Quote Originally Posted by churchy View Post
From what i've heard from others, rotaries might leak when they get skewed by force with eg improperly bended tubing/or some component weighting on tubing attached to that rotary. No skewing/bending of rotary = usually no leaks.
yes. That is indeed true. but in this case, it's pretty slack and yet has leaked. I presume that once it leaks, it's a goner?

and 45 degrees might work. though with the fan directly over the fittings, it could be real tight. but I haven't seen any 45 degree 1/4" rotaries around.

as for bitspower, hasn't there been cases where it's leaked as well? (complaints about loosening of the rotary and then leaks)
http://www.google.com.sg/search?sour...rotary+leaking
Warranties aren't gonna work here as they'll be shipped overseas. besides, I must say that 12 USD is REALLY high for a simple fitting that's made in china. Those fesers cost bout 11 pounds a pack of 4. I'm not sure how much a meal at macdonald's or subway costs in the US but I'm pretty sure it costs less than a single feser rotary. The high price may simply be... a lack of competition?

Personally, I've never had problems with compressions. Even those low end innovatek ones which were more of 10/8mm instead of 11/8mm worked pretty well. More of rotaries being the problem. caught a couple of them leaking at the start but they were fixed with proper placement of tubing.