Micromatic sells a high pressure hose assembly for mounting your CO2 regulator on the wall where it can't be easily broken. Great idea, love the concept.
Two questions:
1. This seems like just a high pressure hose, the tank attachment from a regulator, and 2 fittings to make them all attach to each other. Couldn't one make their own for FAR less than $95? I've got high pressure hose lying around. I've got a regulator to mount to the wall (which I can take the tank attachment fitting from). All I would need is a 5/16" I.D. hose barb->Female LHT fitting and a 5/16" I.D. hose barb->male LHT fitting to make it all work. Is there some magical piece of this that I'm missing that makes theirs worth an extra $90?
If yes, that's somehow worth a hundred dollars, then:
2. Assuming someone explains that their hose has special end fittings that never leak and are worth an extra hundred dollars, what would you recommend I do for the same, but on a Nitrogen tank? Purchase the CO2 hose for $100, then just transfer the tank attachment over from the N regulator?
If no, that's way overpriced, I should just make my own for under $10, then:
2. Any idea where to find that hose nipple->female LHT adaptor? The nipple->male adaptor (Micro Matic 1319070) is easy to find, but the female one (allowing you to attach the tank adaptor to the hose itself) seems harder to find a version of...
Two questions:
1. This seems like just a high pressure hose, the tank attachment from a regulator, and 2 fittings to make them all attach to each other. Couldn't one make their own for FAR less than $95? I've got high pressure hose lying around. I've got a regulator to mount to the wall (which I can take the tank attachment fitting from). All I would need is a 5/16" I.D. hose barb->Female LHT fitting and a 5/16" I.D. hose barb->male LHT fitting to make it all work. Is there some magical piece of this that I'm missing that makes theirs worth an extra $90?
If yes, that's somehow worth a hundred dollars, then:
2. Assuming someone explains that their hose has special end fittings that never leak and are worth an extra hundred dollars, what would you recommend I do for the same, but on a Nitrogen tank? Purchase the CO2 hose for $100, then just transfer the tank attachment over from the N regulator?
If no, that's way overpriced, I should just make my own for under $10, then:
2. Any idea where to find that hose nipple->female LHT adaptor? The nipple->male adaptor (Micro Matic 1319070) is easy to find, but the female one (allowing you to attach the tank adaptor to the hose itself) seems harder to find a version of...
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