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Alright, there's a local forum member selling chinese fittings, tubing etc.

 

 http://forums.vr-zone.com/other-hardware-components/3122345-low-cost-hard-tube-fitting-acrylic-tubei-many-new-items-available.html

 

What do you all think? Fittings are cheaper than soft tubing fittings from big companies, really tempting to start watercooling

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Looks like he is more interested in bumping his thread more then anything. I am digging the Tube bender though.

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Wow at the bumps...

Personally I wouldn't buy any of this made in china crap, I would rather spend 10x more money and get high quality fittings from bitspower that I am sure will not leak over time.

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Is it just me or do half the fittings look like really bad half oxidized non-coated aluminum? The anodized/coated stuff I might consider...not a lot to rave about otherwise.

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Looks like he is more interested in bumping his thread more then anything. I am digging the Tube bender though.

  

Wow at the bumps...

Personally I wouldn't buy any of this made in china crap, I would rather spend 10x more money and get high quality fittings from bitspower that I am sure will not leak over time.

  

Is it just me or do half the fittings look like really bad half oxidized non-coated aluminum? The anodized/coated stuff I might consider...not a lot to rave about otherwise.

Seems like everyone doesn't trust China stuff eh.. Back to my soft tubing plan then :(

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    Seems like everyone doesn't trust China stuff eh.. Back to my soft tubing plan then :(

Soft tubing looks good too.

I would rather have a soft tubing loop that doesnt leak than a hard tubing one that does... :P

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Seems like everyone doesn't trust China stuff eh.. Back to my soft tubing plan then :(

It's not that I don't trust Chinese stuff (I'm fairly confident more than 1/2 of all my components were made somewhere in or around China) it's that Aluminum + Copper do not mix in loops, and if those fittings are in fact non-coated/anodized Aluminum you're going to be in for a very, very bad time.

 

Most high-quality fittings are fully plated brass, Aluminum is avoided like the plague as most blocks and radiators are copper. Reputable manufacturers know better than to mix Cu+Al

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That hard tube bender does look nice! Anyone know of a better price for one?

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