Smallest (diameter) G1/4 adapters

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I tried a search but nothing obvious came up.

The smallest adapters I have found have an 18mm diameter (e.g. Alphacool). Does anyone know of another brand which is smaller?
 
diameter on which bit of the fitting? You obviously don't mean ID or OD as those are for the tube, do you mean the external diameter of the fitting at its widest point?
 
Indeed, the fitting itself. The G1/4 ports are approx 12.5mm in diameter but then of course the fittings are bigger. Where clearance is an issue some fittings are better than others. I have a few samples from a selection of manufacturers. EK Quantum are massive at 23mm diameter and the smallest I have are the Alphacool at 18mm diameter. I am wondering if anyone has come across anything smaller.
 
Depends what the fitting is for.

For general use then 18mm is going to be about the smallest aside from going with say soft tubing with just a barb.

EK do some quantum torque micro fittings though which are 16.7mm. However they are designed for pipes which cannot move such as between GPU’s, distro plates etc. I’m not sure how safe they are for general tubing.
 
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If you're talking about static extenders then you won't get smaller than 18mm diameter. A G1/4 thread is 13.1mm major diameter, the bore is 10mm and then you need enough material to actual create a female thread. Alphacool and Barrow are the smallest I've seen at 18mm.

As for the actual tube fittings, that's all down to the type of tube and connection method. I'm working on a project that will use 12mm acrylic hardline in an In Win Chopin case and I'm using Barrow push-fit connectors, rather than compression fittings, because there is no space otherwise. They're 18mm diameter because there's no compression collar, just 3 o-rings inside a solid cylinder. I'm also using a couple of old-style 12mm tube EK-HD push-fit connectors for my current project where I just cannot get my fingers in to tighten compression collars and they're (I think) 20mm.

You can get weird things though. I did a fillport experiment for my current project using 10/6 soft tube and actually have a Bitspower 6mm barb for it that's still G1/4.
 
I think thats what comes with the EK X RES 140 revo D5 combo glass unit top. Which has 3 ports on top. They are sunken in the top that makes any other fitting impossible to use bar this one. This is by far the smallest diameter G1/4 extender i have seen.
 
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