Is an inner tube an inner tube?

[rich p]

These seem remarkably cheap compared to many other better known brands like these.
Any opinions?

 

[smutchin]

Blimey, they are cheap.

As for quality... don't know, but they can't possibly be any worse than Specialized inner tubes, which cost a lot more than that.

 

[Crackle]

They look better quality than the normal leaky/dodgy ones you carry.

 

[ianrauk]

I actually thought about buying some of them yesterday, but stuck with the Continentals. There are a couple of poor reviews.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've just ordered some so I'll let you know! I have one LifeLine product, a track pump, which was cheap but is also very good.

 

[rich p]

It doesn't seem that long ago Wiggle were doing 10 Continentals for £25 but the price of tubes seem to have been inflated

 

[rich p]

They look better quality than the normal leaky/dodgy ones you carry.

It was a dodgy tyre - twice, FYI

 

[rich p]

I actually thought about buying some of them yesterday, but stuck with the Continentals. There are a couple of poor reviews.

This was the review I saw
Que peso aproximado tienen las camaras, y si estan preparadas para meterles 8 kg de presion. un saludo

 

[Alexvs]

I bought these a little while ago and they were then £9 for 6 which really was a bargain. Since using them I was getting through one on each ride whether long or short and always on the same tyre, the front one. I've now had a puncture on all 6 of them and think the longest lasted about 130 odd miles over 2 rides where I think I got lucky. I repaired one the other night with a Park glueless patch to find it was flat by the morning again and so tried pumping it up again to leave over night outside of the tyre and it exploded on me. I won't be buying these or the Park glueless patches again as they both seem useless and worse as a combination.

The whole time I got through this pack of 6 I've had the same continental tube in my rear tyre which I would've expected to die at some point through all of these punctures I was picking up. I also changed from my Michelin Pro 4 tyres I was running to my stock Specialised Espoir tyres thinking it was an issue with the tyres which doesn't seem to be the case after getting further punctures since changing back.

It may be a case of a bad batch or I've been unlucky but either way I've never had so many punctures using other tubes. Think I'll be going with the Specialised pack at Tredz to replace them unless any other deals on branded tubes come up.

 

[Dave Davenport]

Bought some a couple of months ago, seem ok to me.

 

[Rob3rt]

I bought these a little while ago and they were then £9 for 6 which really was a bargain. Since using them I was getting through one on each ride whether long or short and always on the same tyre, the front one. I've now had a puncture on all 6 of them and think the longest lasted about 130 odd miles over 2 rides where I think I got lucky. I repaired one the other night with a Park glueless patch to find it was flat by the morning again and so tried pumping it up again to leave over night outside of the tyre and it exploded on me. I won't be buying these or the Park glueless patches again as they both seem useless and worse as a combination.

The whole time I got through this pack of 6 I've had the same continental tube in my rear tyre which I would've expected to die at some point through all of these punctures I was picking up. I also changed from my Michelin Pro 4 tyres I was running to my stock Specialised Espoir tyres thinking it was an issue with the tyres which doesn't seem to be the case after getting further punctures since changing back.

It may be a case of a bad batch or I've been unlucky but either way I've never had so many punctures using other tubes. Think I'll be going with the Specialised pack at Tredz to replace them unless any other deals on branded tubes come up.

LOL! What did you expect?

 

[e-rider]

low quality inner tubes are a waste of time - however, without inspecting these who knows how good they are???

 

[ianrauk]

I bought these a little while ago and they were then £9 for 6 which really was a bargain. Since using them I was getting through one on each ride whether long or short and always on the same tyre, the front one. I've now had a puncture on all 6 of them and think the longest lasted about 130 odd miles over 2 rides where I think I got lucky. I repaired one the other night with a Park glueless patch to find it was flat by the morning again and so tried pumping it up again to leave over night outside of the tyre and it exploded on me. I won't be buying these or the Park glueless patches again as they both seem useless and worse as a combination.

The whole time I got through this pack of 6 I've had the same continental tube in my rear tyre which I would've expected to die at some point through all of these punctures I was picking up. I also changed from my Michelin Pro 4 tyres I was running to my stock Specialised Espoir tyres thinking it was an issue with the tyres which doesn't seem to be the case after getting further punctures since changing back.

It may be a case of a bad batch or I've been unlucky but either way I've never had so many punctures using other tubes. Think I'll be going with the Specialised pack at Tredz to replace them unless any other deals on branded tubes come up.

How did you apply the patch?
They work perfect if you use them correctly.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

How did you apply the patch?
They work perfect if you use them correctly.

I've said it elsewhere. Park patches. Wunnerful.

 

[Sittingduck]

I have some of the Lifeline ones and no complaints from me. Not about the innertubes anyway...