Corsair Hydro Hardline Bending Toolkit Review

While overall a good kit, it does have some issues. The silicone hose is short so you cannot make long hoses. The tube holder has a slight incline so that you also saw the tube holder when sawing.

Except for a hair dryer, all the tools for bending pipes are available. The bending tool is a great idea, but not really practical. I just landed with the corner of the table top.

Terrible product. The hacksaw is incredibly cheap quality and the saw guard is sloped so you can't get a clean cut. Corsair VTubing is also one of the worst products I have ever used. It is incredibly brittle and will break under almost any load. I will never use a Corsair for water cooling again.

I had to make some longer runs that required 30" tubing. The included pole is about 15 inches long. So if you make something longer where you need to bend the tube further, it won't be enough. Instead, I ordered the Primochill kit. I also found the mandrel bender a bit clumsy. A hacksaw and jigsaw are still useful.

In general this setting is a must for Corsair Hardline pipes as any other cutter would break or smash the Corsair pipe. Getting a "reasonably” straight cut requires a technique such as B. no hard pressure, but long soft strokes. The miter box helps, but there is no such thing as a perfect cut. If you want to save money just go to the hardware store and buy a small handsaw, order a 12" silicone bit, metal reamer as this plastic hand drill will do all the work so you can put the pipe in the fit…

The plastic they use for the bending mandrel is not high temperature resistant which defeats the purpose. This wouldn't be a problem if you didn't need to heat the tube while it's in the mandrel. You see, if you preheat the tube to the point where it's ready to bend and try to push it into the instrument, your tube will flatten out and fail completely. You obviously can't heat it in a mandrel because it will melt. To sum up the whole package: the hacksaw is very weak, the pipe clamp is totally…