Tyre Slime / Gel

[Spinal]

Has anyone had experience with the puncture gel (slime in halfords) that gets squeezed into tyres?

Looks like it has a lot of advantages based on the adverts... but what are the downsides?

Thinking of putting some in all 10 tyres for the Mongol...

EDIT: Ultraseal seems to get better reviews than slime as it doesn't have a speed limit.. any advice?

 

[tomwest]

it works for thorns and nails, but not for big slices. i think the biggest pucture it will "fix" is about 1/8 inch.

 

[Spinal]

That's not too bad then... any negatives?

Saw a video of one of the products keeping a tyre inflated after being shot by an ak47, which I hope wont happen to us Going to see if I can get a company to sponsor us then; would be good to get something mutually beneficial there...

M.

 

[frank]

That's not too bad then... any negatives?

widely used on ride-on mowers and bicycle,s but they dont cruise at 60mph +
you would have serious balance issues with half a litre of green snot sloshing about in a car tyre

 

[Spinal]

Found one that is rated to the same speed as mousse (which was my alternative... but mousse is just so expensive, especially when fitted to 10 wheels) that does US army vehicles and rallies... should do the trick

Will post comments here in due course.