Eurobatex pipe insulation - any experience?

[phatboy]

Hi all,

 

Plumbing SuperStore offer Eurobatex pipe insulation, which looks to be the same sort of stuff as Armaflex.... but costs 1/4 of the amount!?

 

Has anyone had any experience with this insulation, good or bad?  For the price, I'd just buy a full box of 13mm thick, and if I don't use some, never mind!

 

https://www.plumbingsuperstore.co.uk/product/eurobatex-tube-pipe-insulation-2m-lengths-13mm-thick-full-box-quantity-p29126.html

 

Many thanks

Tim

[JohnMo]

Looks a bit thin at 13mm, and you have to buy loads. But as you say price look ok.

[phatboy]

They have it in 19mm, too:

 

https://www.plumbingsuperstore.co.uk/product/eurobatex-split-pipe-insulation-2m-lengths-19mm-thick--full-box-quantity-15mm-x-19mm-x-2m-eurobatex-splitbox-qty-39pe15192s.html

 

I am plumbing the house with manifolds, so there is a lot of pipework.

 

I'm a little suspicious that it's so cheap, to be honest!  And I'd rather not pay out for the Armaflex, if possible.

[saveasteading]

  On 10/05/2023 at 15:49, phatboy said:

suspicious that it's so cheap,

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Buying by the box can easily save half the cost, maybe more, so I wouldn't rule it out.

There must be a spec sheet.

[phatboy]

Yes, found all the spec. https://www.unionfoam.it/en/p/eurobatex/

 

Compared to a full box of Armaflex, it's still 1/4 the price.  Compared to the rate I can get at local merchants, its 1/8 of the price!  As I'm in Jersey I need to pay about £50 to have the freight forwarded from the UK dock, but still, with a few other bits I need (Hep2O stuff), it still seems to make sense.

 

Hopefully someone has used it before, and can share an experience.  In the mean time, I'll try to compare it with Armaflex spec.