Mr. Coffee
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I ordered new slime tubes to keep in stock in the garage that are the heavy duty type (they call them "super thick" which made it a bit hard for me to find them online, since I was using "heavy duty" as a search term. I don't have any loaded on a bike yet, so it will be a while before I can give an update of any kind about the heavy duty slime tubes....
The super thick slime tubes (and you can get non-slime super thick tubes as well) are certainly awesome for preventing flats. The downside is that they are enormously heavy. I experimented with them last year and finally decided that the extra flat protection was not worth the extra weight which dramatically worsened both handling of the bike and range. This was on a 2017 Pedego Interceptor.
A better way to get nearly as much flat protection is to install a good tire liner like a Mister Tuffy or a Rhinodillo.