Comments on: Waterpik hose broken

By: Joyce Qunn

Joyce Qunn — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:24:31 +0000

Thanks for teaching this 8o year old how to fix the hose on my wp-60 waterpik, which starting leaking today. Works swell now. Also want to say that I now soak my oral-B toothbrush heads once a month in a mix of hydrogen peroxide and water for about 15 minutes. Black particles come out of the brushes and the brushes are then like new & I don’t replace them that often now.

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By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:03:02 +0000

Read the how to from the above and determined that my 100 unit has a connection at the push button stop valve way up inside the handle. — SO — I used a 1″ wide wood chisle along with a single tap at the seam and the 8 small trunion snaps inside the handle let go = Thus an easy opening of the handle is possible. Yes make sure you wrap the tool disconnect spring you find hanging out with tape so it does not fall out in the following.

Wife was making some chicken soup so I diped the broken off hose(where it slips onto the barb fitting of the valve) into the soup for a minute or so and it only took a very mild pull and the hose along with the white locking plastic colar to slip off the barb end of the valve.

slipped the colar back over the end of the tubing (after squaring off the end of the hose using a razor blade).

Placed the end of the hose into the hot soup and then easily slipped it onto the barb fitting of the valve assembley. Locking colar then easily slipped down over the hose to where it now engaged over the area of the barb fitting below and inside the tubing (sliped on very easily).

8 small drops of super glue at the orignal case attachment points (or you can use tape if you prefer)allowed me to put the unit back in service (followed by a cleaning with hydrogen proxide of all the internal and external areas (I do this reutinely anyway to make sure stuff (black backteria) does not start to grow in or on the unit).

The appparent reason the hose breaks (other then age = my unit was 4 years old) is the intense wicked vibration of the tubing right below the handle).

Fix only took around 30 minutes and will do it again as long as the hose has some length left, otherwise it is only around $12 (with shipping for a new hose and handle as a unit that is easy replacement with two philips head screws on the underside of the pump base.

Living longer and happier within life’s simple challanges!

Tom

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:03:01 +0000

There is no excuse for the poor quality of the hose used in the Waterpic 100. I hadn’t used mine for a while and when I tried to use it it broke in 3 places. When I pulled a bit more it broke further because the material that the hose is made of was just way too brittle. Yes, hoses break, but this is ridiculous. I’ve had similar products without this problem.

By: Stephen Treacy

Stephen Treacy — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:04:03 +0000

I have to leave my opinions here about WATERPIK. Waterpik is a disaster of a company which is falling apart as of 2011. All of their products, and I do mean all, have HEAVY competition on the marketplace with Philips and Conair taking a very strong lead over Waterpik with much more superior products and innovation. All of Waterpiks have major design flaws inside, one particular is the battery Sinus wash unit. Who installs batteries inside the water base compartment? HELLO !!! Mr. Ken Hair, VP of Engineering for Waterpik should be ashamed of his designs. As far as the Marketing, CLUELESS. Michael Wakeman, VP-Marketing, needs to have his head examined. No Marketing skills what so ever. He might be good with math figures but lacks everything else. The CEO of Waterpik needs to spend more time at the company and try and fix things inside the doors before it all goes on a tag sale. Recently, P&G declined to bid on Waterpik for an acquisition. Why? “Not worth our time and too many holes inside the organization”. Sad stuff. Close the doors Waterpik and let other products take over now. Your days are gone. (khair@waterpik.com),(mwakeman@waterpik.com)

By: Fran

Fran — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:33:53 +0000

Many thanks to all for their outstanding instructions on repairing the hose. I have the WP 100W/C and special thanks to Bill for suggesting to put the handle and hose in hot water, twist & pull hose to release. I put tape around the spring so I wouldn’t lose it. My WaterPik works great now and it only took about 20 minutes!

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:54:59 +0000

On our 70W Model: I finally got the replacement handle to attach to the old hose by putting the old end into boiling water. Prior to that I found a way to get the case lid off. Cut some party toothpicks in half and turn the base upside down. Take a relatively thin flat screwdriver and put it down the between the case and the base near one of the catches and insert a toothpick piece. Continue on around the base doing this at each catch. Eventually you should be able to pry the top off. The case is remarkably tough and can really be moved without breaking.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:30:24 +0000

Poor design by Water Pik – this is my third unit, all suffered brittle hose syndrome and repairs just don’t work – even a new hose can not be fit onto pump under main housing. But why should they change the hose when they can force us to buy a new unit??

By: Missy

Missy — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:13:17 +0000

Thanks! I just used the reapir info to fix my son’s water pik. It worked great…Thanks so much!!!

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:49:12 +0000

For a break in the hose near the handle, instead of using a razor to cut the damaged section of hose, let the handle and hose soak in very hot water for a few minutes then grip hose with pliers, twist and pull. The hot water softens the tubing letting it pull free. Easier and safer than using a razor as suggested above.

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By: PhilE

PhilE — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:49:28 +0000

This works too: place the hose end directly into the interchangeable ‘pic’. The hose fits snugly into it! Works if you like full pressure, which I do.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:35:28 +0000

thx man, gonna try it right now!!

By: gww

gww — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:04:50 +0000

After reading the above comments and instructions; my “kudos” to the rockstars’
that offered repair and technical info…just what i was looking for. I have done several repairs and will have to change the hose as it’s too brittle. for 1 99c repair we can spend as much to repair the pik as we originally pd. for it!!!

By: G Ed

G Ed — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:32:02 +0000

You know how some garden hoses last forever, why can’t they use the same materials for this dental cleaning device. I guess if products last a long time nobody would get new ones. I cannot recommend the replacement hose from the manufacturer; it did not work for me. I could not get the stints that came with the new replacement hose to install with the old hose. I know manufacturers have a way to improve on the hose life and would not greatly impact price. By the way I paid over 13.22 and only got 8.80 back as a refund when I returned the new hose. I paid 1.22 in tax and only received about 80cents back in taxes? They charged $3.95 to ship out a tiny hose that weighed nothing. They really can improve on the hose in terms of durability and life span, but why won’t they?

By: Reid

Reid — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:14:20 +0000

Any one know of a source for replacement tubing? I’ve looked locally, but havent’ been able to find any.

Thanks!

Reid

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:30:26 +0000

Thank you! The detailed instructions worked perfectly for me, with the only struggle being getting the handle sides split apart.

By: Ed G.

Ed G. — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:42:32 +0000

Followed above instructions & it works fine. ditto on the crappy tubing review.

By: James

James — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:49:39 +0000

I completed the hose repair as described above, but it took longer than others. Be careful as there is a mini spring that is needed to keep the irrigator tip in place. I lost the spring but jury-rigged a fix with a few pieces of thick rubber band. Also note that you will lose almost 6 inches of the hose if the crack is at the base of the handle, more if it is further down the hose. If you like this product it may pay to buy a replacement device because it will come with new tips etc.