I've used both the Shark Bights and the Gator bight or Gator grip, can't 
remember the right name for that one.  One is from Lowes and the other from 
Home Depot.

You do have to support them and I had the hardest time believing they would 
actually seal.  But they do, and work great.  

All you do is take 2 ends of copper you want to join, clean the burs off, and 
slide them together.  If you remember those Chinese handcuffs we all had as 
kids?  Your fingers went in really easy but the harder you pulled to get them 
apart the more it bit into your fingers.  

Just slide the piece on 1 of the ends and then put the piece over the other 
pipe.  Pull the pipes towards each other and your done.  It takes a special 
tool to get them back apart.  The tools come in a pack of 3 for about 2 dollars 
so you know it isn't much.  It's a plastic piece cut to fit in the slot on the 
Shark Bight and you just pull it towards the pipe and it opens back up.  Don't 
know if you can reuse it after taking it back apart.  I was a chicken once it 
came back apart and just put on a new one.  I can tell you it takes no special 
skills and compared to running a torch inside a wall, there is a lot less to 
worry about too.  

Both stores have them in the plumbing area and I'm not remembering the price 
right now.  Seems to me it was between 3 and 4 dollars.  Well worth it if you 
aren't comfortable soldering.

 

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