[jnarowe]

Bax: Friction loss and head loss are still losses. I only mentioned it because I hate to buy a top-notch pump but only get a percentage of the rated flow. It is always the case, but mitigating it in any way seems to make sense to me. BUT, he likes the look of hard PVC so that's how it's going to be, and to be honest, I really like theh clean look of the bulkhead-to-PVC bottom connections and I think given his design specs. he did a great job. I like using flex for a number of reasons, not just reducing drag, but also because I am not so good at measuring hard PVC and getting it exctly right. I don't have the talent it takes to do what he did with the OM 4-way.

That Flex PVC link is sweet too...I didn't know they had it in grey too. At $1.70/foot, it's not cheap, but for us tripping guys, it's worth it IMO.