IX KIT valves wouldn't be necessary if it wasn't for the wrong assembly technique used by overseas manufacturers to build OEM bladders. In recent years most major kite brands have had valve failure on some level. Usually these failures consist of a valve that slowly peels off the bladder. You'll be happy to know that all our bladders are manufactured in our own facility in the United States. We can count with one hand the number of valves that have given us trouble since 2000.

We're not sure why this valve is referred to as an 11mm valve when there isn't a measurement on it that's 11mm, but who cares, everyone knows it as the 11mm valve. As a FIX KIT valve this has the 3 inch adhesive base designed to replace faulty OEM valves.