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:
- Coolsleeves™ 500 for 1/2" OD tubing
- Coolsleeves™ 625 for 5/8" OD tubing
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)
The advantages of Coolsleeves™ coils are multiple:
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.
4. 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.
5. Cosmetics:
- Coolsleeves™ UV reactive coils are fun and attractive under UV light:

Coolsleeves™ 500 horizon blue

Coolsleeves™ 500 horizon blue
6. 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.
MSRP
|
Color
|
Description
|
Price
|
|
Coolsleeves™ 500
|
|
|
Neon Red 40" length
|
$3.95
|
|
|
Saturn Green 40" length
|
$3.95
|
|
|
Horizon Blue 40" length
|
$3.95
|
 |
Clear 40" length |
$2.95 |
|
Coolsleeves™ 625
|
 |
Neon Red 40" length
|
$4.75 |
 |
Saturn Green 40" length
|
$4.75 |
 |
Horizon Blue 40" length
|
$4.75 |
 |
Clear 40" length
|
$3.75 |
|