Tubing vs. Hose - A Definition and Discussion Thread

[coach_z]

First answer all of these:

What do you use to water your lawn?
What do you generally replace when they crack and dump all the radiator fluid out of your car (the rubbery things that carry the fluid to the engine block)?
What carries the water from your canister filter to your tank?
What is between your air pump and your air stone?

Then read:
As defined by Clippard Micromatic:
hose \ ´hoz \ n : a flexible tube for conveying gases or fluids.

tubing \ ´t(y)u-bing \ n : a stiff material in the form of a tube used for conveying gases or fluids

How you feel about those definitions?

Now discuss....do your ideas and/or usage of hose and tubing stay consistent?

 

[platytudes]

The way I see it:

Hose = thick tubing
Tubing = thin hose

Am I right or am I right?

 

[msjinkzd]

i thought it was based on howo they were measured, id or od

 

[jetajockey]

I know when some sites get specific they often refer to it as 'flexible tubing'

 

[platytudes]

*Googles*

ohhhh.....inner and outer diameter

(NOT identification and overdose) :duh:

 

[Sploke]

i thought it was based on howo they were measured, id or od

That is tubing vs. pipe, tubing is measured by OD and pipe is measured by ID.

 

[msjinkzd]

aha, so I am not totally non-sensical

 

[Fishfriend1]

A hose is just a really big tube. And somewhat more flexible then tubing. IMO

 

[CWO4GUNNER]

More could be added but I think the definitions are about right.

As for the use of hose and tubing there separate application is usually dependent upon the demand in application and life expectancy. I can tell you that the line between the two are becoming more blurred as hose becomes more ridged and tubing more flexible. New types of flexible braided and heat resistant PVC hose-tubing for example carry city water to indoor plumbing without any joints or elbows and is expected to outlast copper tubing applications. And for me in the hobby when it comes to DIY sump, pump and filter applications BOTH inside & outside diameter play a big role in making things fit together and work. Im just glad we have all this alternative materials available that allow us as hobbyist to sidestep the mainstream marketing jondra and DIY a more affordable and simple solution then then being brainwashed that we can only buy one from the retail gods.

 

[DrgRcr]

That is tubing vs. pipe, tubing is measured by OD and pipe is measured by ID.

That is true only up to 12" pipe. Pipe that is 14" and larger is measured by the OD.