Customer Reviews for SharkBite 3/4 in. PEX Barb Brass 90-Degree Elbow Fitting

I really liked these, I just wish Home Depot would have the larger packs available.

What can I say? Its about as easy as plumbing gets provided you have all the right tools for crimping (and perhaps removing if you're prone to mistakes) the crimp rings.

Worked just fine.

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They met my expectations.

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Quality product and as discribed

Does what it is supposed to do.

Item did its job as expected.

Pex pipping and fittings are the easiest and fastest way to plumb. These fittings make so easy to re-plumb your older house I was even able to do it. These fittings are of the highest quality. I bought the tools to clamp them for less than the price of a quality set of pipe wrenches. The brass barbed fittings are highly recommended over the plastic ones. I was even able to but a tool to remove the copper bands from the Pex pipe and these fittings.

I have used the plastic PEX fittings so far and got these brass fittings to do a comparison. UNBOXING: Heavy brass construction just plain FEELS GOOD. Good fit and finish. INSTALLATION: Standard PEX process, never easy with bolt-cutter type crimpers. SUMMARY: I'm sure the plastic PEX fittings will do the job. But the brass fittings just feel so much better. Sometimes its about peace of mind.

Used this product in the installation of plumbing of bathroom lines. Easy use.

Very easy to install using pex. Job installing water softener did not take long at all.

This brass elbow was just what I was looking for. It fits perfectly on 5/8 inch heater hose and made the modification to my car an easy job.

These brass elbows for PEX tubing are a staple in my shop. I try to keep a supply on hand for doing plumbing jobs. They are of consistently high quality and have never given me any problems with leakage or fit to the tubing. I suspect they are made from forgings rather than castings, giving excellent material property without porosity, and the machining gives a consistent fit to the PEX tubing. The only down side to using PEX tubing and crimp rings is the cost of the crimp tool and planning the job so the tool has access to the joint. The time to do a joint is quicker with PEX and crimping as there is no prep work required for the end of the tube - just cut to length, slide in the fitting, and crimp. No need to clean up burrs, apply flux, heat the joint, then apply solder. And after crimping, I find that the joint can actually be rotated a bit for alignment without causing leakage.

PEX is truly the wave of the future in plumbing applications. These PEX 90° elbows in the 10-pack are an economical way to keep a supply on hand for ad-hoc plumbing projects and repairs. When these PEX connectors are joined with PEX tubing using a Multi-Head PEX Copper Crimp Ring Tool and crimp rings, they make a perfect connection every time. (I use the Model 23100 tool and copper crimp rings.)

We were remodeling kitchen and bath; also the existing plumbing was troubled. I ripped-out about all of it and did it up with SharkBite PEX tubing, fittings, and rings. I love PEX. Easy to cut and fit, low cost. For connecting to existing pipe, SharkBite slip-on fittings work very well. For PEX-PEX connections, they work fine and never give trouble but the cost adds up. For more than a few permanent PEX-PEX connections you want the PEX ring-crimper, the deburring tool, crimp-fittings and crimp-rings. The tools allow you to use these much lower cost crimp fittings. The fittings come in both plastic and brass. The plastic fittings generally work fine, but could be broken with excess abuse (I'm kinda abusive). The brass fittings won't fail until the PEX tubing fails (and it's awful tough). In a for-profit job the plastic is a clear winner. For my own home work, the brass fittings look and feel so much better that the added cost is worth it to me. And as with all SharkBite products I have used (most of them now!), the stuff is excellent quality, goes together real easy, and never gives trouble.

I am not sure why, but I prefer the brass PEX fittings over the plastic ones. I believe that they have a slightly larger inside diameter. (The walls of the plastic ones are thicker.) In any case, I have never had a problem with the brass ones. These are a good quality fitting. The PEX fits snugl on the fitting, without being hard to slide on. When you crimp the ring on them, it always passes the first time for me. No distortion of the fittings. I believe they are worth the extra cost over the plastic fittings.

No more need to call the professional plumber when you use PEX plumbing pipe and fittings. Cut then crimp the ring onto the pipe/brass PEX fittings. These 90 degree 1/2 inch fittings make the job easy to turn the pipe in tight spaces. No worry about leaks or sweating copper fittings. PEX piping makes the DYI person complete the job just like a professional.

These brass 90 degree elbows were the perfect thing to use under my house. I have used the plastic kind before and they do not seal as well as these. I don't know if the brass has a lower surface tension or they are just made better. But they worked very well. I replace a plastic 90 that was leaking and while I was at it, I replaced the remaining 90's under the house as a safety for the well being of my family. The crimping was not as hard as with the plastic 90's. I think that having the brass under the PEX was better and made the crimping easier.

This is a quality part. For the price it is money well spent.