Muc-Off Puncture Plug Repair Kit review £13.00

A compact and easy get-me-home kit for all kinds of tubeless tyres

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Liam Mercer

Mar 1 2021

Tools - portable

Overall

Quality

Performance

Value

What's good?

Pouch keeps crud off of the plugs
Really easy to use
Comes with plenty of plugs

What's not?

Extra plugs are a little pricey
Not a permanent fix

Buy if...

You're looking for a cheap and easy way of fixing your tubeless tyres

The Muc-Off Puncture Plug Repair Kit comes as part of the brand's expanding tubeless tyre range. It’s cheap and very easy to use, but it’s only a ‘get me home’ fix rather than a full-on repair, and spares are a little spendy.

In the box you get the tool itself along with five fat plugs and five thin plugs, all of which fit into the supplied bag.

Rather handily, the plug tool doubles as a reamer, so you’re not carrying too many extra bits with you. There’s a cover for the fork end to stop any surprise stabbings.

The Puncture Plug Kit is seriously easy to use. Simply find your puncture, ream the hole, pop the best-sized plug into the fork of the tool and jam it in (just leave a bit of the plug poking out).

After a quick shake or spin, any sealant left inside the tyre then finishes off the job, and you’re left with a perfectly sealed tyre.

It must be said it isn’t much of a repair, and more of an emergency patch. The plugs can be pulled out under braking, so they’re not something to rely on over multiple rides. However, that’s the case with most tyre plug tools, and not a specific problem with this one.

The Muc-Off Puncture Plug Repair Kit has found its way permanently into my bag. It’s small, light and its little pouch stops the plugs gathering up all the nasty that lives at the bottom of my pack. It’s quicker, easier and less messy than shoving in an inner tube, too. The only real downside is that replacement plugs are a little pricey at £5 a pack.

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Liam Mercer

Since beginning his mountain biking career while working as a resort photographer in Greece in 2014, Liam became a freelance contributor at off.road.cc in 2019. From there, he’s climbed the journalism job ladder from staff writer to deputy technical editor, now finding his place as technical editor.

Partial to the odd enduro race, heart rate-raising efforts on slim-tyred cross-country bikes, hell-for-leather e-MTB blasts or even casual gravel jaunts, there’s not a corner of off-road cycling where Liam fears to tread. With more than 40 bike reviews under his belt and hundreds more on MTB, e-MTB and gravel parts and accessories, Liam’s expertise continues to be cemented and respected by the industry.

4 comments

Liam Mercer 3 years 11 months ago

Absolutely! I've had a few squirm their way out, even when trimmed.

Prosper0 wrote:

The plugs aren't a permanent fix - really? That's a surprising note having used these things for years with no trouble.

tomi740i 3 years 11 months ago

If the carrier bag would be 1cm taller 2co2 cartridges could fit. But not.

ktache 3 years 11 months ago

I have one of these, I wanted something with more oomf, the little handle on my £5 one made it difficult to get the anchovie in. Have not used it in anger yet, but did have a go with the cheap one and after trimming was a fairly permanent fix.

Prosper0 3 years 11 months ago

The plugs aren't a permanent fix - really? That's a surprising note having used these things for years with no trouble.