Dynaplug Dynaplugger bicycle tubeless repair tool

The puncture happened where it happened. And I'm currently reviewing the Hunt 650b wheelset. Are you suggesting the site shouldn't review a British product that consistently rates highly with reviewers and consumers? There may be some confirmation bias in your use of 'continuous'. 

OK, "continuous" was exaggerated, but I didn't say anything about reviewing. Besdies, the article reviews Dynaplug, not Hunt wheels. The liberal display of the Hunt logo in articles that are not about Hunt wheels is manifestly a form of promotion. Regardless of the quality of Hunt wheels, this goes against the many excellent wheel builders in Britain who don't happen to have the marketing power that Hunt have.

'liberal display' and 'manifestly a form of promotion' seem to be saying that I (or nefarious editorial/marketing forces unseen) somehow planned this. It had nothing to do with me bouncing down a heavily-berocked estate track at the edge of control, and whanging the back wheel off a lump of billion-year-old Scottish granite that was minding its own business.

Are you saying I should have photoshopped out the Hunt logo?

Also, you do realise that the thing that pays for this site to give you reviews like this for free is ... drumroll ... 'advertising'? All these other UK wheel brands have the option to purchase advertising, and to send their no doubt excellent products for review. The two are explicitly separated, as Tony has said many times. Hunt or Dynaplug (or anyone else) have nothing at all to do with the editorial process.

Sorry Mike, but you continue to respond to points I never made. This is not about the puncture or its location being genuine or not. It is not about nefarious forces. It is, more simply, about the obvious visibility of this particular brand which - to me at least - seems a bit unnecessary.

It's great that Hunt (and others) purchase advertising as of course I understand that the money for the site has to come from somewhere (including from subscribers like me), and I'm fine with explicit adverts, but all I'm really saying is that their logo seems to be all over the place and that this amounts to extra promotion -- and it is mildly annoying that it makes it look as if they're the only wheel brand around in Britain, to the detriment of so many brilliant wheel builders who are simply not in a position to purchase advertising.

I've used Stan's darts and was not super impressed. They're constructed with a plastic sharp tip in front of a cloth skirt. I think the cloth part is meant to lodge in the tyre wound and seal it. However the few times I've tried to use a dart, the cloth part rips off with the force of insertion and remains uselessly outside the tyre. 

Hmm, I've had better results, but maybe I was just lucky. I used the darts twice and both times they plugged the hole fine, although it was on chunky 42mm tyres, rather than normal road tyres, so I'm not sure if this made a difference.

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Surprised the article doesn't mention Stan's darts as an alternative. (And yes, the continuous Hunt advertising is really annoying.)

I remember when I was a child, Blue Peter always used to have to cover up any product logos on the washing up liquid bottles et cetera they used to make things out of, so the BBC couldn't be accused of advertising. I think we've come on a bit since then, if the guy is using Hunt wheels when he is also reviewing this product, what's the problem? If he was using Bora Campags would he be accused of advertising those? There really are more important things in the world to get annoyed about.

(But if Hunt wheels really do give out wheelsets in exchange for internet mentions, lads, let the record show I'm your man!)

They work fine on road tyres - the carcass of a road tyre is thinner than an MTB tyre, that's for sure. 
The only consideration is that you need to take care not to stab down into your rim tape. Having some air in a small tyre definitely makes it easier, so you may want to reinflate as much as possible before stabbing.

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The end is rounded, so I would hope that the tape wouldn't get damaged. I have used the darts a few times on a mavic yksion (never buying those again !) and you do have to push hard if the pressure is low and it helps to squeeze the sides.

The brass end stops the rubbery bit being pushed out which I found a problem on the basic kits which are made by various suppliers. Also I did have a strange noise which I finally tracked down to the brass end coming off and tinkling against the inside of the rim !

I've only had to use my Dynaplug Racer (same design with the rounded/pointy tip) once on a rear tyre (can't remember which type, but it was either 25 or 28mm) and it worked like a dream. I didn't bother cutting down the excess on the outside of the tyre as I figured it would get worn away quickly enough and I didn't notice any issue with having the metal tip left on the inside of the tyre.