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What is your favorite Coolant?

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So I am about to make some changes to my loop again. Since I have depleted my current supply of coolant, I am going to consider moving to something new.

 

So that being said, what is your favorite coolant? How long have you used it? Have you had any issues clogged blocks? I am not concerned about staining as I generally replace my tubing every year or two anyways (it is cheap enough). In the future when I go back with hard-tubing again then I might mater more, but at this point I am looking for suggestions and will probably play with a few of the suggestions given.

 

So fire away. What works best for you, what do you like and dislike about it?

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28 minutes ago, violentnumeric said:

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I use to be all for distilled water with a silver kill coil, but I did run into an issue with using the coil in the past. Now I guess I could worry about ph levels and use some biocide, but I prefer to just use either premixed or concentrated mixes now.

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1 hour ago, AngryBeaver said:

So I am about to make some changes to my loop again. Since I have depleted my current supply of coolant, I am going to consider moving to something new.

 

So that being said, what is your favorite coolant? How long have you used it? Have you had any issues clogged blocks? I am not concerned about staining as I generally replace my tubing every year or two anyways (it is cheap enough). In the future when I go back with hard-tubing again then I might mater more, but at this point I am looking for suggestions and will probably play with a few of the suggestions given.

 

So fire away. What works best for you, what do you like and dislike about it?

My personal go to has been Mayhems Pastel and Ice Dragons fluid (maker of Pastel). Haven’t really had issues other than minor color change if you leave it in extra long I’ve currently run my fluid for over 16 months. Usually you want to change it every 12 months max. 

 

For a transparent fluid Mayhems X1 and EKWB cryofuel arts both excellent options. 

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Mayhem X1 Clear

 

Everything else is going to clog up blocks, stain tubing or the floor it drips on, or lead to corrosion.

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