Anti-Kink Hose Pipe Holder Support

The Anti-Kink Hose Pipe Holder Support is a rigid black ABS plastic channel that holds a flexible hose or pipe at a fixed bend radius so it cannot flatten, collapse or kink. The cross-section is an open U-groove with ribbed walls: the hose is pressed sideways into the channel, and the rigid curve then carries the bend in place of the hose wall. It is supplied in four fixed bend angles — 45°, 90°, 120° and 180° — and twenty-three sizes from 3mm to 25mm, sized to the outside diameter of the hose or pipe being supported. The 180° version has a straight cross-brace across the open end of the U-turn to hold the two legs parallel.

Key Features:

• Function: Holds a hose or pipe at a fixed bend radius to stop kinking, collapse and flow restriction.

• Bend Angles: 45°, 90°, 120° and 180°.

• Size Range: Twenty-three sizes from 3mm to 25mm.

• Sizing: The size quoted is the outside diameter of the hose or pipe the channel is made to hold.

• Material: Durable ABS plastic construction.

• Operating Temperature: -20°C to +105°C, peak +105°C.

• Cross-Section: Open U-groove with ribbed channel walls.

• Fitting: The hose presses in from the side — no tools, and no need to disconnect either end.

• 180° Version: Straight cross-brace across the open end of the U-turn.

• Support, Not A Fixing: It does not clamp the hose, join two hoses, or screw to anything.

• Colour: Black.

• Supplied: One support.

A hose kinks when it is bent tighter than its own wall can hold. The bore folds flat, flow stops, and the crease that is left behind becomes a permanent weak point that will fold again in the same place. Dropping the hose into the channel of this support moves that bend into a rigid part, so the curve is held at a radius the hose can take and the bore stays round all the way through the turn. Because the hose presses in from the side rather than threading through, the support can be added to a run that is already installed, slid along the hose later, or taken off again without disturbing either end.

Choose the angle by how far the hose has to turn. The 45° support suits a gentle change of direction; the 90° suits a right-angle turn around a bulkhead, panel edge or into a fitting; the 120° suits a tighter change of direction where the hose comes back on itself; and the 180° suits a full U-turn, with its cross-brace holding the two legs parallel. Choose the size by measuring across the outside diameter of the hose or pipe rather than the bore — a 19mm support is made for 19mm outside diameter hose. Where a hose falls between two sizes, the closer of the two will seat better in the channel.

Please note that this is a support, not a fixing. The channel holds the shape of the bend, but nothing screws, bolts or clips to it, it does not join two lengths of hose, and it is not fitted inline. It does not clamp the hose either — a hose that is pulled or under tension can still work its way back out of the open channel, so on a run that moves it is worth securing the hose to the support, or the support to the surface, by some other means.

The size range covers far more than garden hose. From 3mm to 12mm it suits vacuum, breather, washer and small-bore fuel and pneumatic lines, as well as tidying cable and wiring runs. From 13mm to 19mm it suits heater hose, fuel line, workshop air line and standard garden hose. From 20mm to 25mm it suits coolant and radiator hose, pond and pump hose, and light ducting. Applications run across automotive and motorsport, workshop and garage, marine, agricultural, garden and irrigation, pond and aquarium, and general air and fluid handling.