{"id":9863,"date":"2017-06-26T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/2017\/06\/26\/what-is-better-the-gas-hose-made-of-rubber-or-plastic\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:06:55","slug":"what-is-better-the-gas-hose-made-of-rubber-or-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/what-is-better-the-gas-hose-made-of-rubber-or-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"What is better: the gas hose made of rubber or plastic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a while, you take a look at your gas hose and see: It is so worn, porous or simply old that you absolutely have to replace it. You set out to visit the specialist shop, or find information online. In most cases, you can choose between a rubber or plastic hose assembly. But which is the right one?<\/p>\n

As the name indicates, the plastic orange hose assemblies for propane and<\/a> butane are synthetically produced<\/strong>, i.e. chemically produced. The basic material of the GOK hoses is polyvinyl chloride (PVC<\/strong>). In addition to leak-tightness, hose assemblies must meet another important requirement: They must be flexible and easy to bend.<\/p>\n

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Gas hose made of rubber<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To ensure that a plastic gas hose has this characteristic, so-called plasticizers are included. They make the material smoother<\/strong>, but they reduce some of their function as soon as temperatures drop during camping or barbecuing with gas. Metaphorically: The plastic hose assemblies become as hard as rock and are as flexible as a stair railing.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Consequences<\/span><\/h2>\n

This stiffness can lead to the hose being kinked<\/strong> when the hose is bent \u2013 for example when connecting a barbecue or when replacing the gas cylinder. Cracks due to brittleness and, in the worst case, hose disconnection, would be possible consequences.<\/p>\n

Things are different with the rubber hose. Its formula is mixed with rubber<\/strong> \u2013 in a sense, a natural plasticizer. The proportion of rubber and other synthetic softeners ensure that the hose assembly remains flexible and smooth even at the lowest temperatures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>How far into the minus?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Are you wondering up to which low temperatures this is the case? Let’s say it this way: At these temperatures, no one likes to spend their time outdoors and absolutely no one will be firing up the gas barbecue.<\/p>\n

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If you fire up your gas barbecue in winter, you should use a flexible gas hose made of rubber.<\/strong>
\u00a9 Pixabay.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/span>Rubber vs. plastic gas hose<\/span><\/h2>\n

Conclusion: neither of these is “better” or “worse” because both versions fulfil their purpose and the standard. However, if you continue your outdoor hobby in late autumn or winter<\/strong>, you should use the gas hose made of rubber<\/a>. Although it is slightly more expensive to purchase, the added cost is justified by the advantages described regarding handling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GOK offers hose assemblies made of rubber and plastic. In this article, we explain what the differences in handling and in the operational purposes are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[394,395,396],"tags":[329],"ausgabe":[],"class_list":["post-9863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camping-leisure","category-grill-bbq","category-home-commercial","tag-hose-assembly"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14545,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9863\/revisions\/14545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9863"},{"taxonomy":"ausgabe","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ausgabe?post=9863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}