Stan’s NoTubes has introduced DART, which is billed as an entirely new and better way to repair tubeless tyre punctures and slices that are 5mm or larger. The company notes that its Stan’s Sealant alone handles most punctures, ‘the DART makes the toughest tubeless tyre repairs fast, easy, and reliable for every rider.’
Unlike conventional plug tools, which function by pressing pieces of rubber or similar material into a puncture, Stan’s Dual Action Repair for Tubeless (DART) tool also reacts with Stan’s tyre sealant to fill the puncture and ‘create an airtight bond with the tyre’.
DART has a ‘dual action’ in its use of both mechanical sealing and chemical sealing. A barbed tip with special material mechanically anchors into the tyre and fills the puncture, while a ‘simple, safe compound chemically reacts with Stan’s sealant, creating the fastest, easiest, and most reliable solution for repairing and sealing slices and large punctures in tubeless mountain, road, and gravel bike tyres.’
A complete DART Tool, including two loaded DARTs, weighs only 15g. This is in part because the rod that presses DARTs into punctures is made of ‘ultralight, corrosion-resistant, and incredibly strong carbon’.
DART Tools come with a limited lifetime warranty. Both the DART Tool (MSRP: US$25) and DART Refill (MSRP: US$20) will be available for purchase beginning in late October.
