Cash Acme UC532LF Swivl Elbow 0.5 x 0.5 in. F Bulk

We used these fittings at work. Have had numerous leaks. And if we tighten them to stop the leaking, the conical gasket rips. It is NOT a replaceable part per the manufacturer. So we end up having to replace the entire part. We will never use these again. So far, we've had at least 6 of them go bad. Company should sell a pack of replacement gaskets. :(

You can clearly see even in the product description picture right here on SharkBite's website that this will not seal. The cone shaped rubber seal has been shortened on this new version for some reason and even when you tighten it all the way the seal never makes contact with the inside of the pipe you are connecting it to. I sawed a fitting in half on my band saw to see a cross section of how it is made and it is very obvious to see the design flaw. I've been using this swivel elbow from SharkBite for years with no problem but for some reason they recently decided to reengineer it and now it leaks straight out of the packaging. My guess is some new engineer designed this product without a full understanding of the application and that new design somehow passed QA and made it to production and now there's millions of them at hardware stores all across the country that do not work. Hopefully SharkBite reengineers and retools this product at the factory but unfortunately we'll have to wait for the existing inventory to sell off before we see the new product. I will keep checking the isle at the hardware store until I see the issue fixed on this product. Until then I'm just using a straight through swivel adapter with a fixed 90 elbow. Hope they fix and rerelease this product soon.