| | |  |  Tubes | Home » » » » Slime Lite Tube Presta Valve Bicycle Tube (700c x 19-25mm) | | | | | | | Description: | | The SLiME Lite Tube combines a lightweight butyl tube with a revolutionary breakthrough in sealant technology that prevents punctures up to 1/8" (3mm). This feather-weight tube with "SliME Lite" sealant weighs the same or less than standard tubes. | | | Features: | |
• Feather-weight tube
• Instantly seals punctures
• Prevents Flats
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 6.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.25 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 2.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 15 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 No does not self heal, not worth the extra moneyFeb 16, 2010
By Reviewer
"Reviewer"
I ride 100+ miles per week. There are times where I've had 4 flats per ride. I figured I would try the slime product. This slime lite tube doesn't work very well. Also, one rating commented on how the green slime marked where the hole is so it was easy to find the leak and patch it. However, that rater also noted,that they cleaned the area and patched it, but the patch didn't hold. This leaking of the patch was my experience as well. If you end up with a hole or puncture and the slime doesn't work, and then attempt to patch it, the slime eventually pushes under the patch. Then the patch doesn't hold. The patches I used were slimes own green self stick patches! Years ago, I found that the Parks clear patches work very well. I just found them again and appreciate how well they work. I recommend the parks clear patches. The big difference is that patches are inexpensive and you can put a few in your wallet. The slime is not effective. This idea is nice, but unfortunately it doesn't work well.
In general, after a few flats (say about 10) you get very good at patching a hole in a tube. I can usually find the hole and patch with out even taking the wheel of the bike. It takes maybe 5 minutes. Years ago, (35) sears roebuck used to sell a heavy duty tube. As a kid I was tough on bikes and the tubes held up. I think you may be better off trying heavier gauge rubber tubes rather than waste money on this product.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
If it can't plug a goat head hole, what will it plug?Jun 05, 2011
By John H. Henderson
I don't know if I've ever given one star to a product before. I REALLY wanted to believe in these. I read the reviews from others about how they didn't work and told myself that their expectations must have been way out of line. Not so.
A little over two years ago, I moved from Central Florida to Southern New Mexico and was introduced to the bane of cyclists - the goat head. These ubiquitous multi-pronged thorns always present a thorn sticking up. As a heavy rider (200 lbs), I have an unusually hard time with flats. Riding my Rubino Pros with conventional tubes, I seriously alternated days riding with days patching tires. I became VERY frustrated, and started looking for solutions:
1) Fill your tubes with a sealant such as Slime or Stan's. You need to buy removable core tubes to inject the sealant, and until recently, I didn't know of any (my old shop back in FL pointed out that Vittoria markets them in the US). Or buy a tube with the sealant already installed such as this product.
2) Get extra heavy tubes, extra thick tires or insert thick protective strips. Even if you're not a weight weenie, (and if you are, rotational weight is the worst kind), these products really add to the rolling resistance. I didn't buy decent high thread count tires to ruin the rolling resistance with tire strips.
3) Probably the best option, but very expensive, is to convert to tubeless with a sealant. Stan's Notubes has a kit to seal conventional road rims and install a tubeless tire.
My research indicated that sealant like Slime (vs. the latex sealants) have fibers that should seal better, and don't dry out in the tube needing replacement. The Slime tubes seemed just like the answer. The goat head holes or tiny. If the Slime won't seal those, they won't seal anything.
In short, I've been trying to give them a chance for almost six months, and I'm done with them. They get flats as frequently as any other tube (although that was to be expected), but never sealed up while on the road. It's kind of like bleeding - you have to bleed out some before the coagulation sets in. So when you get a flat, you ask yourself if you want to stop every mile and reinflate the tire, hoping that it will eventually seal, or just stop and change the tube. My experience quickly indicated that I was better off just stopping to change the tube. On one or two occasions, I could play with the tube over a few days out of the tire in the garage, reinflating it and sloshing it around, eventually getting it to seal on its own. Most of the time however, I just patched it. I think another reviewer said that the most useful thing the sealant does is mark where the hole is.
I believe that the tube is just too flexible to seal, as even the smallest hole stretches open under pressure. Tubeless tires are supposed to be working well with sealant, but I suppose that because the tire tread is thicker and less stretchy, allowing the sealant to work.
As for the actual product, one plus is that it DOES have a removable core. I checked the brand to see who they acquired them from, and they were branded as Slime. One disadvantage is that they only come with a long stem, which looks lame if you're not running deep profile rims (but obviously reduces the number of different products they need to provide).
Other than not working, a bad feature is the mess they make every where. I've had trouble with the valve not leaking because of the sealant in it, and am getting sealant in my pump head despite trying to follow the instructions for positioning the wheel when inflating. Another distraction is when I patch the tire, and want to roll it up to put back in my seat pack as a spare, and the sealant, of course, wants to push up to the valve with the air and out of the valve.
As expected, most of my holes have been the tiny goat head holes. If these won't seal those, I don't see how they will work with anything larger. I really wanted these to work, but am utterly disappointed. Maybe the non-lite version works better. I don't know.
The finance committee (wife) finally noted my frustration, especially when riding long rides with a friend and having to cut the rides short as I dealt with flats. She agreed with my trying the Stan's Notubes conversion kit with the Hutchinson Intensive tires. I've been riding at least one converted tire for two months now (on the rear, where I have the flats nine out of 10 times) without any problem, including riding the Santa Fe Half Century (where I got a goat head flat on the FRONT where I still had the Slime tube and my old Rubino Pro tire). After that ride, I converted the front, and for the last two weeks, it hasn't caused any problems.
I would like to say that your experience may be different, but I doubt it.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Junk - 4 tubes, all split, use regular slime tube or slimepro NOT LITENov 14, 2011
By M. Hayner
"Truth Time"
Over the course of 45 days I went through 4 slime lite tubes. 3 of them split, 1 other worked for about 30 days and then that split. I DO NOT RECOMMEND slime lite tubes. I would recommend either get the regular slime tubes, deal with the minor extra weight (or) get the slime pro, deal with putting it into the tube (videos on youtube or(...) and keep on rolling. Don't get me wrong, I've bee running Slime Tubes for years and without too much issue at all, but these slime-lite tubes are BS.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 No More Changing or Patching Tubes on a RideSep 13, 2011
By J. Gary Casey
"Family Man"
I use the slime lite in conjunction with Continental Touring Plus tires and I haven't changed a flat in almost two thousand miles. I highly recommend the slime lite for commuters, high mileage cyclist, or anyone who doesn't mind a little extra weight for the convenience. The only potential problem I can see is if you travel or ship your bike and need to let air out of the tires. The slime can come out and clog the valve, making it difficult to re-inflate or judge the air pressure while inflating. I encountered this with slime tubes and schrader valves on my mountain bike.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Horrible ProductJul 04, 2011
By PMJ
This is just a horrible product. It works no better than a standard tube. When it does flat and one tries to repair it the slime will come spewing out of the tube when pumping air into the tire to find said puncture. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS JUNK! Also the glueless patches don't work either. The worst part? I bought 6 of these tubes and each failed as described. This product DOESN'T WORK, DOESN'T WORK, DOESN'T WORK!
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