I talked to a PEX manufacturer and was informed that you cannot bend PEX sticks. Only PEX that comes in a roll. Does this sound right?
The PEX in question is produced with the PEX-B manufacturing process (it has higher chlorine withstand, they call it PEX-R).
I bought 20 ft sticks...roll them into manageable roll and put them in my van....when I got home unrolled them and let them basically return to straight