SupplyHouse.com blue fin products - any complaints?

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mikedo
mikedo Posts: 302
edited September 2024 in Plumbing

Just wondering if anyone is using this product line and if they like it. There products seem to be priced lower than there competition.

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  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Posts: 18,271

    I believe they are house branded mostly imported products. There are higher quality products out there but they can be fine for a lot of applications.

    PC7060
  • mikedo
    mikedo Posts: 302

    i think most of the products at the supply houses are imported. just because its imported does,nt mean its bad. look at honda and toyota no american auto can match there quality i cant afford to buy an american car anymore when it falls apart at 75000 miles

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Posts: 18,271

    Unbranded imported products? Unlike generic appliance or auto parts, they usually didn't come off the same line as the name brand product.

    GGrossAlan (California Radiant) Forbes
  • ethicalpaul
    ethicalpaul Posts: 9,046

    This is a small sample size, but I have seen more failures of Gorton radiator vents than I have of bluefin valves I have ordered from Supplyhouse.

    NJ Steam Homeowner.
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    Robert_H
  • GroundUp
    GroundUp Posts: 2,572

    Their ball valves are better than any other (especially Webstone) I've ever used. Pretty much everything is imported nowadays so don't let that deter you from Bluefin. I have miles and miles of the Bluefin barrier PEX in service as well as a mountain of their black iron fittings and nipples with less failures than the big name stuff like Uponor and Ward. The pumps look like a good bargain option, but I haven't tried them out yet

    PC7060Robert_H
  • gpjazz
    gpjazz Posts: 106

    Anyone use Bluefin "pro-press" fittings ?

  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Posts: 17,744
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1811967#Comment_1811967

    Generally imported plumbing parts aren't from Japan so that's a terrible comparison. If they were from Japan they would often cost more than the US made stuff.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Posts: 18,271
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1904040#Comment_1904040

    At this point they all get parts from the same far east suppliers. The Japanese brands have had plants in the us for something like 30 years so much of their US sales is assembled in the US and Canada just like US brands.

  • pumpcontrolguy
    pumpcontrolguy Posts: 82

    We don't use a ton of bluefin valves and fittings, as we get most of our fittings from a local supplier and also do bulk purchasing directly with an importer for certain things, but everything bluefin we have ordered and used has always been just as good as any part from anywhere else.

  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Posts: 17,744
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1904042#Comment_1904042

    Obviously a Toyota part made in the US isn't imported.......

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Posts: 21,236

    Small sample size for me but the Blue fin seems ok.

  • Robert_H
    Robert_H Posts: 373

    Ive had no problems with the few Bluefin items I've used. After reading this thread, I might be using more.

  • HomerJSmith
    HomerJSmith Posts: 2,834
    edited September 18

    Bluefin use to be problematic, but have improved dramatically quality wise. I use them consistently and have no problems. Cheaper has more to do with labor costs and possibly govern. subsidies.

    Supplyhouse (formerly, Pex Supply) is a good company that backs its products. I have been buying from them, since, 2 days before Moses.

  • JMWHVAC
    JMWHVAC Posts: 128

    Interesting reading this thread. I have used some Bluefin but think of them as cheap. I used some copper manifolds from them already and the branch lines actually stuck INTO the main line. In other words, when you looked in the trunk of the manifold you saw all these stubs sticking 1/8 to 1/4 into the stream. I thought that was ridiculous for flow and since have stuck with Sioux chief manifolds which were designed correctly for smooth flow.

    bjohnhy
  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Posts: 3,584

    You pay for what you get …

    There was an error rendering this rich post.

    Sal Santamaura
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Posts: 17,744
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1904157#Comment_1904157

    That's complicated and not very true anymore.

    Sometimes you really do.

    Sometimes you pay more and get worse.

    Sometimes you can trust brand alone but often you can't

    I've had stuff that is Chinese engineered and Chinese made that I can't believe how good it is. I've had stuff thats American made that I can't believe how bad it is.

    I have a Chinese Honda clone engine (Predator) that was less than half the cost of a Honda that's 95% as good as the real thing and better than any American made engine. In my opinion.

    Stuff made in China isn't automatically bad. Sometimes it's really good. Some examples would be drones and 3D printers

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

    mattmia2HomerJSmithGGross
  • DCContrarian
    DCContrarian Posts: 1,579

    @ChrisJ : "I have a Chinese Honda clone engine (Predator) that was less than half the cost of a Honda that's 95% as good as the real thing and better than any American made engine. In my opinion."

    And I'm old enough to remember when Honda was considered a bargain-bin brand. Things change.

  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Posts: 17,744
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1904269#Comment_1904269

    You mean 1960s into the 70s?

    By the 80s I'm pretty sure they were no longer the bargain brand.

    Yes things are constantly changing.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

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