I think compression fittings should be taken off the market and soldering of copper pipe taught in high school.
Then, everyone would maked soldered connections and there wouldn't be any more problems with compression fittings leaking.
The problem is that new home owners will avoid learning to solder and will opt for compression fittings instead. Then, once they do learn to solder, they have dozens of compression fittings in their house to deal with. Better they learn to solder right from the start. The earlier they learn to solder, the better, and the fewer compression fittings they have to deal with.
Think a pipe with water in it, water that boils and the steam blows through the solder joint, or a sealed system, where you cannot vent the expanded air and it blows the joint.
To me, it seemed like a reasonable place for a compression fitting.
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