the hose just pops off after a while.

my curiosity got the upper hand... and the wallet it seems...

i saw and felt how thick the braided ones are... i was actually thinking of getting the coil reinforced one.

anyways, got em coming overnite so hopefully i'll see soon enuf...