I Just Read this on the Tubolito Web Page, I thought you should be informed. " Please note: Unmounted Tubolitos must not be inflated more than 0.5 bar/ 7 psi. Otherwise they may be deformed and might get defective "
Excellent review. The Tubolito is a great engineering feat in terms of its compact footprint and lightness. However, I see this products as more of a repair solution in case your regular tube fails in the back country. This is the reason I bought this product.
I wouldn't recommend using these right away but rather emergency tubes to get you going and back home or to your destination. I'm running tubeless so I have this for my road and mountain bike and since they are smaller and way lighter they are perfect for emergency backup. Once you get home deflate the tubolito roll it up and use it again. I wouldn't run $40-$50 inner tube on the daily especially for mountain biking since riding with lower pressure adds more grip but obviously will increase your chances of getting a pinched flat.
@@andresm6250 They run $35-$45 per tube which is a lot more than a regular inner tube which is around $6-$12. So running these every day as your daily inner tube is fine if you don't mind replacing them in the event of a puncture. My recommendation would be to use it as a back up. Light and compact to carry inside your saddle bag or backpack. But yeah they are find to run daily. Just a bit pricey.
Tubolito seem more prone to punctures than regular tubes. Also, by many reports they are more dificult to repair. They need special patches, which often do not stick. The potential for this product is there... but not quite yet.
thanks for review. for me, I think the butyl (regular) inner tube is better than TPU, easy to repair... once you're ride/onboard on your bike, no much different.
When these Tubolito's came on the market a few years ago I bought a pair to ride MTB on the Canary islands and it costed me a small fortune. So on the island I installed the Tubo's (and i know what I'm doing. First ride: gravel, rocks modest climb and decent. WITHIN 20 minutes the back Tubolito gave up. No punctures but just torned. And that for 40 euro's Per Tubo. It was a complete disaster. Even thin ultralight butyl tubes lasted on the same trails for more than two days 'till they completely exploded. Shure I got my money back for the pair after complaining about the lies in the advertisement. (2,5 times stronger than butyl) . Note: At that time Schwalbe had taken their version of these type of tube of the market and for a reason. Pffff this was just a complete disaster. Now after a few years the Chinese versions are cheap and I will try those and see if they will hold but Tubolito's I say it was just a scam at that time. (to early on the market ? )
Had my Tubolito stowed on my bike in a plastic bag, inside another stow bag. 6 months later I checked it and the seam had split. Never got to use it. Threw it away, garbage.
As long as you don't lose the rubber o-ring that is on the valve stem you should be fine. The company has since revised the threads so they don't tear as easily but I still recommend not over tightening the valve stem. After all it's metal and soft plastic is no match for metal.
I tried it. Got punctured twice. Difficult to repair even with their own patch. Feels no different from regular tubes. Using latex gives you a much more different feel. Too expensive. I have stopped using them.
Cost is too expensive ! Technology increase costs but doesn't help improve reliability and puncture ! Don't think how long the business model will last and sustain ?
So, the only real benefit is weight savings for the weight-wheenies out there. Other than that, all you get is a tube that costs three times as much and is also three times as hard to patch.
I Just Read this on the Tubolito Web Page, I thought you should be informed.
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Please note: Unmounted Tubolitos must not be inflated more than 0.5 bar/ 7 psi. Otherwise they may be deformed and might get defective
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Excellent review. The Tubolito is a great engineering feat in terms of its compact footprint and lightness. However, I see this products as more of a repair solution in case your regular tube fails in the back country. This is the reason I bought this product.
Exactly! Also bought it as a spare tube to take less space in a bike bag.
100%
I wouldn't recommend using these right away but rather emergency tubes to get you going and back home or to your destination.
I'm running tubeless so I have this for my road and mountain bike and since they are smaller and way lighter they are perfect for emergency backup. Once you get home deflate the tubolito roll it up and use it again.
I wouldn't run $40-$50 inner tube on the daily especially for mountain biking since riding with lower pressure adds more grip but obviously will increase your chances of getting a pinched flat.
How about on a commuter bike or road bike
@@andresm6250 They run $35-$45 per tube which is a lot more than a regular inner tube which is around $6-$12. So running these every day as your daily inner tube is fine if you don't mind replacing them in the event of a puncture.
My recommendation would be to use it as a back up. Light and compact to carry inside your saddle bag or backpack.
But yeah they are find to run daily. Just a bit pricey.
Great review. I totally agree with you. I also ended up with regular tubes after a while.
Tubolito seem more prone to punctures than regular tubes. Also, by many reports they are more dificult to repair. They need special patches, which often do not stick.
The potential for this product is there... but not quite yet.
I've had luck "patching" them with a drop of cyanoacrylate on the hole. Works for small holes anyway.
Took me 3 years of being Cliff channel fan to find out you have a English Channel😂
thanks for review. for me, I think the butyl (regular) inner tube is better than TPU, easy to repair... once you're ride/onboard on your bike, no much different.
Excellent review. Very valuable and informative! Keep up the excellent work!
When these Tubolito's came on the market a few years ago I bought a pair to ride MTB on the Canary islands and it costed me a small fortune. So on the island I installed the Tubo's (and i know what I'm doing. First ride: gravel, rocks modest climb and decent. WITHIN 20 minutes the back Tubolito gave up. No punctures but just torned. And that for 40 euro's Per Tubo. It was a complete disaster. Even thin ultralight butyl tubes lasted on the same trails for more than two days 'till they completely exploded. Shure I got my money back for the pair after complaining about the lies in the advertisement. (2,5 times stronger than butyl) . Note: At that time Schwalbe had taken their version of these type of tube of the market and for a reason. Pffff this was just a complete disaster. Now after a few years the Chinese versions are cheap and I will try those and see if they will hold but Tubolito's I say it was just a scam at that time. (to early on the market ? )
thanks for the review - but i REALLY want to know where you got that stand - please share
hey where did you get the stand?
Had my Tubolito stowed on my bike in a plastic bag, inside another stow bag. 6 months later I checked it and the seam had split. Never got to use it. Threw it away, garbage.
A decent review. Thank you.
Great review
Very nice video men! Keep it up
Thanks for the review! How sturdy was the removable valve on the S model?
As long as you don't lose the rubber o-ring that is on the valve stem you should be fine. The company has since revised the threads so they don't tear as easily but I still recommend not over tightening the valve stem. After all it's metal and soft plastic is no match for metal.
Great video. Thank you!
at what psi do you run?
Please tell me where you got that tool bag. Thanks
Great review thanks
Great Video !
We're can I buy this light tube
Nice review
I tried it. Got punctured twice. Difficult to repair even with their own patch. Feels no different from regular tubes. Using latex gives you a much more different feel. Too expensive. I have stopped using them.
Cost is too expensive ! Technology increase costs but doesn't help improve reliability and puncture ! Don't think how long the business model will last and sustain ?
I run tubeless and carry a Tubolito just in case.
Tubeless is even lighter and usually you don’t get flats.
So, the only real benefit is weight savings for the weight-wheenies out there. Other than that, all you get is a tube that costs three times as much and is also three times as hard to patch.
this is an Emergency tube not a every day use, go tubeless...
Lighter is always better.
After all lighter will always cost you on the long run.