Hey, I'm curious. In the past month, I had a Swagelok valve fail on me. B-4C-1/3, which is the brass version, inline, with 1/4" compression fittings (connected to tubing with inserts). It'd been about a year, and while it's a good bit longer than other cv's I've used - cheapo LFS plastic guys, Clippards, and the "stainless" HK silver guys - it still failed in a much shorter time than I'd hoped an expensive cv would.
Anybody else have any experiences with the Swagelok/Parker/clone high-end check valves they could share? If my experience is anything resembling standard, then I would probably suggest to the OP that he invest in a bunch of cheap ones from USPlastic.
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Hey, I'm curious. In the past month, I had a Swagelok valve fail on me. B-4C-1/3, which is the brass version, inline, with 1/4" compression fittings (connected to tubing with inserts). It'd been about a year, and while it's a good bit longer than other cv's I've used - cheapo LFS plastic guys, Clippards, and the "stainless" HK silver guys - it still failed in a much shorter time than I'd hoped an expensive cv would.
Anybody else have any experiences with the Swagelok/Parker/clone high-end check valves they could share? If my experience is anything resembling standard, then I would probably suggest to the OP that he invest in a bunch of cheap ones from USPlastic.