Well I have had this stuff for a while now (about a little more than a year, I originally received it as a promo to test for Integrity, occasionally get parts there) and have been recommending it to friends. One just recently linked me to the old thread. After reading the thread I must say people seem a bit pessimistic about it, which I certainly dont blame people as I was the EXACT same way at first. I must say though that the only problem I have seen with it is that I lose 1 degree celsius off of my cooling ability.
I thought I might share my experience with the fluid, take it, leave it, discuss it, but please dont flame it I am just sharing. Now I gotta say this stuff is a lot slimier then DI water. Also if I recall DI water will gain ions when exposed to open atmosphere or a new environment with contaminents thus making it conductive. So if it spills and you dont notice it you COULD run the risk of a hardware failure. Also if you add anything into the DI water to kill bacteria, or cool better(watter wetter) that will most likely make the coolant conductive. Furthermore water does form buildups, etc over time this stuff hasnt at all.
When I initially was testing this fluid I was of course pessimistic as well and was looking to downplay it. So initally I told integrity I wanted to talk to whoever their contact was. They put me in touch with Mike, which I noticed was posting here as well. I asked him about the fluid gaining ions, and he responded that there was a chemical started with a "D" I think that made a slimey coat around the chemical forming a barrier so that the fluid wouldnt absorb ions he also mentioned how the coolant wouldnt eat at any plastics. While talking about the plastics he mentioned a scenario that actually happened in my first rig. After using DI water mixed with some watter wetter I had one of my tubes(that was clamped really tightly!) pop off and soaked my carpet pink. Well what happened is that the stuff ate at my tubing and made the tubing sorta gummy, and the tubing lost its grip around the nipple of the water block.
Also one thing with DI water is that the stuff you buy at the store is pretty much filtered water.. Anyone who says otherwise probably isnt informed well. So if you want true DI you need to get it labgrade(0-10 Microsiemens).. meaning from complex filtering(no.. not your store bought RO system with a DI filter) This stuff will often run you around 10.00 if you buy only a gallon DEPENDING on the lab unless you buy in bulk(After all they dont want to waist their time on someone who is only going to buy 3.00 worth of water).. Plus if the lab isnt near your going to have to ship it..
Anyways as for my opinion this stuff is pretty cool I have ran it for a little more then a year and havent needed to clean my system out, or change the coolant. When I need to work on the system I just drain the stuff into the bottle it came with and then put it back into the system. A 32 oz bottle is more then enough to fill an average resevoir too, fills my current dual 3.5 fine. I have also looked for algae and havent seen any growth, it even killed the a hard to get spot(little dot) that was in my system. Also after seeing these posts on the forum I talked to Mike again and asked him about mixing this stuff with alcohol and he said it would work but the stuff wouldnt protect the plastics since alcohol can dry out plastics.
Anyways that my experience and thats why I like the fluid. Dont flame me im just sharing, if you dont want to hear it thats cool just skip to the next post or something.
Also I must say that the 25.00 is probably worth it as you will most likely exceed that over there period of time the fluid will last. Also from what I understand Integrity is the sol distributor of that stuff and they are trying to get resellers they said last time I talked to em(4 months ago) so the fact that other people are selling it cheaper doesnt suprise me.. You dont undercut your customers prices.
A tech at integrity also had a good analogy, he said it reminded him of slick 50 for your car, yeah it costs more then regular oil but you dont nearly change it as much.
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