On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 18:05:39 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 8:24:15 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On 3/6/2021 7:47 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 11:31:58 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

Since I'm sprucing up the bathroom, I figured I might as well get a nice new
supply line for the toilet.

Remember when a half gallon of ice cream suddenly shrunk to 1.75 qts and even 1.5 qts for some brands? Apparently the plumbing industry took notice.

Here's my old 12" supply line compared to the new 12" supply line.

https://i.imgur.com/QYEh8I9.jpg

Guess how much more supply line I need to tighten up the connection?

Seems to be consumer fraud to me.

Dumb question: what are the actual measurements. I suspect the total
length of the new one is 12" and the old one is 12" between the connectors.

Wrong on both counts. :-)

The total length of the old one in 12.75". The total length of the new one is 12.25".

Neither of them are 12" between the connectors, but since the connectors are the
same size (~.75" and ~.5") the length of the braided portion is different by the
same .5" as the overall length.

So it is like the 2x4.

Amazon carries a 12" fill tube where the specified product length is 12.75". I almost
ordered it, but I wanted the toilet back in operation today. I just got back from Lowe's.
The 16" fill tube works (and looks) just fine.

I didn't measure it before installation, so don't ask. ;-)

You wouldn't be the only one to make this mistake.