Clik valve - yes or no

I had the same question. I wanted to try them and moved over nearly all my bikes.

They work just fine. But there is not really any advantage IMO. Just buy yourself a lifetime supply of presta valves for the same or less money.

The main reason I moved all of my bikes back to presta is that with clik I could not get a consistend read on pressure. Neither with my Makita Pump + adaptor, nor with any pressure checker. I even bought a new checker (SKS Airchecker 2.0) wich has a updated head to work with clik valves. And yes, it works (the Aichecker non 2.0 did not work at all with clik) but you really have to push it on all the way. 

I fell that the flow rate is not much different than presta either. When I needed to remove the valve for popping the bead on the rim with tubeless tires, I had to do it with clik valves too.

So in my opinion, don't bother switching everything over. The valves are more expensive, you need adaptors or special checkers to read the pressure and all in all its just more hassle than just to unscrew the presta valve. At least you can use a normal non-screw-on pump for presta in a pinch to inflate your tires even with clik valves.

if you were never handed a man card, go for it

I've them on my two MTB for 2 months now because I got curious and it's relatively affordable. It works fine, too early to tell about sealant clogging issues. Only using the included adapter so far. I like that they work with a regular presta pump.

One downside I could see if that if you're riding without a cap in muddy conditions, it could pack up with mud, but releasing some pressure would probably blow it out of the way.

I rarely have issues popping beads and I dont fill up on sealant through the valves, so can't comment on that.

Have you completely given up trying to genuinely contribute in these forums?

I haven’t seen a post in weeks that has a positive connotation or actually adds to the conversation. Please don’t turn this place into a pinkbike comment section.

i‘d say half of them were helpful:

https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/sethimus,32769/all

Do they do anything better than a Fillmore? Needed an adapter or dedicated pump rules them out for me.

Clik valves are cheaper than Fillmore valves and you can actually convert your current tubeless valves to clik by just buying the valve core.

Had Fillmore for 3 ears and no issues with them, only set up my new wheelset with the clik valve so just aired up the tire for the initial tubeless setup. Haven't tried setting up DH or enduro casing tire with clik yet but my trail tire setup popped with just a floor pump with the clik valves.

Been running those for half a year. Converted the valves with the cores they sell, and changed my lezyne's pump head.  No issues so far. Much nicer experince to, well, just click it in or out rather than having to mess with presta cores.

One time I forgot my pump I was able to use a presta one to fill the tire (although they didnt fit very snug).

what do you do to presta valves when you claim you "need to mess" with them? you open them, put the pump on, fill in air and close them again. what exactly is the problem there?

Screw the cap out, screw that little thingie out and in, screw the cap in. fingers get a bit dirty with the sealant in the process.

Its not much, but it just feels nicer and a tiny bit faster with cliks really

Some of you will have seen this already, but since it pertains to the discussion at hand, I'll just plug our latest review: https://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/tubeless-flat-prevention/peatys/holeshot-fast-flow-74471#product-reviews-765961. So far I've been seeing good results, easy to fill sealant through and very high airflow for seating tires. The design is very similar to Fillmore, yes, although there are some subtle differences (easier to rebuild, a base that should work better with inserts). For me, this kind of valve solves my biggest headache with classic presta, which is the reduced airflow you invariably get as the sealant starts to build up inside (and the presta airflow isn't even that good to begin with, either...).

Regardless of design, the only way one can truly take a foothold versus presta is to license their design for very little cost or free like UDH. Steve Peat long relationship with Santa Cruz most definitely helped his brand make a updated version of the fillmore design. 

The one part of the fillmore design is that I don't think it is useful/helpful in a rubber or tpu tube so OEM tube manufacturer like CST or Vee Rubber, I think, would rather use Clik as the cost involved is less.

I’m convinced anyone who has an issue with presta is doing something wrong. Even my 26” bikes with schrader valves I replace with presta because they’re serviceable. 

That being said I have fillmore valves on two of my bikes and I really like that design because it’s nice not to worry about the core unthreading. 

Presta is fine. High flow valves are definitely better.

Answer is a hard no for me.  I don't see what the point of Clik is.  I've been running Fillmores for a few years and had zero issues.  I'm not sure what part of the rebuild Peaty's thought they needed to address, because it takes just a couple minutes when changing tires.  Only tools you need are a 3mm allen and a pair of Knipex to disassemble the whole Fillmore, then can remove any old sealant buildup with your fingers.  Airflow is great and will seat even difficult tires like Conti DH using a small 0.5 gallon air compressor.  Sealant buildup is very low, even injecting sealant through the valve.  I run Reserve wheels on all my bikes, so the Fillmores aren't an added cost.