15/22mm Benders - Plumbing Forum | Plumbers Forums

bustagut · 28-03-2008

Hi guys!
I doing my training at the mo and am compiling a list of tools for my kit and would like to know if anyone has advice on the best 15/22mm pipe benders to get hold of/prices.
Ive heard the Irwin Record and Hilmor are decent bits of kit but would like to know if anyone has any others in mind?

Thanks!!

Ant

**uug197h** · 28-03-2008

very rare you will use the benders, i do alot of bathrooms and wetrooms and there is no room to work with the benders unless you do the bending in another room or outside but i do make pass overs in my garage then chop them of and solder them on site

wiggikins · 28-03-2008

I install heating systems and use Hilmor tube benders EVERY day, good bit of kit, currently around the £60 mark

Keith.

cornishman · 12-06-2008

I make up 90 45 deg bends and crossovers in 15 & 22mm and leave in box until needed, join as required, saves time on the job if there's not much spacce.

John

Alanka · 14-06-2008

The good thing about the Hilmor bender, compared with others, is that it has a deeper 'throat' between the roller and the former (quadrant), so you can extract the bent tube much easier!

Just an observation!