Testing Plumbing Fittings | Which one is the BEST?!

Which is the BEST Plumbing Fitting on the Market?! - Questions ONLY a Plumber Can Answer

Today's video is going to change everything...Which fitting do you think is the best on the market right now? Y'all know from all my memes and videos that I am ANTI Shark Bite, well QuickFitting a company that makes push-together fittings reached out to me about a possible partnership, the second I heard push-together fitting I said no way. Not unless I got to see IN PERSON how their product was different than Shark Bite's. I flew up to QuickFitting and tested their product alongside Shark Bite and a press fitting, and I gotta tell ya... QuickFitting BLEW my mind. If you are wondering what the best fitting on the market is, I STRONGLY encourage you to look into QuickFitting.

Thank you to QuickFitting for partnering up with me and for sponsoring this video. Check out QuickFitting and all of the products they have on their website.

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[FrederickDunn]

Hi Roger, as the retired Senior Instructor for the U.S. Navy NDT Program, I appreciate your destructive testing demonstration and approach to these fittings. I'm in the process of fixing my daughter's plumbing and your video showed up in my search. A failure at 840 psi for a household application seems fine to me :) BUT, I still wanted to see the best-performing fitting. Thank You! New Subscriber :)

[mastersfan]

I would like to see the test with the fittings that were purchased at the store. Not the ones supplied by the company at their lab. Not saying they are cheating the test, but I would like to be sure .

[interchangexVP]

The problem I have with the tests is that even the sharkbite performed at multiple times the pressure and tension they would ever receive in real life. So either there is some degradation across time or inconsistency in the quality from one connection to another. Otherwise, you can only conclude that all fittings significantly exceed design requirements and are thus equally suitable for real world application.

[evltrix]

for normal usage in real world if any push-to-connect are install the way is intended, with prep, they're all fine imo. i use sharkbite and others brand for easy to fix a problem good video tho i'm still debating to use crimp rings with brass fittings, instead of push to connect for my own house. i've learn a lot throught this channel and others, really thanks you!

[JohnBrown-vnqw]

Shark bite makes couplings that transition from pvc to copper up to 1” I use them outside all the time. Huge time savers

[AlbertJacoby]

I leaner the trade from my father starting in the late 50's, only thing we had was solder sweats, I would only use a Shark or Quick in a jam a temporary fix only until you could do a sweat. I would now do Pex with upnor

[dcleondc]

Would be interesting to see a follow up video showing the differences between the push to connect fittings and showing why quick fittings hold up better then shark bite

[petejoplin]

This video proves the order of reliability of each type of fitting. Since all of them are more than satisfactory, there is only ONE relevant criterion remaining between my wallet and my plumbing job.

[Kawitamamayi]

Any fitting that exceeds 4x the maximum expected pressure and tension is adequate. Next consider cost, durability-longevity and ease of installation.
21x vs 8x maximum city water pressure, though defiantly impressive, seems irrelevant except in extremely high pressure use.
Am I missing something?

[TheDomlc]

Amazing video guys. I've always wanted to put fittings to the test like this! If you set up a test facility, I'd LOVE to see Pex crimp vs. Pex Expansion vs. Compression fittings! Keep up the content!!

[markallan]

when I was in college, we put sharkbites, propress, aquatherm, soldered copper, brazed copper, flared copper, and pex under some pretty insane pressures. Most of them blew out over 1000 psi. I was actually really shocked because the copper fittings blew out before the solder or brazed joints did and the pex tubing blew out before the crimp or expansion connections did. flared copper was capable of handling a riddiculous pressure, it was over 2000 psi. our little baker pump couldnt put out more than that. the aquatherm took about the same and didn't blow apart either.

[docAwfulMD]

hmm ngl i’m surprised and impressed by the quick fitting. personally soldering or pressing have always come before shark bites but i’m interested in picking up a few quick fittings now.. they could come in handy🤔

[jessecw]

"Thank you to QuickFitting for partnering up with me and for sponsoring this video."

21x standard city pressure is great, but so is 8x on a sharkbite? Just say they both exceeded your expectations but quickfitting was better in testing

[thecountrychemist]

Love to see what happens when things aren't installed perfectly. Something you'd expect from someone with less experience. Are some connectors less error prone than others? Do some fail massively if you forget to do something "simple" when setting it up?

[texasmike]

Hey Rodger that was a pretty good video but I also wanted to know what your thoughts on Smart click fittings were. They do look pretty reliable but I don't know

[travisk]

I am surprised that the crimp fitting was stronger than a shark bike.

[paulmaxwell]

I think most of us are far more interested in the long-term performance and durability of push-type fittings. These experiments were excellent, but I worry less about leaks today and more about leaks twenty years down the road. No complaints, though: every Sharkbite I've ever installed has stood up well.

[hippo-potamus]

Great video but the lighting showing the blowout was too dark hard to see.

[mycaddigo]

Shark bite commercial came on 😂😂😂 no joke

[paulross]

Where's the compression fittings in this test?