Quick disconnects needed

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Can someone spec me some quick disconnect fittings with 1/2" barbs, i looked on OcUK and found the Male fitting, but the Female has a compression fitting on one end, do OcUK do a barbed female Part?
 
if you want the best(imo) qdcs,
barbed ones look for koolance VL3N series.
qdcs with compression fittings are VL4 and VL4N also from koolance.
but ocuk don't have them!
 
Yeah the Koolance ones are probably the best you'll get, I wasn't aware that Phobya made them too.
 
cpc make the best QC's but they are plastic (HFC12 NSF Series) and very big.
Zalman also make some plastic ones - but they are restrictive and designed for 3/8 or 10mm ID pipe.

Phobya make two types - one is very poor (and hard to find now).
The other is a copy of the first generation Koolance ones (ocuk value range).
The current 'no drip' koolance QC's are third generation (recently revised due to a defect in the seal after multipule uses)

A high flow quick disconnect is complex and heavily machined, so expect to pay a lot.
I own the VL4's (importing them for the US was about 30% cheaper then getting them here)

The only downside with Koolance stuff - is all there compression fitting (inc QC's) use steel for the outer nut, so it may rust if you don't keep them dry.
Mine show no sign of rust after 3 years of use - but it's worth knowing

But using a two low cost ball valves does the job just as well.

Or use a male barb and female compression 1/2 QC's
 
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