spin balancing vs bg balancing

I went with the ceramic beads a few weeks ago. Tire guy gave me a choice between balance with weights and balance with ceramic beads. He said the pros of the weights is they are always balanced when you start out, but the con was I would need to come in every 5-10K to have the rebalanced. For the ceramic beads, the con was sometimes when you start out after stopping I may notice a vibration for a few miles while the beads rebalance, but the pro is that he would throw a bag in there, and after that forget about it, no rebalance ever needed. He said both work just as well. I asked about equal, and he said "There is nothing good to say about any powder, it is junk and should never be used in a tire".

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Do u mean dynabeads or equal brand

And here I thought y'all were talking about the old time bubble balance. Sip, or bubble, both are good

I had beads installed on my 6 new GY tires in april of this year. The beads come with a new valve core. It drove a little funny for the first few miles,but the road was rough, so I don't know if the bags had not broke or was it the road.
The ride smoothed out after a few miles. I now have about 11k miles and the ride is very good. Buy the way they changed all the tires by hand and it was quicker then a tire machine good do it. I would have beads installed again.

Have heard that equal clumps

I bought new Alcoa aluminum wheels, all 6 tires, and Centramatic balancers. The new tires were simple spin balanced. I ride like a Cadillac at 70 now. I'm not saying, by any means, that you should spend that much money. I have an 03 F-53 chassis, and they were known to have some cheap steel wheels that were out of round in that era, so I fixed it. (The steel wheels are $325 ea., and Alcoa's were $375 ea.)
The Centramatic balancers claim 35-50% tire wear increase. I got'em for the continuous balancing factor.

Has anyone used "equal" brand as aopposed to dynabeads

Has anyone used "equal" brand as aopposed to dynabeads

"rgatinet1".....has it right. I was a spin balance fanatic.....the only way to go, but times have changed and I find that the beads work great. They will continue to balance the tire for it's entire life, where realistically you would need to rebalance and a few years with weights.

The best of both worlds would be to spin balance and correct any major weight issues and then add a bag of beads for fine balancing.

If you go with the RV specific DynaBeads, they are a little larger and DO NOT require any special valve stem and are compatible with any TPMS.
The DynaBeads also continuously balance your tires as you drive, even when the rubber is wearing down or if your rims pick up a little mud. The DynaBeads come in bags that are easily installed, unaffected by moisture, and even make it possible for you to balance your unmounted spare tire when it is installed in an emergency.
I do not like the balancing powder because it is too susceptible to clumping if there is any moisture present. The Beads eliminate this problem.