“As almost everyone who owns a VPI vacuum machine will tell you, these cheap plastic tubes routinely get brittle and break. Had I known how often they need to be replaced, I would never have bought the VPI machine. The price is ridiculous, these can't cost 50 cents to make. But I guess it's a way for VPI to make more money - you buy the machine, you're stuck buying their overpriced replacement parts.”
“We didn't realize how much more efficient this replacement tube made our machine! It also makes the machine a little quieter as it's not sucking so much air.”
“How long it'll last I guess depends on how heavy your use is. Mine last 7-8 years before the plastic at the insertion point cracks it in half. Guess not too bad, but you wonder if they could make it more robust....”
