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Rich Riddle
03-31-2014, 6:43 AM
These new "safety" gas cans leave just about everything to be desired. One needs to be a four armed monkey to make them work. As long as a list is compiling, these new duplex outlet plugs with the "safety" plastic inside prove ineffective as well; that is unless your ultimate goal is to avoid plugging in items. What new "safety" equipment do you hate?

Rich Engelhardt
03-31-2014, 8:51 AM
The new "safety caps" on gas cans are a horrible safety hazzard.
The one on the can I bought for the snow blower is so complex I don't even bother trying to figure it out while I'm standing in the cold and snow.
I just remove the cap/spout and try to hit the fill hole.
I end up splashing gas all over.

I told my wife that when it all catches fire and blow up to sue the daylights out of everybody involved.

Rich Riddle
03-31-2014, 9:32 AM
The spring in cap of my new gas can stopped working making it impossible to pour gasoline. Nothing that a drill couldn't solve and drilled it out in the middle. Attached the two pieces with "duck" tape and it works like an old can. Just tip and pour. Saving us from idiots must be what legislators do at work.

Greg R Bradley
03-31-2014, 9:37 AM
The legislators ARE the idiots. The biggest idiots are the people that voted for the current batch of idiots except in the rare case where those elected were the lesser evil.

John Coloccia
03-31-2014, 9:40 AM
Gas cans are a serious pet peeve of mine, though I just bought one of these and honestly, it's the best gas can I've ever owned.
http://www.nospill.com/

As far as safety goes, I'm still getting over the loss of lawn darts.

Mike Lassiter
03-31-2014, 9:49 AM
The plastic tube on most of the plastic gas cans is made of plastic that breaks down in sun light. It will get brittle and break into. Often that happens when you happen to be pouring gas into something. I really miss the good cans of "old" than had metal flex spouts that you could bend and they would hold that shape so you didn't have to try to hold a full 5 gallon or even 2 gallon can with one hand and get the spot stuck in the filler opening with the other hand.

Matt Marsh
03-31-2014, 9:51 AM
Gas cans are a serious pet peeve of mine, though I just bought one of these and honestly, it's the best gas can I've ever owned.
http://www.nospill.com/



I second that! These are great cans, even better than most of the old non-carb-compliant ones from years ago.

Curt Harms
03-31-2014, 10:04 AM
The plastic tube on most of the plastic gas cans is made of plastic that breaks down in sun light. It will get brittle and break into. Often that happens when you happen to be pouring gas into something. I really miss the good cans of "old" than had metal flex spouts that you could bend and they would hold that shape so you didn't have to try to hold a full 5 gallon or even 2 gallon can with one hand and get the spot stuck in the filler opening with the other hand.

At one time Sears/KMart stocked a flexible metal replacement spout. I'm not sure how the venting worked, though, I don't recall anything except a single flexible metal tube.

George Bokros
03-31-2014, 10:17 AM
Those No Spill cans are amazing. A little pricey but everything is today.

Matt Meiser
03-31-2014, 10:24 AM
I second that! These are great cans, even better than most of the old non-carb-compliant ones from years ago.

Third. I've got a small fleet of them now in 5 and 1.25 gallon sizes. The cans themselves are really well made (read: thick plastic that won't badly deform) and the spouts are the best implementation of a compliant design. I do see a little trouble with the O-rings from time to time and if you lose one they will leak. I think flow rate is part of the regulation but it takes a long time to dump a 5 gallon one into my zero turn. And of course half the time I wait until both tanks are empty so I get to do it twice. They actually sell replacement spouts and also sell a flexible spout extension that is good for vehicle refueling (like when you dump the gas that's been sitting for 2 months to use it up.)

Kev Williams
03-31-2014, 10:34 AM
The plastic tube on most of the plastic gas cans is made of plastic that breaks down in sun light.Many plastic cans themselves break down. I have a few 2 and 5 gallon cans that are pushing 20 years old that have separated on the molding seam. And these cans have always been stored in a garage or shed, they don't see daily sunlight...

Brad Adams
03-31-2014, 11:00 AM
I have to disagree on the gas cans and new spouts also. With the new style spouts I can actually get gas in my small engines without spilling gas all over the place. It does take a little bit longer to empty 4-5 gallons in the riding mower, but I'm not that impatient.

Andrew Joiner
03-31-2014, 11:52 AM
I second that! These are great cans, even better than most of the old non-carb-compliant ones from years ago.
http://www.nospill.com/

I watched the video and I agree,great cans.:)

Mike Lassiter
03-31-2014, 12:20 PM
these are aggravating to use and the spouts will break into often.

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Got one of these, and while the spout hasn't broke, it is rigid and doesn't bent. A plus is it has to be pushed down to release gas, so at least you can get it into the tank without pouring gas everywhere.

286181
This was the best IMO. I understand it doesn't contain vapors like the new ones, and if you had one that was pretty old it might leak a little at the seams (saw one do that) you moved it into the shape you needed, it stayed there without holding it. You could use both hands to hold the gas can steady, NEVER saw one break into.
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Chris Kennedy
03-31-2014, 12:23 PM
I use a siphon pump. Much easier than wrestling with a very heavy fuel can.

Chris

Rich Riddle
03-31-2014, 12:38 PM
Mike,

I don't think the gas can spout will fit the new cans. They would sell tons of them if they could fit.

Mike Lassiter
03-31-2014, 1:32 PM
Mike,

I don't think the gas can spout will fit the new cans. They would sell tons of them if they could fit.

of course they don't! And the metal ones are in limited supply "until current stock depleted"

Matt Meiser
03-31-2014, 1:42 PM
these are aggravating to use and the spouts will break into often.

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Also the cans are so thin they implode and the corners start to develop stress cracks when the temps change.

Unfortunately I must have deleted it but I had a humorous email exchange with Blitz about these. They suggested that they need to be stored at a constant temperature. I replied that, thanks for that information, I've moved them to the basement next to the furnace, expecting a fast reply about safety. The reply instead was to the effect of "You're welcome! Let us know if we can help in any other way!" Then I threw all my Blitz cans away and bought No-Spills.

I almost bought the round metal cans but my wife can't open them and she frequently is the one who takes them to get them filled.

Doug Ladendorf
03-31-2014, 1:48 PM
Boy, do I share the same peeve about gas cans. What an absolute pain. My next one will be one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-UI-50-FS-Galvanized-Gasoline-Capacity/dp/B00004Y75M/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1396287902&sr=8-3&keywords=5+gallon+gas+can

Or these: http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-U2-51-S-Galvanized-Capacity-Diameter/dp/B000BQO15I/ref=pd_sim_lg_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=0W7DBPPJ7GHSXXEAYQQ4
http://www.amazon.com/Justrite-AccuFlow-7250130-Galvanized-Flexible/dp/B003FZB3N0/ref=pd_sim_lg_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=0SF90SCVRZKBAPCBJ987

Matt Meiser
03-31-2014, 2:21 PM
The first is the ones I was looking at.

Kevin Bourque
03-31-2014, 3:10 PM
I finally got smart and bought a funnel that I attached to the gas can with a bungee cord. Soooo much better!:D

Val Kosmider
03-31-2014, 3:18 PM
My Latest purchase for fuel: http://images.lowes.com/product/converted/048441/048441221813.jpg

http://www.lowes.com/pd_145709-40109-U150FS_0__?productId=1136093

That funnel thing comes right off--you don't leave it on for storage, and you get a handle activated flipper lid that opens a spout which is probably 1 1/4" wide.

Great cans. No mess with crap that doesn't work.

Fill up the lawn tractor with the wide fill filler? Just pout it in.

Want to top off the lawn mower? Use the funnel attached.

Need to put the last gallon in the car? Put the funnel into the car filler (it is sized to accommodate) and pour in the fuel

No problems with spouts that don't work.

Costly...they do come in 1 gal, 2.5 gals, and fives...but aside from that, great.

Dave Lehnert
03-31-2014, 5:27 PM
Rural King has this metal can at a great price $29.99 Plan to pick on up next time I am in the store.
http://www.ruralking.com/justrite-5-gallon-safety-can.html

ray hampton
03-31-2014, 6:36 PM
when you use a siphon pump, you siphon from the can to the mower OR FROM your car gas tank to your mower ?

Larry Frank
03-31-2014, 7:46 PM
The NoSpill cans mentioned several times above are the greatest thing. They are easy to operate and shut themselves off when the tank on your mower or snowblower is full. What more can you ask than easy and safe.

Steve Peterson
04-01-2014, 1:12 PM
Got one of these, and while the spout hasn't broke, it is rigid and doesn't bent. A plus is it has to be pushed down to release gas, so at least you can get it into the tank without pouring gas everywhere.

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I have a couple of this type. The twist mechanism is relatively easy to disable with a box cutter so all you need to do is tip and push the can down. It still seals tight when the can is tipped back upright.

Steve

Roger Feeley
04-01-2014, 6:04 PM
+1 on the Nospill can. I've had two for 10 years: one for 2 cycle and one for 4 cycle. I like the push button. It makes it easy to avoid overfilling. The other lid on the back is large and it's easy to see how full it's getting when I'm at the gas station.

Roger Feeley
04-01-2014, 6:07 PM
Justrite has been around for a long time. Some of those others just look bizarre.

Chris Padilla
04-01-2014, 7:14 PM
Gas cans are a serious pet peeve of mine, though I just bought one of these and honestly, it's the best gas can I've ever owned.
http://www.nospill.com/

As far as safety goes, I'm still getting over the loss of lawn darts.

No spill rules...I have one myself and they work extremely well.

glenn bradley
04-01-2014, 7:43 PM
What new "safety" equipment do you hate?

Oh good. The annual "new safety features to hate" thread :). I'm with you on the gas cans Rich. These things are only safe because they are impossible to use.


I told my wife that when it all catches fire and blow up to sue the daylights out of everybody involved.

But wait, that's the exact reason why we have to put up with these idiotic things in the first place. The world would be a better place today if we would outlaw "Darwinus Interruptus". Protecting morons from themselves only assures us of more morons. Let the law of natural selection run its course . . . to work this would, of course, have to make it a criminal offense to practice law or insurance adjustment as a "for profit" profession. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Robert Delhommer Sr
04-01-2014, 8:12 PM
$50 to 60 for a gas can? WOW

Rich Riddle
04-15-2014, 6:24 AM
Situation solved. Found a preowned gas can and pick it up tomorrow.
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ray hampton
04-15-2014, 11:35 AM
preowned gas can or used gas can , this were /is one of the best cans ever made

Doug Ladendorf
04-15-2014, 12:12 PM
Are military surplus gas cans available anywhere?

ray hampton
04-15-2014, 4:04 PM
Are military surplus gas cans available anywhere?



according to a internet search , they are plenty
both plastic and metal [steel ]