Compressor hose size

i'm not sayin 1/4 fittings don't restrict. what i'm sayin is that 1/4 fittings are not the restriction. friction in the air hose walls are the restriction. there might well be, like runnin a 3/4 impact etc where the 1/4 fittings are the restriction.

ta put this differnt a 3/8 hose with 1/4 end fitting flows one hell of a lot more air than with a 1/4 hose.

a 1/2 hose with a 1/4 end fitting flows restricts even less if the hose is long enough that the 3/8 hose becomes a restriction. what i'm tryin to say is the 1/4 fittings used on normal air tools ain't the problem. it's the hose. "its the economy."