Macro line or steel braided?

[blykins]

Whats everyones opinion on Macro line vs. steel braided? My beef w/ macro is that when I turn my air off and fire it a few times to degas the gun, there is still air in the lines and the macroline fittings are really hard to disconnect. I am considering replacing them w/ a steel braided hoses w/ a quickdisconnect. What do yall think?

[Blazestorm]

That's not the macro's fault...

SS Is stronger, but more time consuming to setup, less flexible (meaning it has to be completely removed to put on another gun), often more expensive, have to get exact length.

Macro is qeaker, easy to setup, flexible, easy to move to another gun, cheaper (10 bucks for a kit), comes with 1 foot of hose which is enough to set up a gun, macro is usually a buck a foot online.

Both have advantages, I go with macro for looks, price, and adaptability

[danheneise]

steel braided with a quick disconnect will still retain the air in the valve, the reason it does this is not because of the type of hosing you use, but becuase of the L10 as it retains air behind the bolt more. a slide check w/ quick disconnect would be the best solution for this if you don't have a preset screw in tank as you will be able to shut off the airflow and allow the air in the valve to vent out.

right now i have ss hose on my mag, but i prefer macro because of the reasons blazestorm posted above me

[jknospe]

I went to braided steel on my Emag for that very reason. I shut off the air flow on the flatline and fire as many times as the bolt will cycle; but there is still a good 200+ lbs. of pressure left in the line. The quick disconnects on the braided lines will let loose when you want it to. You just get a loud PPPST from all the left over pressure.

On my Shocker... I don't have that problem. It will cycle till there is almost no pressure. So I still use microline. No problem getting it apart.

[ghideon]

Grease gun hose (12 inches)
Slide check (I use Lapco)
Quick disconnect (from AGD)

Makes life much, much easier.

[Enemy]

i have seen macro lines blow a few times and no the guy using it wasnt stupid it just got to the point where that fitting couldnt hold on any longer...my only beef with ss hose is if you run it along side your gun and not out back it will scratch the anno off so take that into consideration other than that i love it and vow never to use macro unless i have to!!!

[ghideon]

i have seen macro lines blow a few times and no the guy using it wasnt stupid it just got to the point where that fitting couldnt hold on any longer...my only beef with ss hose is if you run it along side your gun and not out back it will scratch the anno off so take that into consideration other than that i love it and vow never to use macro unless i have to!!!

To which I say:

Grease gun hose.

It's rubber coated, has the correct fittings, and the working pressure is rated at 3,000 psi hydraulic (which is 1,500 psi pnematic IIRC).

And it's about $5 at your local hardware store. Just have to find the correct length.

[xmetal2001]

Assuming you know what length you need, I would go SS. I don't like dealing with leaks and blows...

[jknospe]

...my only beef with ss hose is if you run it along side your gun and not out back it will scratch the anno off so take that into consideration ...

I like the grease gun line idea! I have also seen where someone used heat shrink around the SS line to keep it from scratching the finish.

[Mer]

Grease Whip Hose:

http://www.fittingsandadapters.com/greaswhiphos1.html

Enjoy!

Eric