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It's not as magical as people make it to be. Reduces the chance of pinch flats for sure, but it's still possible.
Depends on the application, chunky tires with low pressure work good. There's a learning curve to it, I can plug a tire way faster than swapping tubes. Wouldn't bother with road tires, too unreliable.
Netakure
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Very belatedly taken the plunge today, after many years of wondering
First tyre went up fine first time and seemed to hold pressure, as soon as I'd added sealant, with just two layers of tape and a track pump. At this point I was feeling v positive
Second tyre, which is older albeit very far from worn out, had no less than four punctures - where you could see sealant coming through the tyre - that had never punctured the inner tube beneath previously. One of these was pissing air and sealant, enough to stop the tyre getting high enough pressure to seat the bead. Added a dynoplug - thankfully I'd already bought these to stick in my bag in case of a puncture - and it seemed to work, although not immediately.
Eventually seemed to seal and it's held a few hours, time will tell if it lasts overnight. But it's definitely got me wondering if this going to have the opposite effect from intended - which was to reduce the chance of punctures. If the presence of the tube itself has seemingly prevented four punctures, one of which took a plug and a lot of time to seal, am I really going to get fewer punctures by going tubeless?