new Eastwood flaring tool

[Rickss96]

Just got a new Eastwood catalog in the mail and they are advertising their ‘new’ hydraulic flaring tool, see it here: http://www.eastwood.com/fairmount-hydraulic-flaring-tool.html
Brand name is Fairmount and it looks like a chinese knockoff of the Mastercool flaring tool for a lot less money. After a quick search, I see Inline Tube sells the same tool.

Anyone have any experience with this flaring tool? Wondering if it makes good flares, is it easy to get tubing aligned in the tool so that flares aren’t mis-shaped? Any other good/bad features?

 

[Tundra]

I'm wondering how it compares to Mastercool.

 

[joe_padavano]

Eastwood has apparently licensed the Fairmount name, as they have been using it on other tools for about a year now. Just like Home Depot licensing the Rigid name for cordless power tools years ago.

 

[Tundra]

My comment on Eastwood got rejected because I asked how it compared to Mastercool!!

 

[454ragtop]

Didn't pay any more than that for my Mastercool, look around, deals are out there.