EKWB Leak Tester vs Aquacomputer Dr. Drop - Review
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Cannot stress enough the beauty of pressure testing over traditional wet testing. In this video, I compare my 4-year-old Dr. Drop to a new and shiny EK Leak tester plus few hucks and tips.
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As honest and genuine as the review can be - still don't know why this channel is not growing that much.
Nothing like knowing your safe to add water.
Nice review.
Thanks for taking the time to review the leak testers including the pros/cons of each product. I appreciate your "hacks" as well... left my wondering "why didn't I think of that?!" but sharing these tips is very helpful to me.
Came for the water cooling, stayed for the skin care.
Good review. Despite the few issues with the EKWB, I prefer the metal fitting threads on the EKWB over the plastic threads: plastic is too fragile for a fitting. I'll get some air compressor fitting to rig things a bit better with the EKWB I have on order.
Great video Daz! On to your complaints with both. If you go to your local Swagelok dealer with both kits they will hook you up with what you need to make the setup how you want it. The G1/4 fittings are BSPP of I remember correctly, but the parts person will know or can look it up if you tell them. You should only need a few bushings and or crossover fittings. If i had both I'd go to my local dealer and get part numbers for you but I've got neither kit.
I got into Watercooling because of you back in 2010
Wow that pretty damn early, we only started in 2009!
@@DazModeWatercooling Yes i remember there wasnt many channels on this topic so I stumbled upon your videos and completed my very first watercoling loop in early 2010. And I did my leak testing the old fashion way like in your old videos lol but now I am redoing my loop with hardline tubing and EK dry teak tester and that has brought me back to your video again :)
Great review Daz! I had a catastrophic failure on a loop last year and now wont fill a loop till I've tested with my EKW Tester. Although I have had some issues with the pump and going to get a mini bike pump as they use the same fittings. A word of caution though to anyone using the EKW tester. If you have acrylic distro blocks DO NOT go into the green! The pressures are way to high and you stand a good chance of cracking the acrylic its self. I speak from experience lol. At the end of the white on the EKW tester the pressure is around 7psi I believe and that should be enough to show any leaks. When I use mine I take it to close to the end of the white, close the valve and take a pic of the gauge on my phone and then leave it till the next morning. If the needle doesn't move you should be good to go ;)
@Southeastern777 yes it definitely is! and pressurizing it upwards of 14 Pounds Per Square Inch that EKW says is safe is just asking for trouble and it doesn't sound like much but to some distros that have only 1mm or 2mm thick of acrylic in some places, it is a great deal of pressure... That's why I go no more than roughly 7psi or so and considering the Dr. Drop maxes out at I believe 8.6psi which is lots to see if you have a leak.
@@redf113 The one that cracked was a Barrow, large frosted looking one for the ThermalTake Level 20 GT.
I am baffled that almost noone seems to use these testers. I'd expect any big RUclips channel to have one in their toolkit and show it in their guides.
I bought all of my watercooling components used and saved a lot of money while still getting high end parts. I *still* bought a leak tester even though it cost me as much as my CPU block.
I don't regret a single cent I spent on it. Just the fact that I can check any waterblock after swapping the hold down plate and every used radiator the moment I receive it in the mail easily makes it worth twice as much as it costs. It completely cuts out the guess work before you even start building the loop.
I love that Bitspower quick disconnect hack. I don't use my EK leak tester that often so I might not need it, but I'll probably get one in the future because my god did that attaching process look a lot simpler than the male to male rotary EK includes in the kit.
Also I prefer the EK version because of the valve and the construction quality. If I lose the pump or if I get annoyed with it I can just attach any bicycle pump I have at home without being afraid of striping the threads on that part of the tester.
I cleaned an EK Velocity block out, had a bunch of gunk in it. Didn't tighten the screws enough and I completely bathed my 2080ti and x570 taichi in distilled water, probably 400 ml. Maybe next time I buy a leak tester!
My question is, why tf would you put ek parts with such good components?
@@MrKZdemos availability? Secondly the cpu block leaked cause I didn't tighten it
@@MrKZdemos I've used EK components in my 2080ti Ryzen build. I have had no problems.
Safetytrousers i dont have to argue that, but just go on reddit and ek has more complaints of gunk and blocks leaking than every other watercooling manufacturers combined
@@MrKZdemos saying they have more problems than other manufacturers is true due to them selling more stuff than other manufacturers, who knows what the actual defect rate is on blocks, maybe Daz has data like he did with pumps.
I already got the parts in my system, unless you're gonna buy me heatkiller parts, what's the point?
just bought the ek from you, pretty sure i have a bicycle pump around that i will use for a big system test.
You couldn't have said it better , wet testing is dumb unless you don't care about running water over your gear. I made my own tester out of hardware store parts and a push bike pump. I had issues with air leaking back as well since the ball valves I used were cheap crappy ones but I got the job done. I ended up using a short length of flex tube to attach to the system. I'd be interested to see what EK is charging for the unit as my D.I.Y unit was fairly cheap.
£32 at Scan UK. I don't find the end of the pump any pain to hold.
Aquacomputer has a "pro" version too and they offer it for 17€ without the bycycle pump.
Hi daz, I have that ek leak tester and I test on my water loop, there a leak coming from the reservoir cap cover
When I took it out that cap and inspect it, it was the o ring are a little to thin
Be nice if it came with a G 1/4 Inch Plug Fitting. :(
why do you use oil-binding mats that don't absorb water anyway if it would happen?
my mats absorb water/coolant like crazy. totally dry under.
Dr. Drop pump looks like a repurpose mini racing bike pump vs what looks like in house CNC pump,
so I wound how hard it would be to update the ek kit with a something like the pro bike tool mini bike pump
Connection between dial and bottom part looks identical on both.
@@DazModeWatercooling it would not surprise me if it all industry standard parts, if they are the same could you swap them around and have the gauge you like?
@@1BigBen I most likely could, but so used to Dr Drop, that I can use it with closed eyes, so no point. I just was trying to obstruct myself while reviewing it.
@@DazModeWatercooling well it helps and it also made me think like in the old days and I think that I could have all the part to DIY me one, instead of order one,
but it look like there is a new Dr drop, I may need to go and look up a review on it
anyway ty for the review it helps
Everything are ok and no leak except the reservoir cap leak
get a co2 for bicycles. no more pumping
ek selling not designing. schrader valves work fine without an external stop valve. just wasted resources.
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come on get a proper mick. the Hiss is horrible and the reverb is like a tin can...
Sure, send me one.