I bought this on a whim before doing a 3000km trip. My buddy got a puncture in his rear tire coming off a gravel mining road near Hyder, Alaska, and we got the tire plugged in 20 minutes with this kit.
The plug lasted a couple hours before we had to ream it out and replug it (I don't think we pushed it in far enough, see photo). The second plug carried us all day until we got back to civilization and were able to install a replacement tire.
It would have been a very different trip, and much more expensive, if we didn't have this plug kit.
The thing is small, easy to fit under the seat of many bikes. The cylinder acts as the handle for the included reaming and plug-jamming rods. Pretty clever and it works well. It feels very solid, and was easy to work with. It wasn't difficult to get the plug "threaded" through the end of the plug-jamming rod.
For mine, I cut the instructions off the packaging and stuffed them into the cylinder around the two rods, inside the roll of gummy worm things.
A great improvement for the next version would be to include instructions on the cylinder, but there isn't much to remember after you've done this once.
Carry nitrile gloves on your bike too, these plugs are extremely gummy, as you'd expect.
Anyway, easy product to recommend.
| Product Dimensions | 160 x 130 x 1 cm; 110 g |
|---|---|
| Colour | Silver |
| Size | One Size |
| Material | Aluminum |
| Sport | Multi-Sport |
| Included Components | casing, insertion needle, reamer, 5 x 6mm plugs |
| Brand | Fri Concepts |
| Item Weight | 110 g |
