Pro Air Hose Reusable Fitting, 1/4 in. - RP900250

I repaired my air ball, the air chuck shattered. An air chuck and whip hose were more than I wanted to pay for not what I wanted. I have a couple nice basic brass air chuck, but the old hose was swaged together. I took a flexzilla hose that I already have, cut off 4 feet, and made 2 hoses with 2 repair ends. I have a suitable hose that is now closer to 20 ft on one compressor, and a perfectly functional air ball with a lime hose.

I bought a large 100' flexzilla air hose with the intention of cutting it and making a shorter hose to use in my workshop (instead of always taking out the larger hose or fiddling with the hose reel. Tip: To do this you need to purchase two of these reusable ends; one for your new hose and one for your existing hose. I was impressed with how easy they made the whole process. I literally had my 10' hose made in 5 minutes and my regular longer hose repaired in another 3 minutes once I was comfortable with making the first one. Here's another tip: If you have any of that Ideal clear cable pulling gel, a little of that on the part that receives the hose will make your life easier; that or a little spit. ;-) Legacy makes great stuff for air tools. This is no exception. Well-constructed, anodized, aircraft quality aluminum was used in these to withstand the rigors of your workshop or job site. I would highly recommend and I would purchase this product again. If you find my reviews helpful, please let me know and I'll continue to write them on products I purchase here on Amazon. I heavily rely on others' reviews before making any purchases online.

I used this to replace the factory fitting on my 1/4" coil hose. This piece is very high quality with great fit and finish, and it's incredibly quick and easy to install. Depending on the material of the hose you are repairing, it may require a fair amount of force to get it over the barb. I was having a difficult time getting mine on so I heated it up slightly and it went on with ease. The compression fitting pinches the hose tight in place so there is no way it will come off. I set my regulator to its max pressure at 160psi and dipped it underwater to check for leaks but didn't see so much as a trace of a bubble forming after several minutes, it seals up tight!

Picked up a 50' with wonderment on how well it would hold up. The hose likes to pick up dust and dirt, but even in the dead of winter it remains flexible. Extra couple ends and modification to make a few lengths. The ends are worth having around and the Flexzilla product in general is a winner. 1/4" is what I've been using and have my sights on the 3/8" for higher volume needs. Can actually say it's a pretty fantastic product.

I bought a couple of the 1/4" fittings so that I could split a 50' hose into 15' and 35'. The spiral portion is plastic and provides much better strain relief than the stiff rubber that they use on the original flexzilla hose. The two fittings (barb and cap) are made of a strong aluminum that's been anodized to be black. I was able to really wrench the fittings together and nothing deformed or stripped. However, some of the black scratched off, so i assume that after years of use there wont be much black left and they'll just be silver aluminum. Cutting the flexzilla hose was easily done with a razor blade. Do make sure you get a nice 90 degree cut then you can go ahead and slip the strain relief on followed by the threaded cap. Once those are on the hose you can go ahead and press the barb into the hose. This takes a decent bit of force but can easily be done without adding any lubrication. Just make sure you get the hose fully seated on all sides. After the hose is fully seated on the barb you can pull back the cap and thread it on. You'll need two wrenches to tighten it down. Keep going until it wont go any farther. Now you can slide the strain relief up. It is designed to click into place, however it takes wayyyy more force than you can muster with just your hands. I had to jam the tip into the floor and lean my body weight onto it before it would click on. I don't think it's ever coming off, so that may be an issue if you plan on reusing this multiple times. The tip thread is tapered to yield a nice seal when you attach your final fitting. I was left with roughly 1/8" thread still exposed after i tightened things down. You could certainly get by with just inserting a normal barbed fitting and using a hose clamp, but this thread-on cap approach yields a much nicer result. It also doesn't have any sharp parts exposed, unlike a hose clamp.

These will help protect your hose from kinks at the fittings. I needed them for my four tire inflation system. Cutting the original hose to make the individual sections would have left some fittings unprotected.

These are the best way to repair Flexzilla hose. Easy to install, no leaks or hose clamp to fight with.

Way better system than hose clamps