Plugs or strings

[funmonkee]

Plugs

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STOP-n-GO-TIRE-REPAIR-REPLACEMENT-PLUGS-x-25-/111555649309?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Wheels_tyre_Trims_Trims_ET&hash=item19f93c1f1d

or strings?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Safety-Car-Bike-Bicycle-Auto-Tubeless-Tire-Tyre-Puncture-Plug-Repair-Kit-Tool-HC-/251626967774?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a9622d2de

I use the plugs. But have some of those strings. Think I was given them by a 'helpful' mechanic said they were the best... The plugs have worked for me and I've got the small tool-bag with all the plugs, tools and compressed air. I was under the impression the strings are 'more' temporary ??
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[Fladdem]

Strings are more temporary, I think plugs are a better solution for a puncture. Although, at work we use those strips and about 99.9% of the time, it's a good fix.
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[Vracktal]

I was under the impression plugs were more temporary as they were just held in by friction against the hole they were filling and the inertia of the tyre spinning, and strings lasted longer because they were held in with the gluing agent...?
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[Nash GT]

Seen the strings used many times with a fairly high success rate, no experience on the plugs, would be interested to know too.
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[Islander]

Sticky string has always worked for me.

[funmonkee]

I've never used the string' always used the plugs and they work. But I have the strings now...
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[XBIKER]

Once had a rear puncture repaired with a plug at a workshop which "let go" at 40 mph and that leaves a very big hole for fast deflation.
After that I was a bit wary of plug repairs but never came across the string.

Always carried a footpump as well as a few small fat, wide thread screws which proved brilliant as a stop gap puncture repair. Just screw it into the puncture hole, pump it up and as long as it's not a split it will hold the air in for ages. Best I managed was three weeks with a daily top up first thing until I was ready for a replacement tyre and the screw was still holding except the head had totally worn off.

Tried Tyreweld once but the tyre had run flat breaking the bead which meant the reflated tyre just spun around the rim using the tyreweld as a lubricant. Quite comical when you twist the throttle and everything works but you don't actually move.........

[Doovy]

Stop n Go plug kit as above.
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[Andy_Pagin]

I've always used strings and they easily last the life of the tyre.
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[BanditsHigh]

Strings are a get you home ... mushrooms are the proper way to repair a tyre and they are glued in!

Do my own and never had an issue.