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Effetto Mariposa Caffelatex Sealant - 250 ml

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Caffelatex sealant is an innovative tire sealant and puncture preventive. This bottle is a 250ml refill.

Caffelatex has a built-in foaming agent that is activated by wheel movement so it fills the entire tire's cavity rather than just the outer circumference
By filling the entire tire, you get more effective protection against sidewall punctures
Fills approximately 5 tires
In order to use this refill, you must gave a Caffelatex injector, sold separately in 1of the Caffelatex conversion kits

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Effetto Mariposa Caffelatex Sealant - 250 ml Customer Reviews

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Effetto Mariposa Caffelatex Sealant - 250 ml

3.3

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67%

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Nov

2011

4.0

Effective flat prevention

By Greenfritos

from Colorado

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Effective

Cons

Messy

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Commuting/City
Mountain Biking
Road Biking

Comments about Effetto Mariposa Caffelatex Sealant - 250 ml:

I wanted to try an alternative to Slime for my tubes to prevent flats from goat heads and other nasties on the road or trails. I had a flat tube that I filled up with this product, pumped it up and rotated. I may have lost a little bit of pressure while it filled the hole, but not too much. Compared to Slime, you use less of this, plus with the foaming you don't have most of it sitting at the outer portion of the tube. It is not even noticable, where as I could feel the slim in my tubes/tires when I have used that. I can't speak for going tubeless since it would seem like a large amount of effort and possible mess to do the conversion, I am not running mtb tires at 30 psi either since I am mostly a road rider.

May

2011

1.0

Doesn't work

By JeffL

from Australia

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Doesn't work

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Comments about Effetto Mariposa Caffelatex Sealant - 250 ml:

This stuff doesn't actually work to seal punctures, regardless of the size.

At first, I thought I was just having bad luck with my riding conditions, but then I tested this at home by using a fine needle to puncture the tire. The sealant wouldn't even seal these tiny holes, whereas Stans would seal these (and larger holes) with no problems.

Oct

2009

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great product if used correctly.

By woods1966

from Mukilteo WA

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Pros

Great for punctures
Seals tubeless tires

Cons

Tricky install

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Road Biking

Comments about Effetto Mariposa Caffelatex Sealant - 250 ml:

Non-ammonia based synthetic latex sealant.

I'm running Shimano/Hutchinson tubeless road set up.

Caffe Latex seals up the tubeless set up fantastically and keeps them inflated much longer than without a sealant.

No punctures yet, but I'm expecting it to performe well based on the sealing it does during installation.