Originally Posted by
staehpj1
I have had good luck with the Forte' (Performance house brand) patch kits and other house brand or no name ones. Generally they all look like they are all made by the same company. I have found the patches to last for the life of the tube if properly applied. Rema may be better, but I find the run of the mill patch kit to be good enough. It seems likely to me that if patches are failing regularly there is probably a problem with their application.
I've also had good results with other brands of patch kits, and even some that were not branded. I also believe it is how the tube is patched more than what is used to patch it.
I'm recovering from shoulder surgery, going stir crazy, and with nothing better to do I conducted a little experiment, a sample of one.
From the FWIW Department:
I put a REMA patch on one of my skinny 20 mm tubes and inflated it; this is not something I'd recommend in the real world. I then took a patch kit that was a give-away at a bike conference, and applied a patch, and again inflated the tire. I waited 3-5 minutes before putting air in the tire.
Side note: the glue in the first give-away patch kit I tried, where the glue had been opened, was dried out. I guess it is the nature of the beast
Conclusion: Both patches are acceptable and securely bonded to the tube, even after just a few minutes.
I would have complete confidence that both patches, even after over-inflating the tube, would last as long as the tube
Free patch.
REMA patch.
