I just bought new wheels and tyres which I will be setting up tubeless. After watching a couple of YouTube reviews I bought Finish Line sealant. It claims to remain liquid and last the life of the tyre. I just found another review which contradicts the conclusion of the others and suggests it is pretty poor at sealing punctures.
Does anybody have experience of Finish Line? Whats your recommendation for sealant ?
I like Orange Seal and Panaracer Seal Smart. the former is great at sealing porous casings , the latter better at sealing punctures and cuts. Both good at both
I've used Orange Seal and I thought it was great. I'm running Stan's regular with glitter and so far so good. No big Stan's boogers yet. If I had to choose between the two I'd go with Orange Seal.
If you use the Finish Line sealant be aware that it's not latex based so if you want to use Stan's Dart plugging system (which is awesome), it won't work as it needs latex.
Finish line was garbage on whatever tire/rim combo I used at the time.
Orange Seal works well. Stans works but clogs up my injector syringe, which I gather means it will seal up punctures better than Orange Seal. It also smells worse.
I ran out of sealant and have some Joe's Eco stuff on order.
I bought some Joe's because it was cheap and I needed to do a couple fat bikes. I am impressed with it. Plan to use it on my MTB and gravel bikes.I think it is better than Stan's, can't say yet if as good as Orange Seal.
I use Orange Seal on my mountain bikes and gravel bike. It seems to work great. It would occaisionally clog my valve stems but spraying them with tri-flow seems to keep them free from sealant.
Thanks folks. Anybody tried Stan's Tufo Extreme? I'm new to the tubeless scene and I bought a couple of 50ml bottles to carry with me in case of flats on my tubular tyres. The instructions suggest this is not for putting into the tyres to prevent flats but for sorting the issue after a puncture. Am I right or any other thoughts? Thanks for all the replies so far. Really appreciated!
I don't thing Stan's and Tufo are the same company. I believe it's a latex based sealant like Stan's but as you say, made for tubulars. Perhaps it's not recommended to put into tires because it dries too quickly. Personally, I'd just stick with Stan's or Orange seal and if you want a bit more protection against bigger punctures, put some glitter in the sealant as a particulate.
I seemed to have never had good luck with Stan's. All my riding buddies swear by it but it never did me any good. I switched to Orange Seal to test on the gravel and I've been thoroughly impressed.
That said, I like the list of other sealants here that I haven't heard of before. Good list to keep handy for when the Orange stuff runs out.
I’m using Squirt sealant these days and really like it. Panaracer Smart Seal is also very good. Orange Seal is good but expensive. The best tape I’ve used ever is by Whiskey Components.
