Brass or Plastic Pex Fittings? How About Stainless Steel! 

If only they made stainless fittings for Pex-A I would be all over these fittings.

I enjoyed your informative video. It would have been much easier for my old ears to hear if you didn't have the "non music" background constantly competing with the message.

We put brass PEX fittings underneath our 32 slip marina 30 years ago after half of the plastic ones failed just two years in. No breakage yet, we would winterize and put anti-freeze in the pipes, but then some A-hole would come along and open one of the faucets and not shut it off even though they saw anti-freeze coming out.

I switched to plastic from brass after seeing so much "dezincafication" (zinc corrosion) on the brass fittings. I have noticed pressure losses, esp. in houses with lower water pressure. I'v been eyeing the stainless ones @VAMAC, but haven't committed yet.

Your video may have solved a mystery that I’ve been trying to rectify. Had my HW tank replaced and the plumber used 3/4” plastic fittings in lieu of the original brass. He also replaced additional 3/4 and 1/2 brass fittings with plastic due to minor drips. Ever since, pressure has been noticeably reduced, especially on the third floor bathrooms. His response to follow up was loss of pressure was due to limitation of the tank. Don’t BS a DIY’er…we have the time and incentive to identify and solve our own problems. Going to procure some stainless and swap them out. Interesting experiment.

Good video. I just saw another video on plastic pipes where they say that Pex A leaches chemicals.... that's way more dangerous than the fittings used anywhere.

Great Video !!

Also have the option to run 3/4" PEX B and use thick push-fit brass aka shark bite fittings where flow is a concern then switch over to plastic, or stainless. Don't forget that copper pipe & Pro Press viega fittings seems to be growing - though I would say plastic in new construction is dominant.

Had brass fitting snap in half leaving my water softener. Looked like a chemical reaction making it brittle. It was less than 5 years old. Didn’t know they had stainless and will be locking into changing to it in the future.

Is there a sacrificial brass swap-out part, like on a water heater?

I should have use stainless ones, used brass instead. Will definitely get stainless next time.

I need to figure out what’s best. I have treated water and just bought a bunch of grass fittings for some work I need to do and I want to be sure it doesn’t leak.

Fittings for 3/4” pipe are about 1/2” internal diameter

No mention of cost comparison.

How about manufacturing stainless steel pex 1607 fittings?

What is the cost factor

Where can you get these in Canada?

It is unclear when you are talking about Waterhammer you show a comparative picture of elbow fittings with a failure load of 90/120/140 lb. You are connecting these fittings to pex or pert which would not produce such side loads. Also, the water hammer pressure spike will not produce such high loads. It is very misleading. Also, how does the price compare to brass and plastic? Is you fitting a available in all configurations as brass and poly?

Turn off the damn music

waay too much background noise. Why is that necessary?

Another one of those videos where the obnoxious background music is so lout you can't hear what the speaker is saying. I turned it off after 30 seconds.

Isn't the curvature.of this SS fitting better for flow than the other teo? Can't use this for A. I never was a fan of brass for lighting, locks, etc. Cheapo. Always corrodes. Yeah, such brass plumbing fittings are better quality than such '70s examples of other usages.. Still, f brass. Why not bronze? Probably chemicals. He he. SS likely holds up better. Stronger against freezing. Better quality. Probably purchase. Isn't long term commercial copper leaching bad for bods?

Video is probably good but the drone sound is overpowering the narration and makes it very difficult to listen to. I know others have complained. Maybe remove the drone sound or redo the narration without the sound. It's unfortunate because this is good information, but I'll have to go elsewhere to get it.

The question is how much more are they then grass an arm and a leg

Sorry, I had to bail. No way I could concentrate on flow rates etc with that droning music.

Your message is completely lost with the "MUSIC" over taking the audio. Can't believe this was approved for the public.

Every pipes leeches materials into the water supply. Copper will leach copper, and plastics will reach plastics...

Way to many plumbing distractions in this great music video!

Background music detracts from your message

What's the point of using brass or stainless steel fittings with a plastic pipe? I also get around the smaller restrictions of plastic connectors by simply upsizeing the pipes from 3/4 to 1 inch and 1/2 to 3/4 inch with pex b. This, of course, isn't an issue when using pex A as its fittings go on the outside of the pipe, thereby not restricting the flow. If you're not confident in plastic fittings, maybe you shouldn't be using a form of plastic pipe. I'm just saying....

Why use pex at all ?

That music is too loud and distracting... next....

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WHY NOT COPPER???

SHUT MUSIC OFF!

Why do they have to play that annoying music?

stupid irritating background sound.

I've seen stainless steel rust. Just looked it up, confirmed.

Just loved the way you inserted that loud ass music that just kept getting louder, to where no one could hear the video at all…. Lousy video

you have an expansion tank, no need for this. Also, how often that water pressure would come up to so high? not realistic. all here said is over-exaggerated. do you buy life insurance for a comet from the sky falling and hitting on you? of course not.

Cannot get them anyway. Don't waste your time get plastic fittings

I’m irritated that you ruined a good video with very annoying droning “music” 😮 It’s so loud you can’t even call it background music. It’s foreground noise that competes with the voice. Why are you making your viewers suffer?

Yeah well once your oxide-passivation layer wears down by erosion of the pipe over time, it will probably rust and you wont get more than 10 to maybe 20 years out of the fitting. I don't trust "coated" products. Honestly if people want long lasting pipes they need to bring back lead pipes. Copper erosion wears down over time, Pex can have variable results based on conditions, chemicals in the water, and other things like leeching amonia. If the lead really bothers you, get a filtration system. Lead resists erosion way better than copper, so you would not get much lead runoff in your pipes (if they were manufactured properly with a smooth bore) not only that you dont get problems with lead in your water if you run the water frequently. Lead is an amazing element despite its obvious toxicity. If you want a water proof seal, use lead. Friend of mine told me a story about his great grandfather who couldn't afford to buy some grout, so he grouted his tile with molten lead. 100 years later no failures, lol.