These Jet wire clamps are the ideal clamp when you want to attach a ribbed hose or pipe to another pipe. If you try to use the flat variety, the clamps will strip and possibly ruin the hose/pipe itself. The wire variety fits nicely over the ribbed section and locks it in place tightly and securely. I used these to attach some longer sections of plastic downspout of my gutters and they worked perfectly.
Clamps look GOOD!:
I ordered 2 sets of 5 clamps. Both together with super saver shipping with other items. Each set of clamps was shipped separately, but both boxes showed up today. Big box, lots of packing bubbles. Once could fit 100 sets of these clamps in that box. And each set had its own box. Amazon can save MILLIONS of dollars just fixing their shipping and packaging problems. The clamps look great. I have no doubt they will handle my needs. Wire clamps hold hoses (dust collection hoses) much better than band... more info
The Best Clamp:
This is a nice simple piece of critical equipment. If it didn't work properly, it could cause a lot of hassle (air gaps / hoses coming off). The two wires fit easily over the end of the hose and seated snuggly on each side of the hose groove and then clamped up nice with just a phillips screwdriver. The wires strattle the ribbing on the hose, creating a nice tight fit. I put a few of these wire clamps without one problem, air leak or lose hose.
The steel band clamps did not fair as well, they stripped and... more info
These are the ones to buy:
This wire clamp does not strip. The band clamps are worthless. I have used them both and returned all 60 of the bands.
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