Those look pretty slick.

 

plasma in the superheated ionized gas sense or plasma in the gory blood sense?

 

Not exciting as either of those...

Tire Plasma Tubeless Sealant

Great sealant makes tubeless setup effortless and seals punctures before you even know they've happened. Paired with our Quick Fill Plasma Valves, you'll be set up for tubeless success in no time, without the mess. Specs: Latex and ammonia free. Seals up to 8mm holes instantly ( MTB ) Seals up...

www.ethirteen.com

 

These are cool although I've never had trouble injecting sealant into a tire through a presta valve stem after I remove the valve core. It's easy and not something you really have to do that often. Still I like blingy things like that so I'm in. It's like the Wolf Tooth pack pliers. Pretty cool but I have several pairs of "sawed off" chain link pliers that I go on Amazon for five bucks each that are lighter and do the job.

 

I will be buying these.

 

Valve wars. Good. Tiny presta is ill-suited to the realties of tubeless, namely setting beads...but also gunking up.

 

Couldnt agree more, Reserve Fillmore are the solution, expensive but hopefully some copies appear at some point.

 

I just use shrader valves...

 

Yeah. The Lord knows I like spending money on bike stuff...but the Fillmores are 50 bucks for a pair. That's a lot of money for what you get.

 

That $50 does buy you peace of mind knowing you can actually put air in the tire at any time without dealing with a stuck/clogged presta valve.

 

Still too much money! I'd rather deal with a clogged valve than succumb to unethical pricing.

 

I like the Filmore and just received 2 additional sets yesterday and have generally had bad luck with E13 products.

I did order a set of these Plasma's and after examining them, returned them.

 

The Reserve Fillmore valves are expensive, but amazing. For me, they are the gold standard for valve stems.

It's amazing how something so silly, like valves, can make such an in-use, real world difference.

Seating tires with a crappy floor pump, no problem. Clogged or restricted valves, not anymore!

 

The Reserve Fillmore valves are expensive, but amazing. For me, they are the gold standard for valve stems.

It's amazing how something so silly, like valves, can make such an in-use, real world difference.

Seating tires with a crappy floor pump, no problem. Clogged or restricted valves, not anymore!

Can seat my tires with Stans valves and a standard floor pump for half the price. And I don't have to feel bad about giving Reserve Wheels more money than they deserve. 😎

 

I have the previous version of e.13's valves and have been using them for years. I've been pretty pleased with them, though the 2 piece design they use (I assume these use a similar design) requires some attention to get them installed correctly withough leaks.

I'll pay $25 for valves. Won't pay $50 for the Reserve valves no matter how good they are. They're not twice as good as these, or 3x as good as the cheaper Stan's valves.

 

How much do they weigh? If they're lighter than the e13's I'm in.

 

Alright now guys, let's keep it on topic and don't bash each other please.

 

Valves will soon be like bottom brackets...A different standard for every bike!

 

I'm not seeing it...they fit in regular rims and have regular ends (presta).

Anyway, I like options that solve problems and these E13's, as well as the Reserves, do that. I'm interested...

 

The supplied presta valve with removable core that came with my XT front wheel works just fine. Same with the Sunringle rear wheel. Remove core, insert pointy nozzle of squeeze bottle, done. If it ain't broke, why fix it? Fools and their money are easily parted 🤣🤣

 

Hey, I resemble that remark! Seriously, though...I'm glad you've had good luck w/ the 2 wheels/valves. I haven't had such consistent luck w/ the 40ish wheels I've setup with tubeless over the years...

 

I've spent a lot more than 30 minutes messing with funky valves, which is more time than it take me to make Filmore money.

On the other hand I've only been on the bike 2-3x in the last 8 weeks due to a crushing work load, personal & professional. Time is of the essence at this point in my life.

It's all relevant.

 

A lot also depends on what sealant people are using. Stans Race just doesn't play nice with and valves with cores. I mean it's so good you can't inject it with any valve, it even seals up the injector.
The Fillmore valves at least don't become clogged though, and when popping tyres on at first, they just allow so much more air through.

 

I'm confused. In the video on e13's page, Aaron Gwin says it's easier than breaking the bead to add sealant. Why would you need to do that? I just remove the valve core (the same procedure as for the e13 valves) and add sealant. It would never even have occurred to me to break a bead to add sealant. What am I missing?

 

Some valves, like my Milkit, have another valve that supposedly prevents passing of sealant into the valve stem, except, that same valve makes it impossible to squeeze stan's bottles into the stem, you need a high-pressure syringe, which is just dumb IME to add sealant, so with these valves, it's easier just to break the bead, then run around and get a syringe and have to deal with that added BS.