# Aggravated! Arrrgh! At ~ 5 mm fittings incompatible!
**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravated-arrrgh-at-5-mm-fittings-incompatible/30753
**Category:** General
**Created:** [June 6, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravated-arrrgh-at-5-mm-fittings-incompatible/30753 "2022-06-06T22:31:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Douglas](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Douglas)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravated-arrrgh-at-5-mm-fittings-incompatible/30753/1 "2022-06-06T22:31:21Z")
I bought that other brand’s Jar Sealer with 5 mm fittings. But they are just enough different that ANOVA ~ 5 mm fittings don’t fit tightly - and everyone has glued their tube and fittings together so I can’t even pull them apart and mix and match.
I am glad that I discovered the incompatibility with cheap $20 Jar Sealers, and not with a $100 set of glass vacuum storage containers.
So, off to the hardware store for plastic tube. Can you imagine how much such costs on a remote Island with one h’ware store?
Time for another glass of wine.
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### Author:  [@Douglas](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Douglas)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravated-arrrgh-at-5-mm-fittings-incompatible/30753/2 "2022-06-07T12:47:11Z")
After reconsideration, I am going to join the slightly different tubes with polyolefin heat-shrink tubing sealed with a dab of GOOP®
If anyone here is into 3-D additive printing, here is an opportunity, a market.
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### Author:  [@KyleMW](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/KyleMW)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravated-arrrgh-at-5-mm-fittings-incompatible/30753/3 "2022-06-07T14:47:36Z")
Is it possible the Anova fittings are 1/4inch (6.35mm) vice 5mm?
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### Author:  [@Douglas](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Douglas)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravated-arrrgh-at-5-mm-fittings-incompatible/30753/4 "2022-06-07T22:39:31Z")
I was able to insert the tube of one system into the lumen of the tube of the other system, and use the Jar Sealer to vacuum seal my sauerkraut.