Surestop

[hairykrishna]

Do not under any circumstances fit one of these bd things;

[B'stard Child]

hairykrishna said:

Do not under any circumstances fit one of these bd things;

At least give us a clue why???

[B'stard Child]

Trust Pilot reviews are "interesting" seems a even split between "brilliant product" and "utter rubbish" with a light smattering of reviews in between!!!

[hairykrishna]

Because they'll end up leaking in a really inaccessible location and you'll have to cobble together a bodge to get the water back on from whatever fittings you can find in the garage on a Friday evening. While swearing profusely.

Clever idea spoiled by the implementation.

[hairykrishna]

B'stard Child said:

Trust Pilot reviews are "interesting" seems a even split between "brilliant product" and "utter rubbish" with a light smattering of reviews in between!!!

It hasn't failed and half flooded the kitchen for the 'brilliant' ones. Yet.

[Pheo]

I have one of these… should I be concerned then? What’s the failure mode?

[hairykrishna]

It started leaking inside the plastic casing. Seems fairly common from what I can gather.

[fourstardan]

I considered getting one of these so thanks...lol

[JoshSm]

The idea isn't too bad, it's a common enough idea on lots of machines as Aquastop or whatever.

Problem is their implentation is cheap crap. A good solenoid valve should never leak, though I have had one burst.

But even the 'good' ones tend to fail, often by getting stuck.