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What do you use, where do you buy it, and how much does it cost? Do you bother with the chemical resistant stuff, or just buy anything with a 1/4" OD or whatever?
My home depot stopped carrying clear hose by the foot, but it is still pretty cheap to buy 10ft. You can also go to an auto parts store and borrow a brake bleeder kit, they charge your CC a deposit and refund it when you return it.
But if you're going to buy hose then get silicone like what comes with the spill-proof bag in the link above. Regular plastic is not as user friendly. They sell the hose separate in the same link side bar.
But shipping charges make it cost more.
Lowe's is having a sale in my zip code: $0.01/ft of 1/4 vinyl tubing.
YMMV, but it's going to be less than $0.25/ft almost everywhere. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Samar-1-4-i...ubing/50315905
I've been using this rig for at least 15 years. Just a 20 oz soda bottle with vinyl hose stuck into it and a coat hanger to suspend the bottle. Hose was a few bucks, bottle and coat hanger were free. Easy to use, easy to see gunk and bubbles, easy to drain.
The business end hasn't gotten brittle, still seals just fine.
Don't forget to drill a hole in the cap to relieve pressure in the bottle, else you'll hose down your brakes when you pull it off the bleeder. Don't ask me how I learned this lesson...
I don't see how just stepping on it can make it leak. It would take something sharp to cut it. Again, mine is at least 12 years old. I'm expecting the bag to go before the hose.
I don't see how just stepping on it can make it leak. It would take something sharp to cut it. Again, mine is at least 12 years old. I'm expecting the bag to go before the hose.
Bag got stepped on In gravel...sharp rock punched a hole in it. Tube is good..and it's about the same age as yours.