Cool Cuffs to Flash Cuffs

[jawhit]

I'm thinking of switching from Cool Cuffs to Flash Cuffs. Anything I should know or think about before switching?

 

[Mikey P]

I did the same years ago.
My guys we fed up of the Cools coming undone on our electric reels. Dangerous as its too likely to get a cuff to smash your nose back into your brain.

Flashes leak air a tad so adjust your vacuum relief accordingly.

 

[gtech12v]

Go try any other copy (links, flashes..........) ,I know already you will come back , cools coming undone some silicone takes cares of it

 

[Mikey P]

Silicone the cuff's together?



snicker..

 

[realclean]

Also in cold weather the cool cuffs are very hard to take apart.

I love my flash cuffs.

 

[hogjowl]

TCS put Mytee Cuffs on my Cleanco. They're horrible.

 

[Mikey P]

shocked..

 

[hogjowl]

Bite me

 

[Mikey P]

Why would you let them install those?

 

[hogjowl]

Because they thought they were doing me a favor and I'm too nice a guy to be an asshole about it.

 

[Old Coastie]

Because they thought they were doing me a favor and I'm too nice a guy to be an asshole about it.

You got your adjectives backwards.

 

[Mikey P]

Will needs to pay better attention to me.

 

[Bill Soukoreff]

One of these days I gotta make the switch over to flash cuffs. Can you get male starter 2.5" cuffs with NPT threads?

I have dual 2.5" ports off the Butler filter box connected to a 2.5"wye.

 

[hogjowl]

Will needs to pay better attention to me.

It can't help but improve.

 

[Doug Cox]

I did the same years ago.
My guys we fed up of the Cools coming undone on our electric reels. Dangerous as its too likely to get a cuff to smash your nose back into your brain.

Flashes leak air a tad so adjust your vacuum relief accordingly.

Totally agree. I asked Mike before I switched and am happy with the choice. Better than Cool Cuffs. Noticed my first cracked ring on one cuff today.

 

[Mikey P]

You have to replace the first few leads sets very so often if you bang or drag them around

....Big deal.. $9.99

 

[hogjowl]

I've had the same set of Cools on my TCS Chief II for 12 years.

Never cracked or come apart on the reel.

 

[Bill Soukoreff]

The 2.5" cool cuffs come apart on the reel almost daily for me. Real pain. Other then that, they have last several years. Ready to switch to Flash.

My Cuff-Lynx experiment was like burning money. Hard to believe those are on still on the market.

 

[D Luke]

Flash cuffs are great. No complaints at all, just be to replace the heavily used ones once or twice a year. Worth every penny and more.

 

[Mikey P]

I've had the same set of Cools on my TCS Chief II for 12 years.

Never cracked or come apart on the reel.

If you wind as slow as you talk it's no wonder..


I know you're too thrifty to buy an electric real... 'Dats wat youngins a'r fur!"

 

[Cleanworks]

If you wind as slow as you talk it's no wonder..


I know you're too thrifty to buy an electric real... 'Dats wat youngins a'r fur!"

Mikey, you should think about doing a hose coiling contest at Nashville. Judging on speed and style. 70% on speed 30% on style. I'll put my money on Lee S.

 

[Mikey P]

You mean Lee's 20 year old helper, right?

 

[dealtimeman]

Cool cuffs were and still are the best can't Stand footballs along the hose run no bumping and getting caught on everything.

I've had a set or two of cool cuffs break and joe replaces them. Good fast service is hard to beat

 

[Cleanworks]

You mean Lee's 20 year old helper, right?

I bet the old guy knows more about coiling hose than those young whippersnappers like Matt W. who only know how to use an electric hose reel.

 

[Mikey P]

Cool cuffs were and still are the best can't Stand footballs along the hose run no bumping and getting caught on everything.

I've had a set or two of cool cuffs break and joe replaces them. Good fast service is hard to beat

yeah but that bitter after taste lasts for months..

 

[TConway]

cool cuffs are very good, but on 2.5 you cant beat flash cuffs they dont unscrew, I got fed up with the 2.5 coming undone on the hose reel, it sits under my first 75' of 2" and I don't know why but the cool cuffs would come apart and make a very big mess of my hose reel. So I switched on my 2.5 hose and the flash cuffs have worked out fine.

 

[Mikey P]

My name is Hillary Clinton and I approve of Tom's message

 

[hogjowl]

I thought Tom was dead.

 

[Mikey P]

We'll have Saiger test his pulse on video next week

 

[BIG WOOD]

I've never had a problem with Mytee cuffs. I don't know if those are the cool or flash cuffs. I've put well over 1200hrs on my Mytee ones and they hold together just fine with no leaks. The trick is to turn them counter clockwise until it acts as a spring to twist itself into closing position when you want to connect them.

And always, of course, use some sort of silicone sealer to install a cuff on a hose for obvious reasons, duh