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Originally Posted by quicksilverXP
3/32" is not that noticeably smaller than 1/8" wall.... thus.. kinking is nomore an issue than regular 1/8" wall tubing. Pics up soon...
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Most manufacturers I've seen so far with the 7/16" ID (5/8" OD) rate the minimum radius (before kinking) as being the same as the 1/2" ID (3/4" OD) tubing when made from the same material. The smaller the ID of the tubing, the more it can bend without kinking given the same wall-thickness, and so what happens is exactly as you've observed, the 7/16" ID 3/32" walled tubing can bend just as tightly as the larger stuff as the smaller ID offsets the thinner wall for kinking, but the big advantage is that it requires about 2/3rds the effort to turn bends and so doesn't pull and twist on waterblocks as much.