Park Tool VP-1 Vulcanizing Patch Kit

I ride Continental 700C tires and only had and old patch kit that I did not want to trust, I also bought 4 new Kenda tubes that are now formulated with a better material which is supposed to hold high pressure longer. I may, or may not have to use this repair kit. We shall see.

Old patches were not holding, maybe from aging out. These are working fine with the high pressure (#130) road tires (25s). These are holding with no further problems.

Easy to carry and easy to use. Perfect.

This patch kit has a variety of sizes that work on road tubes from 23mm to 32 mm.

Other patch kits have only the larger sizes which don�t fit on 23mm tubes

A step up from the GP 2. For tube tears and a little larger holes. I carry both.

Its a patch kit! Stops the leak and on you ride. Easy to use and I like much better than those goofy sticky clear patches that are out there. This works!

Just to keep around for when your spare tube also flats. In that case I use this patchkit. But be aware the fluid tends to dry out after some. You never know when so I just replaces the whole kit once a year.

It's a patch kit ...

what can I say??

Their delicious.

I have several of these and use them when needed. Easy to use, and they work.

Patched tubes are a necessity in Portland as the roads consistently have glass, staples, wire from auto tires and a variety of other things to cause a flat.

This patch kit works perfectly!

Glue, patches, sandpaper in the most compact kit I've found. I run through one of these a year commuting 22mi/day all year round in PDX. Good quality glue and patches. Thanks to the small box I can fit the patch kit, spare tube, two irons, 10 bucks, my cell phone, C02, and a pair of nitrile gloves in my 30 cube inch seat bag no sweat (ok - a little sweat).

Finally an integrated air containment solution everyone in the whole family can agree upon. Crisp, aerodynamic and responsive, the VP-1 has all the patching power where you need it without any of the fuss.

Easy to pack

If I get a flat that can be fixed, I'll pop in a new one on the ride and use this kit to repair and reuse the tube. works great.

Have used once, worked fine

Use to patch tubes when needed.

I rarely use this patch kit because I don't get a lot of flats but it always works when I help someone stranded on the roadside who doesn't have a spare tube. On the few tubes of my own that I have patched, if I get a leak it isn't at the patch. Not much more that you could ask for.

Planned to ride for 100 miles preparing for an Ironman,got a flat tire twice,I used the vulcanizing patch and was back on the road in a few minutes.

Nice to have if I get a flat tire out on the road!

I've patched one hole so far with this kit, and it seems to be a good patch.

Pretty basic stuff here. What you would expect in an old-school tire patch kit.