Quote Originally Posted by Berg View Post
As the hose ID gets larger, the sidewall thickness also needs to increase to still have a good bend radius, so something like a 12x8 with a Push-On fitting with ID of 8mm would be really great. (and guess what diameter Zalmans blue hose is.. yes 12x8mm exactly. Sometimes the big companies do get it right!) Only problem is that sourcing the fittings and hose for this size is not easy. I have only been able to find suitable fittings in plastic, and we really prefer nickel plated brass (with o-ring sealing).
McMaster has Tygon 3603 in those measurements with 2mm walls, which is almost what Cathar wished for wall thickness somewhere else in this thread (if I remember right, he wanted 25mm). Anyway, have you tried Legris fittings? Don't they have some push-ONs that would work with that? What's the disadvantage of plastic vs metal fittings?