ClearFLEX 60 tubing

gone_fishin · 08-13-2002, 06:43 PM

I found some tubing with a shore A 60, equivalent to Tygon r3603 tubing in softness and clarity. I am curious what everyone thinks of it. Here is the spec page,
company site

Skulemate · 08-13-2002, 06:48 PM

I am actually using that myself. I "found" it about a month ago, and have been using it for a week or so. Though I've never used Tygon myself, I did sell some of it to a couple of people on the forums; you could ask Webmedic or LordSmack what they think, since I am pretty sure that they are familliar with both. I also posted my impression of the stuff in a thread when I first received the tubing.

gone_fishin · 08-13-2002, 06:59 PM

Great

It has been tried out and the responses from your thread, which I just found, were very positive. If they are in fact equivalent in performance then it's time to go price hunting because from what I have seen so far, it is near half the price of Tygon.

Skulemate · 08-13-2002, 11:31 PM

Price is exactly why I went with this tubing as a Tygon alternative myself.

webmedic · 08-14-2002, 07:40 AM

It doesn't stretch as well over barbs but it has a better bend radius without colapsing. That is the clearflex compared to tygon.

gone_fishin · 08-14-2002, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by webmedic
It doesn't stretch as well over barbs but it has a better bend radius without colapsing. That is the clearflex compared to tygon.

For half the price I could live with that

I suppose you could heat the hose up a little to get it over the oversized barbs?

webmedic · 08-14-2002, 08:12 AM

You know I didn't try heating it up. the 1/2 id tubing will fit over most 5/8 barbs if thats any consolation. It however has a problem fitting over the crimped 1/2 tubing I use for most things.

maskedgeek · 08-14-2002, 09:03 AM

im gonna get me some of this stuff sometime soon! it sounds like itll be really good, how much does it cost?

Sanjuro · 08-14-2002, 01:02 PM

Buy another 100' Skulemate, ppl want it again lol (damnit i missed the last 100')

Skulemate · 08-14-2002, 06:19 PM

LOL... yeah, I was beating people away with sticks... seriously...

I've seen it sold lots of places online (sometimes it's called Nalgene 180, but it's the same stuff), though it's always by the 50' or 100' roll, which is inconvenient. I got lucky and snagged a good price for mine direct from the manufacturer, which happens to be close to my house. If there's tons of demand I feel that's a good route to go, since it wasn't hard for me to sell off the extra that I had. I suppose I could be convinced to do it again, but there'd have to be quite a few people interested......

bigben2k · 08-14-2002, 06:40 PM

I'm interested.

webmedic · 08-14-2002, 06:50 PM

For those in the us of a I found a dealer down here and can get it down here also.

Skulemate · 08-14-2002, 07:02 PM

That's cool... how much were you able to get it for Webmedic? Mine cost approximately $1.17US ($1.82CAD) per foot for the 1/2"x3/4" after taxes... that's because of the mighty US dollar versus our poor Loonie.

webmedic · 08-14-2002, 07:26 PM

I'm not exactly sure yet the price I got a quote for was the wrong size. They quoted me for 1/2 od instead of 1/2 id. I would assume it should not be more than about $1.00 a foot but I'm just guessing.

maskedgeek · 08-14-2002, 08:11 PM

hey webmedic im interested in knowing the prices, im gonna call a place thats about 2hrs away from here for pricing... and my mom is heading out there within 3 weeks....

gone_fishin · 08-14-2002, 08:48 PM

Skulemate · 08-14-2002, 09:06 PM

I hope that Webmedic can do better than $1.65 per foot from his supplier... that's almost into Tygon territory in terms of price, isn't it?

maskedgeek · 08-14-2002, 09:18 PM

mmmm 2inch inlet/outlet waterblock... mmmmm

gone_fishin · 08-14-2002, 09:29 PM

$3.20 at McmasterCarr for R-3603 Tygon in 1/8" wall 1/2" ID for comparison.
Interesting, Tygon makes a beverage grade with a "non-wetting surface", I wonder if this would remove a lot of friction? It does not state this property for the other grades.

Here's the exact specs,
Beverage

• Tygon Formulation: B-44-3
• Temperature Range: -49° to +165° F
• Color: Clear
• Durometer, Shore A: 63 (soft)
• Tensile Strength: 2300 psi
• Elongation: 410%
• Fittings: Barbed
Tubing is free of odors and tastes to maintain beverage purity. Featuring a nonwetting surface for complete drainage and flush cleaning

Skulemate · 08-14-2002, 10:01 PM

You can get the beverage tubing in Nalgene as well... it's called "Clearflex 70" or "Nalgene 380".

webmedic · 08-15-2002, 12:36 AM

Yes but that shore is not going ot be as flexable. 60 or under is good anything over is gettign to stiff to work with for our needs.

maskedgeek · 08-15-2002, 09:30 PM

you should see a review on my site in a few weeks

airspirit · 08-16-2002, 02:25 PM

Webmedic, is your supplier in the Cheney/Spokane area? I might have to run up there ....

FRAGN'STIEN · 08-16-2002, 07:34 PM

I'm just guessing airspirit, but you might want to call the House of hose. That might be the place.

08-13-2002, 06:43 PM	#1
gone_fishin Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Da UP Posts: 517	ClearFLEX 60 tubing I found some tubing with a shore A 60, equivalent to Tygon r3603 tubing in softness and clarity. I am curious what everyone thinks of it. Here is the spec page, company site

08-13-2002, 06:48 PM	#2
Skulemate Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 381	I am actually using that myself. I "found" it about a month ago, and have been using it for a week or so. Though I've never used Tygon myself, I did sell some of it to a couple of people on the forums; you could ask Webmedic or LordSmack what they think, since I am pretty sure that they are familliar with both. I also posted my impression of the stuff in a thread when I first received the tubing. __________________ Michael E. Robbins M.A.Sc. Candidate, University of Toronto 12.1 GHz of AMD's finest (17.7 GHz total) crunching proudly for the AMDMB.com Killer Frogs SETI BOINC: Dual Opteron 246s (Iwill DK8N) \| XP2800+ (Shuttle SN41G2) \| 3x XP2400+ (ASUS A7N266-vm) SETI BOINC: 2x P4 2.8E (ASUS P4R800-vm) \| Crunching 24/7

08-13-2002, 11:31 PM	#4
Skulemate Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 381	Price is exactly why I went with this tubing as a Tygon alternative myself. __________________ Michael E. Robbins M.A.Sc. Candidate, University of Toronto 12.1 GHz of AMD's finest (17.7 GHz total) crunching proudly for the AMDMB.com Killer Frogs SETI BOINC: Dual Opteron 246s (Iwill DK8N) \| XP2800+ (Shuttle SN41G2) \| 3x XP2400+ (ASUS A7N266-vm) SETI BOINC: 2x P4 2.8E (ASUS P4R800-vm) \| Crunching 24/7

08-14-2002, 07:40 AM	#5
webmedic Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cheney, Wa Posts: 367	It doesn't stretch as well over barbs but it has a better bend radius without colapsing. That is the clearflex compared to tygon. __________________ www.water-cool.com

08-14-2002, 08:12 AM	#7
webmedic Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cheney, Wa Posts: 367	You know I didn't try heating it up. the 1/2 id tubing will fit over most 5/8 barbs if thats any consolation. It however has a problem fitting over the crimped 1/2 tubing I use for most things. __________________ www.water-cool.com

08-13-2002, 06:59 PM	#3
gone_fishin Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Da UP Posts: 517	Great It has been tried out and the responses from your thread, which I just found, were very positive. If they are in fact equivalent in performance then it's time to go price hunting because from what I have seen so far, it is near half the price of Tygon.

08-14-2002, 09:03 AM	#8
maskedgeek Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: poop Posts: 145	im gonna get me some of this stuff sometime soon! it sounds like itll be really good, how much does it cost?

08-14-2002, 01:02 PM	#9
Sanjuro Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Port Coquitlam, BC Posts: 74	Buy another 100' Skulemate, ppl want it again lol (damnit i missed the last 100') __________________ Nothing to call home about...

08-14-2002, 06:19 PM	#10
Skulemate Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 381	LOL... yeah, I was beating people away with sticks... seriously... I've seen it sold lots of places online (sometimes it's called Nalgene 180, but it's the same stuff), though it's always by the 50' or 100' roll, which is inconvenient. I got lucky and snagged a good price for mine direct from the manufacturer, which happens to be close to my house. If there's tons of demand I feel that's a good route to go, since it wasn't hard for me to sell off the extra that I had. I suppose I could be convinced to do it again, but there'd have to be quite a few people interested...... __________________ Michael E. Robbins M.A.Sc. Candidate, University of Toronto 12.1 GHz of AMD's finest (17.7 GHz total) crunching proudly for the AMDMB.com Killer Frogs SETI BOINC: Dual Opteron 246s (Iwill DK8N) \| XP2800+ (Shuttle SN41G2) \| 3x XP2400+ (ASUS A7N266-vm) SETI BOINC: 2x P4 2.8E (ASUS P4R800-vm) \| Crunching 24/7

08-14-2002, 06:40 PM	#11
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	I'm interested. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

08-14-2002, 06:50 PM	#12
webmedic Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cheney, Wa Posts: 367	For those in the us of a I found a dealer down here and can get it down here also. __________________ www.water-cool.com Last edited by webmedic; 08-14-2002 at 06:55 PM.

08-14-2002, 07:02 PM	#13
Skulemate Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 381	That's cool... how much were you able to get it for Webmedic? Mine cost approximately $1.17US ($1.82CAD) per foot for the 1/2"x3/4" after taxes... that's because of the mighty US dollar versus our poor Loonie. __________________ Michael E. Robbins M.A.Sc. Candidate, University of Toronto 12.1 GHz of AMD's finest (17.7 GHz total) crunching proudly for the AMDMB.com Killer Frogs SETI BOINC: Dual Opteron 246s (Iwill DK8N) \| XP2800+ (Shuttle SN41G2) \| 3x XP2400+ (ASUS A7N266-vm) SETI BOINC: 2x P4 2.8E (ASUS P4R800-vm) \| Crunching 24/7 Last edited by Skulemate; 08-14-2002 at 09:00 PM.

08-14-2002, 07:26 PM	#14
webmedic Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cheney, Wa Posts: 367	I'm not exactly sure yet the price I got a quote for was the wrong size. They quoted me for 1/2 od instead of 1/2 id. I would assume it should not be more than about $1.00 a foot but I'm just guessing. __________________ www.water-cool.com

08-14-2002, 08:11 PM	#15
maskedgeek Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: poop Posts: 145	hey webmedic im interested in knowing the prices, im gonna call a place thats about 2hrs away from here for pricing... and my mom is heading out there within 3 weeks....

08-14-2002, 09:06 PM	#17
Skulemate Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 381	I hope that Webmedic can do better than $1.65 per foot from his supplier... that's almost into Tygon territory in terms of price, isn't it? __________________ Michael E. Robbins M.A.Sc. Candidate, University of Toronto 12.1 GHz of AMD's finest (17.7 GHz total) crunching proudly for the AMDMB.com Killer Frogs SETI BOINC: Dual Opteron 246s (Iwill DK8N) \| XP2800+ (Shuttle SN41G2) \| 3x XP2400+ (ASUS A7N266-vm) SETI BOINC: 2x P4 2.8E (ASUS P4R800-vm) \| Crunching 24/7

08-14-2002, 09:18 PM	#18
maskedgeek Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: poop Posts: 145	mmmm 2inch inlet/outlet waterblock... mmmmm

08-14-2002, 09:29 PM	#19
gone_fishin Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Da UP Posts: 517	$3.20 at McmasterCarr for R-3603 Tygon in 1/8" wall 1/2" ID for comparison. Interesting, Tygon makes a beverage grade with a "non-wetting surface", I wonder if this would remove a lot of friction? It does not state this property for the other grades. Here's the exact specs, Beverage • Tygon Formulation: B-44-3 • Temperature Range: -49° to +165° F • Color: Clear • Durometer, Shore A: 63 (soft) • Tensile Strength: 2300 psi • Elongation: 410% • Fittings: Barbed Tubing is free of odors and tastes to maintain beverage purity. Featuring a nonwetting surface for complete drainage and flush cleaning

08-14-2002, 10:01 PM	#20
Skulemate Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 381	You can get the beverage tubing in Nalgene as well... it's called "Clearflex 70" or "Nalgene 380". __________________ Michael E. Robbins M.A.Sc. Candidate, University of Toronto 12.1 GHz of AMD's finest (17.7 GHz total) crunching proudly for the AMDMB.com Killer Frogs SETI BOINC: Dual Opteron 246s (Iwill DK8N) \| XP2800+ (Shuttle SN41G2) \| 3x XP2400+ (ASUS A7N266-vm) SETI BOINC: 2x P4 2.8E (ASUS P4R800-vm) \| Crunching 24/7

08-15-2002, 12:36 AM	#21
webmedic Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cheney, Wa Posts: 367	Yes but that shore is not going ot be as flexable. 60 or under is good anything over is gettign to stiff to work with for our needs. __________________ www.water-cool.com

08-15-2002, 09:30 PM	#22
maskedgeek Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: poop Posts: 145	you should see a review on my site in a few weeks

08-16-2002, 02:25 PM	#23
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	Webmedic, is your supplier in the Cheney/Spokane area? I might have to run up there ....

08-16-2002, 07:34 PM	#24
FRAGN'STIEN Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rathdrum, ID Posts: 380	I'm just guessing airspirit, but you might want to call the House of hose. That might be the place. __________________ This space for rent

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