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Your cart is empty.Stan's Dual Action Repair for Tubeless (DART) to fix damaged tires faster, easier and better than existing plug tools. While traditional tire plugs try to wedge rubber strips into a puncture, the DART creates a chemical reaction with your Stans sealant to quickly form a permanent airtight bond. The DARTs plastic tip is barbed to anchor firmly in place and stay put during even the most aggressive riding while being safer for rims, rim tape, and your hands. The material of the DART is also more flexible, and its laser-cut shape is optimized to contour to the shape of different punctures, maximizing surface area to increase the sealing reaction. Because the DART anchors to your tire and creates an instant bond with your sealant, it also wont pull out while riding the way a conventional plug can. One of the best features of the DARTs design is that it doesnt require trimming once inserted, and excess material wont get in the way of your ride. DARTs cant be felt while riding, even on road tires, and they wear smooth naturally.
OutdoorExplorer
2025-09-06 12:31:16
Recently tore a side knob loose on my rear Maxxis Recon tire (29 x 2.60; 120 TPI) while on a trail ride and used this to plug the tear along the length of the tire knob, which was a few millimeters, and too large a tear for a normal bacon strip.After inserting the Stan's dart/plug, it took a few spins of the tire, adding a few PSI, then spinning the tire again several more times, but the Stans Dart plugged the tear as claimed with minimal sealant loss. When I got home, I let the dart/plug and tire set so that the sealant pooled in the bottom of the tire on top of the tear, and the next morning there was a small amount of sealant that had leaked out, but the tire was fine to ride on that same day with no more leaks or tire pressure loss. After almost 4 weeks and a dozen trail rides, there hasn't been any sealant leaking or tire pressure loss, so the tear seems to be permanently sealed, which I'm very happy about because MTB tires aren't cheap.I use Stan's tubeless sealant in my MTB tires and don't have any experience with whether these darts/plugs work with other tubeless tire sealant brands, and Stan's is fairly explicit about the plugs being specifically designed for their brand of tubeless sealants, so keep that in mind.My only compliant is that the Stan's Dart (and the refills) are pricey, but they're still cheaper than purchasing a new tire. I plan to keep the Stan's Dart in my tubeless repair kit for any future large tears/punctures.
AzDuffer
2025-08-30 15:09:21
I got a slice in my gravel tire that was about 5mm on the surface and maybe 2.5mm on the interior that just wouldn't seal, even after having the shop repair it. I had ordered the DART tool, but it hadn't arrived yet when the incident occurred. But after getting the bike back from the shop and getting a face full of sealant for the second time when it blew out, I tried the DART. I had trouble inserting the DART into the hole and actually had to expand the hole slightly to allow the DART to penetrate. Then I added about an ounce more Stans sealant (since much of it had blown out), pumped up the tire and spun it, stopping with the DART patch down. It took a minute or two to stop bubbling, but that was it. I've put 90 miles on it since then with pressures from 40 to 55 lbs on a variety of surfaces, with no further leaking from the patched spot.Note that you have to be very careful when inserting the DART to push straight in or the DART could break. You also have to make sure that the tip of the DART is inside the tire before you withdraw the tool, or the DART will just fall out.It took me about 15 minutes to do this repair, but having done it once, I'm pretty sure I could do the repair in the field in less that 5 minutes. Now besides a pump I carry the DART tool with two darts, a small tube of sealant, & a metal tool to expand the puncture if the DART won't quite fit.
xalos1
2025-08-26 17:26:59
I must admit I was skeptical at first... I had tried bacon strips and other solutions with mixed results... Boy, was I wrong about this product. Holy smokes, they work great! They have saved my ass 3 times from the walk of shame. I ride MTB, so I can't talk about road bike results, but in the mountain, so far this year I've had 2 side wall slashes/punctures and one thread puncture. In one case I thought I would use a bacon strip (cheaper) and after messi g with it for 10 min or so, I decided to just use the stans dart, what a difference... It is easily and seals in a matter of seconds, yes seconds. I usually wait about a minute before I add air just to give the dart enough time to bond.I have a single tire now with 3 plugs and it is still going strong, yes I am still riding it, but is holding, so why not.Short story... Highly recommend, just buy it, you won't be disappointed and will be very glad when it saves you from a long walk.
Zubeyir
2025-07-29 12:59:51
I've used stans products for years. I was excited about the Dart. It's compact an nicely contained. It looks like it makes sense. Until I got a flat. It's easy to apply but then takes a lot of care to get the dart to seal. Once sealed, it starts leaking again. The second flat I got was likely a direct result of low air pressure from the first repair not sealing. UGH. The second one just wouldn't stay sealed. Even with 2 Darts it was a struggle. These were small 5-7mm punctures, exactly what the Dart is supposedly made for. At $4 per Dart I was $12 in at this point. I even added more sealant with limited success. I've never had such issues with regular bacon strips. They're a little clumsy but they're cheap and they work.
I am a real reviewer. Not some Review Bot
2025-06-17 17:02:25
Exactly as my title says.Batting record for the stans dart:Success = 1xmtb flat (thorn) , 1x gravel tire (unknown but small'ish)Failure = 1x Road (small staple) wouldn't seal, had plenty of stans in the tire. Had to put a tube in.Pro's: Well I guess it works well with lower pressure tubeless like mtb/gravel.. Road not so much for meCons: The freaking size of this thing. There is absolutely no reason for it to be as big as it is. In the world of us trying to cram everything we can into a saddle bag or jersey pocket this thing waste way too much space compared to other darts/plugs. Why on earth is it that big? I mean I guess they are figuring leverage when you are plugging the tire, but I'd be happy to give up leverage for space savings in my saddlebag / jersey pocket. I guess if you are a dude bro on the trail with a camel bak its all good but for road/gravel..heck no.Also cons: is the price. It's about 10.00 too expensive.
Cla
2025-04-16 14:11:37
Kit perfetto foratura MTB, facile da usare.
Heino
2025-04-03 10:31:45
Leider fehlen beim Produkt die kleinen weißen Widerhaken, denke nicht das der Dart ohne die Haken halten wird.Geht leider zurück
ORANGE
2025-02-18 16:23:07
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Mr Paul John Wallace
2025-02-02 10:34:34
Two attempts at puncture two broken push shafts on toolAfter seeing many poor reviews of dart tool and my reservations, my impossible to fit tubeless wheel/tyre combination without hair drier, left my spare inner tube solution inadequate I thought I had a plan against the dart tool breakages many people are experiencing by carrying a bradawl tool which I would use to quickly seal air loss to keep tyre seated to give me time to set up dart tool, the bradawl would then be used to push further into tyre to expand hole to hopefully help dart tool work,After first ride on new tyres which took a nail size thorn provided chance to test the approach, large thorn removed , hole plugged with bradawl, pushed fully in to enlarge hole , then came the dart tool two careful attempts broke both rods on tool, I will grind down bradawl to use as pushrod on plugs, I checked Stans dart video, their tyre had a shard of glass and the wording was for large hole, the box says LARGE holes, Obviously a bradawl hole is not big enough,, nor would bradawl seal air for hole size dart tool was designed for. This tool is still rubbish for the price, it would cost next to nothing for stronger push shaftswhat is point of light tool which breaks under little pressure
C HARTE
2025-01-18 10:46:19
I feel like you are paying for the research and development, because this is just a plastic tube with two of their "darts". Would have been happy to pay the £25 if there where some spare darts in the box. This product is undoubtedly a good and innovative design. I guess this is what you are paying for.
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