cheap macroline!

[Tunaman]

Originally posted by Kevmaster
yeh, see how much pressure it takes before it breaks. Id bet it pops under 1000psi...making it 95% useless for paintball

Do not test it on the marker! Test only under supervised controlled conditions. You WILL get hurt if you dont be careful.

[-=Squid=-]

Originally posted by Tunaman
Do not test it on the marker! Test only under supervised controlled conditions. You WILL get hurt if you dont be careful.

ARG! So how would you recomend I go about do this other than just using it on several different markers with different tanks?

[Thordic]

Most pneumatic applications are 100-200 PSI. Paintball uses pressures so high most people who do work with pneumatics would think we are crazy.

As for under 1,000 being useless for paintball, the burst rating can't be near the working pressure. You need a working pressure of at LEAST 850 for paintball, working pressure of 1,000 is better. If it pops are 1,000 psi, it will not be good for paintball use, as it'll end up popping quite often.

Hoses never work at 100%. Sometimes there are defects, sometimes the walls degrage over time, maybe it was a funky batch of materials, etc, but eventually, and usually at a bad time, that hose will pop and then you'll be screwed.

And, on a safety note, I had macro explode in my hand once. It hurts like a mother, and leaves a nice bruise for a week or so. Be careful.

[-=Squid=-]

Alright, I appreciate it everybody. I will let you know how it goes.

[hitech]

Originally posted by Thordic
You need a working pressure of at LEAST 850 for paintball, working pressure of 1,000 is better.

Have you ever looked at the working pressure on the macro/micro hose in use today? All the stuff I have seen is 500psi working pressure.

I'll stick with SS hose.

[rikkter]

Originally posted by hitech


Have you ever looked at the working pressure on the macro/micro hose in use today? All the stuff I have seen is 500psi working pressure.

I'll stick with SS hose.

personally if i had a gun that worked at 300~psi, i wouldn't care of i had 500 working, or 850. i'd take whatever is there.
and most guns now dont have such a high input psi such as mags

[Kaiser Bob]

yes the working pressure on parker is 500 psi. The burst pressure is something to the effect of 4x of rated working pressure which would be 2000. Now macro degrade with use, nicks and bumps to it will add weak spots over time, so Ive seen parker blow in the 1100 area, but for most purposes, parker will do fine :)

[jtoothman25]

I have rolls and rolls of macroline. Its from the airbrake system on my dads Semi. It works, and i've used it many times. The fittings however are brass, and not sugar coated like all the paintballers like.

[-=Squid=-]

Originally posted by jtoothman25
I have rolls and rolls of macroline. Its from the airbrake system on my dads Semi. It works, and i've used it many times. The fittings however are brass, and not sugar coated like all the paintballers like.

Why cant you put it in the fittings that most pballers use? Thats what im getting is...it will be ordinary macroline that you buy from paintballgear.com .... only not 5 bucks a foot.

[jtoothman25]

You can put it in normal fittings. I was just saying the types of fittings they use are brass on the trucks. The hose is the same stuff as on my paintball gun. I ran 850 PSI through it and it worked just fine. I've also cut it a little in one spot to see if a small cut would make it blow out, but it was fine. Hot weather is the only thing i havent really tested the hose one. Maybe if it got all hot, it'd burst. But... the 32* macroline, we had it blow out because of the sun... it just BLEW up(twice or 3 times).

[-=Squid=-]

well im glad...if that stuff works, im to the point that im positive this will work.

[Thordic]

Parker is only $55.00 for 100 feet if you buy a roll. $.55 a foot isn't a bad deal at all.

Its 500 PSI working pressure, 2000 PSI burst pressure.

In reality, I'd give it a 1200 PSI burst pressure since we usually stretch the operating pressure and degrade the hose.

Even if the gun isn't gettin 850 PSI to the gun, most people use screw in tanks, which is 850 PSI to the reg at least, so that piece of macro needs to take at least 850 PSI.

[Muzikman]

I've said it before and I'll say once again. Even if the hose it's self is rated, the fittings are not. I have only seen macro line burst once (and I didn't even see it happen, just the after affects) and it was Parker on Tuna's gun. What I have seen fail repeatedly are the fittings. This even includes the pretty swivel fittings people use on their steel braid lines (ask Wyn about SCAO last year:)).

[68Classic]

what colors do you have?

[-=Squid=-]

Originally posted by 68Classic
what colors do you have?

Any color, even a posibility of clear.

Thordic - where are you getting these prices, and where can you buy the hose? If it is readily available like that for that price, I may as well not bother.