Irwin HILGLM Hilmor Glm Pipe Bender including The Guides & Box Hilglm, 15mm-22mm

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Usually, a lightweight product is a good thing. Take a cordless impact driver for instance. The lighter, the better.

lighter in the hand than a combi. The Monument combi weighs more than 4kg; the XV weighs 1.5kg; the XXII weighs 2.3kg The single sizes of each bender with their shorter bending arms and lightweight aluminium die casting makes each bender lighter to carry and the design of the 15mm-XV is small enough to fit inside a toolbag. If you’ve not used copper pipe benders before, you’ve probably never creased a pipe. It goes without saying creasing affecting the integrity of the pipe long term, and that’s a big no-no. Copper isn’t cheap so that’s money right there, going to waste. More importantly, it’s wasting time. Let’s be honest. There’s a tonne of rubbish on the market right now. Where there’s a top brand offering premium products, there’s a “copy” flogging absolute junk for half the price.throating occurs on testing with the XV, XVE (XVL) XXII, XXIIE as well as Monument 2600K and a Hilmor® GLM Thanks for reading our 5-minute review of the best copper pipe benders for plumbers and heating engineers. So, why do we use the Hilmore GLM tube benders, when there’s quite obviously others around the same price, and even more on offer for much less. In addition to formers and guides, there are also a range of other spare parts and accessories available for pipe benders. These can include replacement handles, ratchets, and hydraulic cylinders, as well as spare batteries and charging kits for cordless benders. Problem? We’ve creased pipes (and had to junk that section) using cheap pipe benders multiple times.

The Monument single sized pipe bender measurements can be seen in the image. 15mm standard version is approximately 460mm and the standard 22mm version is approximately 670mm. Combi Bender 2600K MON2600 So read on our review of the best copper pipe benders for plumbing pros, and DIY junkies and learn as we explain why we use the Hilmor copper pipe benders, and what the other options are. The Best Copper Pipe Bender Brands But when it comes to buying new ones, I guess it’s Silverline that stands out as the biggest contender to Hilmor. The price differential between Hilmor compared with Stanley and Rothenberger is just too small, and Hilmor offer so much more in terms of quality.better sight lines– as the bend is in the same plane as the Arms of the bender it is easier to line up by eye There are several types of formers and guides available, including standard formers, multi-radius formers, and offset formers. Standard formers are used for making straight bends in pipes, while multi-radius formers are used for making bends with multiple radii. Offset formers are used for making bends that are offset from the center of the pipe.

They weigh under 500g, and that’s pretty-lightweight, but they certainly provide more than enough power to get the job done. There are some benders specifically suited to smaller pipe (8mm/10mm for instance), and we’ll cover those later. The grooves are nice and clean and the two parts of the former align cleanly and grip the pipe well. When Monument look to design, manufacture and market a new product we look to create products which will save the engineer time. In this particular instance, we have designed a smaller and lighter weight pipe bender than the standard combination 15and 22mm hand bender. We have also designed bending arm extension handles to increase the leverage for bending both 15mm 22mm copper pipe. These short threaded extension handles code 1224M fit both the 15mm XV XVE & XVL and 22mm XXII versions. One or more extension handles can be added for additional leverage.

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It is well documented that soldered fittings and compression fittings interrupt the flow of water around a heating system. Bending of copper pipe ensures unrestricted flow of water and can also create attractive, crafted finishes on installations. Simply because they’re a well known brand in the plumbing industry, a tonne of engineers go for Rothenberger.