Try the titan line. Not to expensive, but still a very good sets.I have them and I have had no probs with them.

 

If you get analogue gauges, at least get 1% accuracy gauges. Yellow Jacket makes some nice brass ones with tempered glass lenses.

If it fits in your budget, get the digital manifold though.

 

I like four valve sets personally. They tend to be a little more money, but are more versatile. Plus you get a 3/8 port and hose, which in theory speeds up evac times.

I am partial to Imperials, but thats just me.

 

I like four valve sets personally. They tend to be a little more money, but are more versatile. Plus you get a 3/8 port and hose, which in theory speeds up evac times.

I am partial to Imperials, but thats just me.

I have a set of those that I really did like. Too small to put the Digicool on. But why Imperial can't get their act together and make some decent hose holders for it instead of those little girly fingered ones that they keep making.

 

yellow jacket is great but make sure u buy a set that is both r-22 and 410a on the dials...most systems are r22 but newer systems will be 410a..i made the mistake not to long ago and bought the r22 and r12 set and if ur really serious get the liquid filled guages costs more but its worth it, lasts longer

 

yellow jacket is great but make sure u buy a set that is both r-22 and 410a on the dials.

Dual refrigerant 22/410a gauges are one of the stupider ideas anyone has come up with for HVAC/R tools.

The resolution of the pressure and temperature scales on the gauge is to low.
Analogue gauges are also typically less accurate in the first 1/3 and last 1/3 of the gauge travel. The normal operating pressures for R-22 will generally tend to be in the first 1/3 of the gauge travel on those combo gauges.

 

I just got a set of 4 way Refco 1% gauges and their quick disconnect hoses. Very well made and easy to read. Designed not to leak, easy access calibration screw, bellows instead of bourdon tube (withstands pressure 2.5x the gauge face maximum). Swiss made.

Not much more $$$ than the others available. I ordered it through Northways Machinery.

 

OK, you got my attention.

Got a pic? Or maybe a link?

 

Have several sets of the series 41, very well made, reliable Gen Purpose set. Would buy another set tomorrow without even thinking about it.

Have a Brute II. Probably would not recomend it to anyone.

 

The best advice I can give is to save and buy a digital set. I'll never go back to analog.

 

I have a brute II and wouldn't recomend them mine are leaking. My titan gauge is going strong as is my robinair guages. Really want a digital manifold.

 

Do it! I did the whole " it's alot of money " blah blah blah myself. Then I bought a set of Digi-cools and will NEVER regret it. Accurate, and I really like the fact that it saves the high and low while you walk away.

 

For what it's worth, REFCO is releasing a 3 port digital manifold "very soon" at a "very competitive price" (what I was told when I inquired about it). A 4 port version is TBA.

Saw an ad for it in a recent edition of "the News".

If the quality is on par with the analog gauge set I just bought, then I would wait and check it out if you are in the digital market.

 

pro

i would like to register to become a professional member could someone please send me a link .

 

i would like to register to become a professional member could someone please send me a link .

There should be a link that send you to a E-mail. This link is located on the main page of the forums, right below the title for the "pro forum". You follow the directions they give you, and it will be reviewed by the membership committee...

Should be painless if you are a pro!

 

Speaking of Refco, has anyone tried their Vac pumps? For some reason they look rather "uplifting"...

 

I haven't used one, but my next vacuum pump will be a Refco. I'm tired of lugging around the old 6cfm Yellow Jacket lump I have now.
Nothing wrong with the YJ pump, just is heavy, lol.
I need to get a vacuum pump that weighs less than my recovery machine.

And yeah, you can't help but smile a little when you see a Refco vacuum pump.

 

I use the Imperials 4 way as well but i use only the marsh brass and glass analog guages

 

I just got myself (well company got me) a set of Imerials, 4 port gauges. Right on the package, it says "contains 4 60" hoses). Leads me to believe, 3 1/4" and 1 3/8" right?

Nope, they only ship with 3...

Aside from that... I like them so far... but all I've done is assemble them and hang em up in the van.

 

they are stiil better than my ritchie brute manifold gauges. mine came with all four hoses, but the valves leak.

 

i have a problem with brutes and titans, after second bottle of gas being charged (100#), they frost up and really slow down charging, thinking some gasket swells

 

I typically prefer 4 valve manifold as it makes it easier for me to vacuum and than charge without introducing any air/moisture.
I am on my 2nd brute II and tbh, they are not well made at all -_-; Sure it's got nice gauge but it seems to develop leak from refrigerant to main chamber (albeit slowly) Not external leak but even inside can be very bothersome at times.
I've damamged my previous imperial 4 valve and couldn't have been happier until I had to replace high side gauge (over torqued and SNAPPED the thread...)
I've been browsing those electronic gauge myself but am kind of unsure as I am looking for 4 valve one...

 

I use the YJ Brut 4 port manifold for evacuation, the YJ 3 port manifold for nitrogen sweeping and pressurizing, The Robinair 3 port manifold for pressure checks on old systems and the Testo 523 for pressure checks on newer systems.

 

For being obsolete analogue refrigerant gauge technology, the Refco gauges are very nice.

I especially like the ones that only have the pressure scale printed on the built in dial, and have temperature scales for different refrigerants that snap onto the gauge face.
It puts the temperature scale out around the edge of the gauge where the resolution is good enough for it to be useful.

I look forward to seeing what Refco's digital offering will be.

 

I got Yellow Jacket the one that has R12,22 and 502