Typical of Park Tools stuff really 😉
So are they specifically for tubeless seating and are just to do the same job as strapping up the tyre to attempt to seat easier? Some rope, straps etc will do the job and could get that for £1.
Not that I’ve had any success with these kinds of tricks. Tried almost the lot. Soapy water, strapping the tyre, going round the tyre with levers and carefully seating as best I can, seating with an inner tube and pop the bead to pull out the tube, etc.
Though I don’t have removable core valves which may have made it easier to get them going with a track pump. Then again having seen someone have issues on the trails when trying to inflate a burped tyre and the core just pops out and deflates entirely makes me think twice about them.
What worked… CO2. Half a cartridge to inflate and seat, then deflate, pop the bead a little and pour in sealant. Track pump to seat it or I found a little more CO2 to pop it back, then deflate and pump with the track (don’t leave the CO2 in as apparently it messes with the sealant).
Compressor is the other easy one, but I’m not spending that kind of money on one and don’t want to rely on going to an LBS to use one.
Or… UST tyres, apparently. But they cost more and weigh more, so I like to make it hard for myself 😀