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Review on Clear Plastic PVC Vinyl Tubing 5/8" ID X 3/4" OD 32.8FT Heavy Duty Industrial Grade BPA Free by Michael Cleveland

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not good in cold weather

I bought it because it was the lowest cost PVC hose I could find of sufficient length and have to remember you get what you pay for. As other reviews have stated, it will arrive badly kinked and bent. It took me a while but I pushed a length of rigid PEX tubing, then ran hot water through the PEX to warm the entire hose up and then allowed it to cool. That got the shape I needed. Then I tried to use the hose outside when it was about 5C and it worked OK for a while but as soon as I tried to make a mild bend to it, it would kink and fold, then the cold weather would make it very hard in the kinked position. So the only way to use it a second time was to heat it back up, push the PEX back through it and let it cool in the desired shape again.

Pros
  • Hydraulics, Pneumatics & Plumbing
Cons
  • May be brittle in cold temperatures