Koolance Swiveling Elbows, Are These As Reliable As Bitspower 90'?

[systemlord]

The Koolance Swiveling Elbows are going to be the foundation for my entire water cooling build and if these aren't going to be knock on wood leak proof I need to know now!! I'm going to be buying a Silverstone TJ11 and will install a Hardware Labs SR1 560 along with a SR1 360 in a single loop system, the amount of room I have to work with is very limited do to the use of 140mm adapters for my Gentle Typoons, these 140mm adapters take up much needed space. If these Koolance Swiveling Elbows don't cut the mustard I would have to give up on my plans to use my Gentle Typoons on my SR1 560 radiator, but I am hell bent on getting this to work and would even consider hiring a plumber.

Are the Koolance Swiveling Elbows as reliable as Bitspower 90 degree rotary fittings?

Thanks, Systemlord.

 

[rubix_1011]

Question-

Why so much rad space? Just curious...better to over rad than under. What are you running in this loop?

Other than that, I don't have any experience or knowledge of these swivels...can you post a link?

I know Koolance QDC's are usually great quality and always considered when people are using them...I would assume other fittings carry the same level of quality, but I don't want to say that if it isn't true...I simply do not know.

 

[lunaticwoda]

For my second wave of water cooling I personally plan to use the bitspower as the ones i got now seem to be awesome and I like the look of the matte black and i believe the koolances are silver so Id go bits just for the coloring personally 😛

 

[systemlord]

Sure if I could fit Bitspower 90 degree rotaries then I would, but the Koolance Swiveling Elbows are smaller and shorter which is why I'm stuck using them. The Bitspower 90 degree rotaries length wise are 30mm, in comparison the Koolance Swiveling Elbows are only 17mm in length. The radiators will be very close, imagine two radiators stacked side by side with only 28mm of space between them, not that I care but the Koolance Swiveling Elbows do come in matte black. It's not like you'll ever be able to see these fittings, they'll be out of sight which is the reason I'll be trusting them not to leak.

 

[boiler1990]

Their QDCs are claimed to never leak, and they don't. I can't imagine that their other fittings would if attached properly.

 

[systemlord]

Their QDCs are claimed to never leak, and they don't. I can't imagine that their other fittings would if attached properly.

I went ahead with the Koolance 90 degree 3/8" barb, it fits with very little room left!

 

[systemlord]

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