Sealer for tire flats-Green Slime, Flat Attack, Zefal or Fix A Flat for Bikes?

[FlatSix911]

Yup, running Slime tubes in my Marathons - from Walmart. Needed a tube, saw them on the shelf, and decided to give them a try.

That was about 9 months ago. So far so good! -Al

How long does the Slime stay in a liquid form to be effective?

 

[Tars Tarkas]

How long does the Slime stay in a liquid form to be effective?

According to their website, two years. I've had it in my tires almost that long and haven't had to add any and haven't had a single flat. It's water based, so I guess it dries out. Still guessing, you can probably just add more every couple of years, but as a practical matter, for me anyway, that's about the lifetime of my tires. I'm cheap, so I might reuse my tubes when I put new tires on, but best practice is probably to put new tubes in new tires, so it's kind of a moot point.

I have new tires and tubes waiting to be put on. I'm off work this coming week, so I might go ahead and put the new stuff on. I'm very interested to see if I see any little green blobs on the tubes where the Slime saved me from fixing flats. I'm pretty sure I'll see several.

TT

 

[bob armani]

Curious if anyone has tried the actual Slime inner tubes? I’ve seen them for sale at Walmart and Amazon.

Amazon.com

Yes. found them at Walmart on clearance and grabbed 4 of them. Put one on my wife's BH City bike and the other on my BH commuter. So far, no issues.
Side Note: I do have to say the rails to trails we ride have very low probability for tires going flat. The trails are maintained quite well and no "goatheads" here in the Midwest.

 

[harryS]

Some lowlife tossed this onto the sidewalk and I rode over it on Saturday. I don't see how it didn't cut the tire. Anyway, I happened to have a empty sandwich bag, so I picked it all up and took it to the trashcan.

 

[Deleted member 4210]

I prefer Zefal or Velox.