tubes

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what is it to look for when you are choosin a tube? 

it herer any tubes that perform better than others?

who do you recomend me to get my tubes from? (witch brands?) 

thanks for you help :D

[Ghost]

Most tubes are the same. I use Masterkleer personally. 

 

ID 3/8 OD 1/2 is the standard size you want to use.

[alpenwasser]

There's some tubing that can cause you troubles with some coolants (Mayhems coolants

are a bit notorious for this). But in most cases you'll be fine. Personally, I've

been using Primochill's Pro for the past few years (in white and black) and I haven't

had any troubles with it. They have also recently brought out a new "Advanced" Line

of tubing which is supposed to be quite good and not give you any problems with any

coolant.

From what I've read, XSPC's tubing is also supposed to be decent, but I have not had

any personal experiences with it.

As for diameter, I'm partial to 10 mm ID/16 mm OD. I've also used 3/8" / 1/2" (~10 mm ID

13 mm OD), but the 16/10 stuff has comparably thick walls which makes it quite a bit

more kink resistant.

[Crion]

I've used Tygon, DangerDen, Primochill Pro, XSPC, and Primochill advanced and so far only the last two have not fogged up on me.  You won't find a performance difference for the most part.  It's going to come down to looks.  Personally, I use 3/8" ID 5/8" OD for size but I have used 1/2" ID 3/4" OD in the past. 

[Christian]

Ive got the clear PrimoChill LRT tubing, and now it's developed this cloudy film inside of it. So I contacted the place I got it from (PCCG for the Aussies here) and they were great. Sent me the new Advanced stuff in white. Just haven't installed it yet. But I asked around and apparently the Advanced doesn't have the cloudy film problem.