Airhog Armored Fill Hose Exploded
Hey all,
Posting this as a safety alert. I received a new 3′ Airhog armored microbore fill hose yesterday and went to use it for the first time today to fill up my Vulcan.
Cracked valve as normal to begin slow fill. Within a few seconds, the armor on the hose end closest to the gun exploded. That was a couple hours ago and my ears are still ringing pretty bad, as it sounded like a firearm being discharged in my home office.
I contacted Airhog and they stated this has happend to a few other people with the armored hoses. They said the manufacturer they are getting the hoses from had a bad crimper, allowing air to escape past the hose and into the armor. They stated they had sent back all the hoses they had and had tested all hoses that have been sent out to date, but are unsure why hoses are failing at a later date after being tested.
To my knowledge, I have not seen any alerts from Airhog regarding what they indicated to me is not an isolated incident. This is very much a safety issue as it takes no time at all to build hundreds of psi coming from a 4500 psi tank.
At this time, they stated they are sending me another hose and are asking for the failed hose to be returned.
So please, if you have one of these armored hoses, use extra caution as I am not the only one this has happened to.
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That is some scary shit txaggie929 thanks for posting !!
HPA is and can be very dangerous indeed.
Hope your ear(s) are okay after that blast it could have easily rupture your eardrum.
Seem that the outer lining doesn’t need to hold the air pressure so why don’t they design it to breath ?
:2cents:
~ GKU
Airhog is indeed taking care of the issue and my intent was to inform people of a possible issue, not degrade or throw anybody under the bus. Crap happens. I just don’t prefer crap to happen under high pressure. I know there are plenty of items I have bought as extras or intended to use immediately, but then didn’t get around to it for a couple weeks/months. This could be the circumstance for somebody else and wanted others to be aware.
Anxiously awaiting my new hose. I have no complaints with my Airhog tank or valve assembly.
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GOOD OPPROTUNITY TO POINT OUT THAT ONE SHOULD NEVER BE TOO COMPLACENT WHEN USING HPA!
I know that shortly after obtaining my very own HPA compressor, I found it very difficult to resist the urge to use old worn, untested, substandard, unrated or makeshift parts and fittings. Those things that we often times just shrug our shoulders and think “good enough” ISNT EVEN CLOSE ENOUGH when dealing with HPA.
I had a similiar incident with a hose end and makeshift fitting stripping out at the threads exploding with a very big concussive boom louder than an M-80! The fitting end blasted right into the center of my thigh. The only thing that saved me was the fact that I had a big pocket full of change , a big rolled up wad of dollar bills and a large set of keys in my front pocket. The fitting put a hole in my jeans right thu the front pocket, tore an imprint thru the paper money, bent two quarters, dinged a dime and pulverized a hard plastic keychain into a pocketful of powdered plastic dust and just barely scratched first layer of epidermis. I got away with a slight bruising!
LUCKY I DIDNT BLAST MY BALLS OR TORE THE HEAD OF MY DICK OFF!!!!!!!! :2cents: