summoner12
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Aight. SO to go along with my new misting system I thought it would be a good idea to get some nice looking and very functional misting nozzles. I have Herpmist nozzles....... BUT since Jason is MIA and I can't get parts from him anymore... 
I went with Mist King. I have a Mist King pump and now his nozzles. Marty has a very nice product and his customer service is great! What I like about his systems are that they are VERY complete. You get all the little gizmos and gadgets to set your system up. There is a lot of attention to detail. And this is why I wanted to post about his nozzles.
To keep the nozzles low key and more out of site Marty's nozzles come black. BUT... they have a white hose retaining ring and then a blue locking clip that keeps the retaining ring from releasing the hose. I don't think this looks bad... but because Marty's attention to detail he now sends out his shipments with black replacement parts so you can convert the nozzles into a full black nozzle. No more white ring and blue locking clip. You can switch them to black, very neat.
I purchased a ton of blue hose with my RO system. I plan to run all new hose when I get my cages situated and am sure of the hose routing... I don't want to waste hose because I decided to move something after running the new stuff, I want it all ready first. Since I have the black replacement parts and the blue and white parts I decided to take some pictures with different combinations.
I want to use the blue clips because they will match my blue hose... so black on blue... What do you guys think?
This is how the nozzles came to me. white ring and blue locking clip
This is how Marty said he would like them to look (When we talked at the SD Super Show, which is why the new systems come with the new parts)
This is what I am aiming for.... Black ring but blue clip.
This is another option... white on black
I also wanted to point out why I like the Mist King nozzles more than the old Herpmist.
Here is one of my old Herpmist nozzles... Notice how the misting head screws into a fitting that is straight? There is a short bit of hose (gender bender) into an elbow and then into another elbow. It makes for a longer nozzle.... takes up 'more room'. It also takes more parts. Because the nozzle is straight it takes two elbows to get the same function that Mist King nozzle can accomplish with one elbow. The Mist King uses an elbow fitting that the misting head screws into, so four parts are used where the Herpmist uses five. The nozzle takes up less room and can cover more of the cage with mist since it can be set back into the corner more.
Here is the system operating.
I went with Mist King. I have a Mist King pump and now his nozzles. Marty has a very nice product and his customer service is great! What I like about his systems are that they are VERY complete. You get all the little gizmos and gadgets to set your system up. There is a lot of attention to detail. And this is why I wanted to post about his nozzles.
To keep the nozzles low key and more out of site Marty's nozzles come black. BUT... they have a white hose retaining ring and then a blue locking clip that keeps the retaining ring from releasing the hose. I don't think this looks bad... but because Marty's attention to detail he now sends out his shipments with black replacement parts so you can convert the nozzles into a full black nozzle. No more white ring and blue locking clip. You can switch them to black, very neat.
I purchased a ton of blue hose with my RO system. I plan to run all new hose when I get my cages situated and am sure of the hose routing... I don't want to waste hose because I decided to move something after running the new stuff, I want it all ready first. Since I have the black replacement parts and the blue and white parts I decided to take some pictures with different combinations.
I want to use the blue clips because they will match my blue hose... so black on blue...
What do you guys think?This is how the nozzles came to me. white ring and blue locking clip
This is how Marty said he would like them to look (When we talked at the SD Super Show, which is why the new systems come with the new parts)
This is what I am aiming for.... Black ring but blue clip.
This is another option... white on black
I also wanted to point out why I like the Mist King nozzles more than the old Herpmist.
Here is one of my old Herpmist nozzles... Notice how the misting head screws into a fitting that is straight? There is a short bit of hose (gender bender) into an elbow and then into another elbow. It makes for a longer nozzle.... takes up 'more room'. It also takes more parts. Because the nozzle is straight it takes two elbows to get the same function that Mist King nozzle can accomplish with one elbow. The Mist King uses an elbow fitting that the misting head screws into, so four parts are used where the Herpmist uses five. The nozzle takes up less room and can cover more of the cage with mist since it can be set back into the corner more.
Here is the system operating.
