DIYbanter - Water valves - why multiturn?

Only thing is if you close the water valve (1/4 turn)too fast it's liable to
cause water hammer
"Aaron Fude" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm talking about valves that you find in various places in your
home's water supply system.
It seems to me that a quarter-turn valve with a biggish (typically
red) lever is most convenient type to use. It gives you good leverage
it doesn't look like it's going to break off. I have had bad luck with
multi-turn valves. Sometimes they are invonvenient to use if they are
hard to reach. the handles have broken on a number of occasions and
two main ones - the ones that control the water coming in - do not
shut the water off completely. So when replacing all of these, I was
planning on using the quarter-turn-big-lever types. So I am wondering
if my choice is sound and whether I am missing something.

Thank you in advance,

Aaron