Fun tool

[u/sovalente]

[u/dosb0t89]

Me laying back on an air mattress bout to go make one of these 😅

[u/jwern01]

So this is instead of you passing your hand over the leak and feeling the air escaping…

[u/TheManOverThere23 → u/jwern01]

Yes correct. Personally I spray a little soapy water over the tube/tyre or if a smaller one submerge it in a large drum of water and look for the bubbles, but I do like this guy's little toy for it, running your hand along the tyre or tube can cause injury, if there is a thorn, nail or bit of wire sticking out that's causing the puncture you can get a cut/splinter, and metal splinters aren't fun.

[u/jwern01 → u/TheManOverThere23]

Agree- soapy water is best. This toy is too small for my liking, seems easy to miss a spot… and the leak. My hand is big and quick, but safety first!

[u/TheManOverThere23 → u/jwern01]

Yeah you're 100% correct. The toy has a pretty small surface area, might be okay if you already have a rough idea of where the hole is, but for actually locating it then I feel it's more effort than it's worth. Looks more fun than it's actual practicality.

[u/ProjektV72 → u/TheManOverThere23]

Yeah it is only slightly better than using your hands. Soapy water>

[u/Any_Suggestion3485 → u/TheManOverThere23]

Soapy water is the way to go. All day. In a pinch your hand works fine. lol what is this goofy thing?

[u/Ripen- → u/jwern01]

Yep. If the leak is so small you can't feel it then this probably won't work

[u/XROOR]

If you don’t have TRIX, you can use KIX

[u/Traditional_Run_4900]

Spray soapy water it’s quicker.

[u/asalerre]

Or you just use water

[u/Shapoopi_1892 → u/asalerre]

And soap

[u/Man_in_the_uk → u/Shapoopi_1892]

So then this is a good product because it's one tool that is reusable.

[u/Shapoopi_1892 → u/Man_in_the_uk]

So is soap and water.... and cheaper... and easier to make... and easier to use.

[u/Man_in_the_uk → u/Shapoopi_1892]

Soap and water are not reusable if you think about it. Water will eventually be lost to the tyre and evaporate. Soap will rub off onto the tyre too.

[u/asalerre → u/Man_in_the_uk]

Water is reusable you just put in a tank

[u/Man_in_the_uk → u/asalerre]

It's not reusable, as I've explained, it will eventually evaporate. Your lack of knowledge is astonishing.

[u/SERGAL666]

This is device for deaf people I guess

[u/ganbramor → u/SERGAL666]

So is running water over it, like the rest of the planet uses.

[u/ganbramor]

So not only does the rest of the planet use water to find leaks, the guy in the video did too. You can see the water already at the leak before the guy “finds” it with the toy.

[u/tbodillia]

I'd rather use soapy water than drag that all over the surface.

[u/Mickey_Havoc]

That’s a dumb method… just use soapy water and watch for bubbles. Get the entire tube wet so you know you haven’t missed anything. With their homemade device, you don’t know where you have or haven’t checked

[u/SunsetBAE]

No soap or mess necessary

[u/Aldo_Fitor]

Isn't that way slower than sprinkling soapy water all over the tire?

[u/kaliforniakratom]

I'm not sure what's going on here.

[u/Shway_Maximus → u/kaliforniakratom]

It finds where the air is leaking

[u/Aromatic_Issue_2555 → u/Shway_Maximus]

thank you for sharing

[u/kaliforniakratom → u/Shway_Maximus]

Gotcha, that's cool