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I've bought mine on Ebay for years. Never had a fitting failure & only one hose popped about 4 years ago. Other than it being LOUD when it gave way there was no "shrapnel". I always look for a 6,000psi rated whip. Never heard about micro-bore putting undue stress on compressor. Time to research that.
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Gerry thought I read that a couple of months ago on here but could be wrong ,maybe thinking about a restrictor of some kind . I was thinking around 6,000 psi also, thanks for the reply Edit: P.S. I have a shoebox
































 
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I run 6000 psi microbore hoses on all 3 of my shoeboxes for several years with no issues. This is the first I have heard of trouble too.
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Thankyou Quad82 for replying with your experience with the microbore hoses on the shoebox it reassures me because I have two of them . (You saved me some money BTW) 

As far as my statement with a smaller size hose with a compressor I am probably wrong (old age, brain surgery, worst of all the wife correcting me all the time LOL) but I am going to do some research myself on that & see if I can find it . Many thanks again Quad82
 
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I can tell you that you should NOT buy these:

Foster Adapter

Foster Adapter

36" Whip
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Thanks for the heads up. Could you tell us why not to buy these?

For example I bought a few of the ebay 10 pack type and NONE of them fit anything, not even each other. It was money wasted and plenty of frustration.
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Lewis they are made of copper (the fittings) and are rated right at 3000 to 4500 psi only I would go with a higher PSI rating and stainless steel fitting . The whip is rated max 4500 psi also would go with a higher rated PSI just for the safety factor myself . Hopefully AZGman will chime in with his experience using them .
 
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Yes, sorry I did not elaborate in my original post. All of the items I mentioned caused issues. One fitting leaked so bad I could not build any pressure and the other fitting and whip would not hold pressure above 3400psi (I have a 300bar gun in my collection). I have learned that adapters for PCP guns should use a 6 ball detent design, and these do not (5 ball).

Think about it, even 2000psi is dangerous enough that you do not want to save $10 and risk injury to yourself or a loved one! 
 
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Just blowing though a microbore hose is hard to do and I've noticed my compressor runs a lot hotter to. So I eliminated the small hose while filling my tank 

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