Crimped hose is only as good as the person doing the crimping. Many over crimp and cut the covering or damage the steel braid. Mechanical screw on are very effective for most applications but those connectors require specific hose to match themif done correctly. I have generally had the mechanical type outlast crimped.


"We are building a dictatorship of relativism which recoqnizes nothing as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of ones own self ego and desires."Cardinal Rathzinger