rothenberger or hilmor bender?

[SF7]

The biggest Ridgid goes to over here is 22mm. My searches yield "hire" businesses.

 

[GQuigley67]

hydraulic bender it would be for bigger pipework

 

[unguided1]

had my rothenburgers since i started as an apprentice, over 30 years ive been an apprentice and theyre still going strong

 

[PlumbBobBob]

you've been an apprentice for over 30 years?

 

[unguided1]

yeah doin me NVQ (not very quick)

 

[booster]

Rothernberger are overpriced i paid 40 for my bender never use it taking up space the slides are too tight and there awkward to use, hilmor everytime, makes me laugh when i go into a plumbase and see all the overpriced rothen rubbish on display. Huge profite in resale i guess..

 

[SF7]

Wasn't about to buy roll of soft tube for a 20' piece, bent a stick for a service. 😀

 

[desrob]

Rothernberger are overpriced i paid 40 for my bender never use it taking up space the slides are too tight and there awkward to use, hilmor everytime, makes me laugh when i go into a plumbase and see all the overpriced rothen rubbish on display. Huge profite in resale i guess..

hilmour for me .

 

[adam84]

Wasn't about to buy roll of soft tube for a 20' piece, bent a stick for a service. 😀

nice picture and nice bend, dont think you used the spring for that! with regards to your search for a bender have you tried lowes or home depot? might struggle for a large machine there, i got a snap-on mini bender that bends 6-8 and 10mm pipe nice machine though quite pricey as youd expect from SO.

 

[Howsie]

Rothenberger for me currently. Hilmoor previously. I get on with both of them and would buy either again.

 

[SF7]

nice picture and nice bend, dont think you used the spring for that! with regards to your search for a bender have you tried lowes or home depot? might struggle for a large machine there, i got a snap-on mini bender that bends 6-8 and 10mm pipe nice machine though quite pricey as youd expect from SO.

Hey Adam84
Thanks. No spring on that one.(I don't even want to try) I found a Ridgid 22mm ratcheting on E-Bay that I use when ever and where ever I can. Lowes and Home Depot have springs and lever benders in smaller tube sizes. Still looking though.

 

[nick99]

Got an Hilmor Standing bender for sale if anyone's interested...? Manchester

 

[SafeGasInstall]

rothenberger for me ,had it 3 years still good 🙂

 

[rhp]

Record, had mine for 15 years, just change the guides every so often. (Have a Hilmore set too).

 

[WHPES]

Had some imported copper pipe from a plumbers merchants this week. Rubbish stuff, Kept rippling and distorting when I bent it.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

all pipe work is the same here all rippling , I have worked my way round it ......just preheat pipe for a bit

 

[woodytheplumber]

i like Rothenberger especialy their pipe slices and i have the 15/22 bender and the microbore 6/8/10m bender never had problems with anything from them!

 

[GQuigley67]

ive got a really awful crow's foot from rothenberger, think i'm going to have to buy another one it doesnt even fit in some basins !!😡

 

[woodytheplumber]

that hapends to me when i borrowed a set of one of my mates dont know the manufacturer though i use a Monument crow foot just that day i didnt have that or my adustable one in box at time

 

[karlhayes]

I use a rothenberger pipe bender in the beging it felt a bit weard but as time goes on it seems as good as any other , just think back to the first time you used a pipe bender and how it felt you will get used to it the moreyou us it.