Thanks for tuning in, this is The Sweet
Cyclists and today we're gonna be looking at
the Topeak Tubibooster tubeless tire
inflation system. With the rise of
tubeless tires on the market on both
road bikes and mountain bikes, there are a lot
more accessories aimed at making
tubeless tire installation and repair
easier. What we're looking at here is
Topeak's Tubibooster. This is designed
to make tubeless tire installation a lot easier by
providing you a high flow boost of air
when you want to install a tire to make
sure the beads actually fall in place.
It's a really cool idea and it's
essentially a portable air canister that
you can pump up with that standard pump.
The package is really simple, you have
their iconic yellow and white graphics
here. Really high quality graphics here
that shows the canister itself. It's
fairly compact as well as as you can see
from the size of the box. You have all
the instructions here as well as the
fact that it's two on one with the fact
that you can use the top as a CO2
inflator. I'll go ahead and take it out
of the package and we can review the
specs. It has as a 200 psi maximum limit and
retails for $70. It's aluminum and it's a
1000 CC capacity of air. What's
cool about this is while Topeak and a lot of
other brands have pumps that combine
this kind of feature for a high flow
boost of air with the pump itself, the Tubibooster you
actually can use whatever pump you want.
in conjunction with this. You can
even pump this at home and then take it
to a race event and pop up it and pump up
your air so it's a nice portable
solution. In the box we have that
two-in-one portion with the lid that
will connect here, it allow this be
inflated as well as allow you to use
this with a CO2 inflator. Then we have the
actual to be booster canister it's a
really nice piece of machined aluminum
with a nice glossy finish with Topeak
logo on here and warnings on here as well. As this
is a compressed air you also find the
instruction manual here which is
definitely recommend to look at
especially for this kind of device.
Now let's take a look at the weight of
the Tubibooster, first we'll look at
the CO2 head which you can obviously use
with your own CO2 canister, it
comes in out of 32 grams. Then we have
the Tubibooster canister itself and
that comes in at 844 grams so fairly
heavy but because it's aluminum it's
actually not as heavy as you would think
given the size. Now let's take a closer
look at the fit and finish of the Topeak
Tubibooster. It basically consists of two
parts you have the canister itself and
then the inflator portion. The canister
is a really nice aluminum it's fairly
light given the size and it easily fits
in a backpack or in the trunk of your
car if you have a race event. It
really replacing the need for having an
air compressor which most people don't
have in their house. Now the compressor the
tank portions pretty simple standard
tank, it's a thousand CC capacity with up
to 200 psi limit. Then you have the
inflator and this is why they refer to
it as a two and one, you can use this
inflator with any standard co2 canister
so it's a two-in-one device essentially.
Off camera I actually inflated this a
little bit just to show you. So this is
the inflator part of the to be booster
it's what you attach to your bike and
you can see it's a high flow of air
that'll instantly empty the canister.
This is compatible it's both
Presta and Schrader valves. The next item
you have on here is the dust cap so this
is what's covering up and protecting the
inflation portion which you attach a
standard bicycle pump to
and pump this up to a maximum
200 psi. It is really easy to use and then
with the dust cap on there it stays protects.
Now if they're completely empty, we'll go
ahead and remove the inflator portion.
Now obviously having compressed air you
do have to use caution so you don't you
don't want to remove this when it's at
200 psi as it can be dangerous. If we
take this off you have this nice
machined inflator portion, as I
mentioned this will work with any
standard CO2 canister and you can reuse
this for the CO2 canister and then pop
in and put on your Tubibooster when you
want to install a tire.
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So with the Tubibooster you just take
off the dirt cap, attach a standard pump
and we're gonna fill this up to the 160
psi from the pump. What's great about the
Tubibooster is that it's a portable solution.
Let's go ahead and fill it up.
Now that I'm up to pressure I simply remove the
pump head and replace the dust cap and I'm
ready to go. To make the installation
a little bit easier I'm gonna take a
little sponge with soapy water and run it
along the rim. That should help
the bead pop into place a little bit easier.
Now I'll take the Tubibooster, note I've
taken off the core as well just to make
it a little bit easier, and I'm gonna pop
it on here and hopefully the bead will
pop in place. As you just heard the bead popped in place
and it looks like it actually
is secured in. Now let's go over the pros and
cons for the Tubibooster. What I really
like about it is the premium build
quality and the aluminum finish. It really
feels well done and it looks really
premium. I also like that fact that the
inflator head can be used with CO2
canister so you get a two-in-one use
with it. I also I really like the fact that
it works with any bike pump so if you
have a bike pump you already like
you don't have to replace that, you can
use that in conjunction with a
Tubibooster which is also a
portable solution so you could take this
to any event and as long as somebody has
a bike pump it's compatible. Some of the
cons is the fact that it's quite
expensive, at 70 dollars you're starting
to approach the cheap air compressor so
if you do a lot of installs I would
recommend looking at a home air
compressor solution. Also it's a little
awkward to hold when you're inflating it.
Now they do sell a Tubibooster X version
of this as a flexible extension head,
however that cost a little bit more
money. I'm also a little surprised to
see no integrated pressure gauge so you
do have to attach the bike pump to see
what the pressure is. Taking everything to
account I would give the to Tubibooster
an 8.5 out of 10, I think it's a really
clever portable solution for tubeless
tire installation. Thanks for watching
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