Semi Rigid drops ?

[Greenwich Maple Man]

Wondering what feedback there is on having Semi Rigid tubing as drops with seasonal spouts? Do you find they vacuum leak much?

[markct]

Semi rigid is pretty much standard for drops, so I would imagine it would work fine, especialy since semi rigid is much more rubbery and seals easily on fittings compared to rigid tubing

[Greenwich Maple Man]

I see your point markct but am concerned about it not being soft enough and causing a micro leak.

[markct]

Im a bit confused here, the semi rigid tubing I have used all seemed pretty soft, rigid I could definatly see some issues with since the seasonal spouts have a minimal barb, is there some special tubing they recommend for the seasonal spouts?

[Greenwich Maple Man]

I don't believe it is "just" for seasonal spouts. CDL has the 4 Season as well as the Flex tubing . I know the others have "soft" drop line tubing as well. I'm just curios as to weather or not there are producers making 1/2 gal of syrup per tap and have Semi Rigid drops ?

[waysidemaple]

I use cdl semi rigid with cdl seasonal smart spouts and did .45 last year.

[heus]

.48 gal per tap last year with Leader 30P. I don't like working with the softer tubing I often seem to mash the tubing with my one handed tool.

[wiam]

I have 30P drops about eight years old. A lot of them have tiny leaks where they rotate on the T. Have been replacing with softer.

[treehugger]

I call semi-rigid tubing "squirrel food". The little sons of guns have a taste for it in my woods. They won't touch 30p.

[maple flats]

I've used both, but now use only 30P. I've not noticed a difference in squirrel damage, they like both, but the damage is mostly done in the summer I think.

[whalems]

I have used both. and much prefer the semi ridged. The 30p seems to become loose on the T after a few seasons and leak. the semi ridged seems to hold to the T much better.