Tire Repair Kits: What has worked for you?

Thanks! I have purchased the Viair air down gauge. I still need to buy a compressor, I am leaning towards the Napa but haven't made that purchase yet.

 

Check dis out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EVtW34U8Fw


After this, I got one and it's been a boss hog.

 

In a previous life vehicle (130k miles in 6 years) had the ARB dual compressor hardwire installed and it was always one thing or another. If not the solenoids or hose to the locking differentials or mice ate through the wires, but always something. On a one-way 2,300 mile trip from Arizona to Florida on I-10, the driver-side rear tire blew at 80mph in New Mexico. Replaced with spare and on the same trip, the passenger rear tire blew at 80mph in Texas. Thus, on a 7,000+ mile round-trip from Arizona to the Panama Canal and back, I thought to take two spare tires. NOT a single tire issue! NOT ONE!

The moral of the story, "Everyone has a plan until the first punch." -Mike Tyson

Thus, now I carry a Slime air compressor ($55), Slime tire repair kit ($8.97), Slime 4-way valve core tool ($2.96), and a $1 tire air gauge. It all fits in the original air compressor bag and I store it under the hood, held with a bungee cord, in the passenger rear corner where most hardwire install their air compressor of choice. While have NOT needed the repair kit, I have used the others numerous times without failure. By the way, I subscribe to removing the valve core to deflate each tire. Refilling the tires takes 1-2 minutes per tire longer than the ARB did. But those 1-2 minutes extra per tire is NOT noticeable, as I do NOT find refilling a race but a moment to stretch, reflect, and take in the drive just completed, and maybe something to eat.