Just Picked up 10 feet of this from HERE I've attached a couple pictures, and will post some observations.
GLOW FACTOR
The only way this stuff is UV reactive is under a real UV/Blacklight, when using CC UV's they must be within 6 inches of the tubing or the glow is all but nonexistent
The picture I've taken is difficult to judge the amount of reactivity, the green UV fan is quite bright under the UV light. The tubing while visible is probably 10% the brightness of the green fan.
I'm quite sure the photos from the web page ARE NOT CC illumination, rather a real UV/Black light...
If your wanting to buy this stuff for the UV factor DON'T BOTHER... Green is probably better though..
MORE IMPORTANT THINGS
Temperature
Cold: an hour in the freezer left this stuff stiff, but still pliable, purposely attempting to cause damage (pinch with frozen pliers) caused no damage. This was just a quick check in my food freezer, sorry didn't check temps (if you want them ask)..
Heat: Boiling water left this stuff still in a useable state, was quite soft and tacky but still held its shape and maintained its kink resistance.
- 1/2" ID
- 3/4" OD
It is pretty flexible, and doesn't kink easily, not quite Tygon quality, but not bad...
Price is actually not bad considering FCPU is a bit higher then most. 10 feet = $16.00
Picked this stuff up for a friends install, thought I would share my findings.
I bought 20 feet of it myself at Danger Den (although not listed as, it is Primoflex).
It doesn't glow that much indeed (but from my experience anything other than green-yellow, and especially blue, doesn't glow very much).
I bought this tubing specifically because it has almost the same transparency as silicone tubing allowing to hide the view of the inside coolant.
I always had problems with whitish greasy precipitations on the inside of my tubings, which I suspect to come from the Purple Ice anti-corrosion additive I use.
Also I was using green UV dye in the beginning (I don't like the color but it glows very well), and after that I used Blue UV dye (which as said doesn't glow very much).
As I like the blue color why not use blue tubing instead of blue dye...
These are the different 1/2" tubings I have (and used):
From upper to lower:
- 1/16" wall silicone tubing (bought locally)
- 1/8" wall DD blue UV tubing (=Primoflex from Primochill)
- 1/8" wall R-3603 Tygon tubing (Danger Den)
- 1/16" wall R-3603 Tygon tubing (BeCooling)
The 1/8" Blue UV tubing is as flexible as the 1/16" wall Tygon (the 1/8" wall Tygon is a bit less flexible), but nevertheless a little less than the 1/16" silicone tubing (silicone is best for bending).
To the touch is has a feeling somewhere between Tygon and silicone tubing.
Its kinking resistance is on par with the 1/8" Tygon, which means very good.
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