Coolsleeves™ are extruded PVC coils designed to be wrapped around soft
vinyl and thin wall tubes, to eliminate tube kinking and flattening in medium to
sharp bend areas.
Coolsleeves™ are available in two different sizes:
Each size is available in 4 different colors: clear transparent (non UV
reactive), Horizon blue (UV reactive), Saturn Green (UV reactive), and Neon Red
(UV reactive)
1. Performance:
- Coolsleeves™ coils do not restrict flow rate compared to internal
springs
2. Reliability:
- Coolsleeves™ coils completely eliminate flattening of the tubes over
time
- Coolsleeves™ UV reactive coils are a safe alternative to UV reactive
coolant dies and prevent the pump failures caused by these dies.
- Coolsleeves™ coils allow to bend soft vinyl and Tygon tubing at sharp
radii without kinking. The sharpest possible radius is achieved by spacing
the coils close to each other (3/16"):
- Minimum bending radius for 1/2" Coolsleeves is 1.25"
- Minimum bending radius for 5/8" Coolsleeves is 2.5"
A 1.25" bending radius is achieved here with Coolsleeves™
500
A 2.5" bending radius is achieved here with Coolsleeves™
625 and 5/8" Tygon tubing, with a fairly large spacing of 1/4"
between coils.
A 2.5" bending radius is achieved here with Coolsleeves™
625, and inexpensive 5/8" "thin wall" vinyl tubing, with the
coils spaced fairly close to each other (3/16"). Wider coil spacing
would not prevent kinking with this type of tubing.
3. Convenience:
- Coolsleeves™ can be used with existing 1/2" OD tubing systems to
reshape tubes that have flattened over time without disassembling the
system.
- Coolsleeves™ 625 now allow users of 1/2" ID tubing to use
"thin wall" 5/8" tubes instead of 3/4", for a
significant reduction in clutter inside the chassis, and radii that were
absolutely impossible to achieve with 3/4" tubing.
4. Cosmetics:
- Coolsleeves™ UV reactive coils are fun and attractive under UV light:
Coolsleeves™ 500 horizon blue
Coolsleeves™ 500 horizon blue
5. Cost to consumers:
- Coolsleeves™ 500 coils are more economical than other solutions: the
cost per foot including vinyl tubing is up to 50% less than Clearflex™,
and up to one third the cost of Tygon™ tubing.
Coolsleeves™ are shipped in precut 40" length. One length is typically
sufficient for a single CPU cooling circuit depending on how tight the coils are
wrapped around the tubing. Two lengths are necessary for a complete circuit
including dual CPU, CPU+VGA, or CPU+VGA+Chipset setups.
Note: Only Blue UV is currently available.
