RANT New "safety" gas cans?

[jyoutz]

After I guess about 10 years, wife "convinced" me that I needed another 5 gallon gas can.

Other weekend picked one up at a auto parts store since I was there.

I picked up the Midwest Can "double protection layer, flame mitigation device with vapor locking spout".

It also has a built in strainer!

I had to ask the guy at the counter to show me how to work it and even he had to do a double take It's a fricking gas can!

Rant off.

I hate those new spouts. Fortunately the old style spouts are the same size and thread.

 

[Rockbadchild]

these things ??

 

[Dftodd]

It's to protect the environment. Those vented cans were letting gas fumes escape into the atmosphere.
Now they are trapped in the can, until you open it... or it explodes in the heat.
Designed by somebody who almost flunked out of engineering school, but the "Ventless gas can" was his road to Fame.
Or infamy.

I use a siphon hose for me tractor, placing the can in my bucket and raising it above the tank. If you usse the nozzle and invert the can so that it's at an angle though, the fuel does seem to flow better.

Or splits the seem. Had a decent can with a no spill lid that actually made sense.

Noticed the last time I filled it up at the store, it was wet all over on top after traveling home. That's when I noticed it split on top on the molding line

Figured oh well, I'll switch the cap to the other can...... nope.... they have changed the thread and pitch since favorite can was produced.

 

[JasperFrank]

Got a Midwest can, with all the safety features, a few years ago. I profoundly regret ever buying this thing. I now look in on Yard Sales for older style cans.

 

[Rockbadchild]

It's to protect the environment. Those vented cans were letting gas fumes escape into the atmosphere.
Now they are trapped in the can, until you open it... or it explodes in the heat.
Designed by somebody who almost flunked out of engineering school, but the "Ventless gas can" was his road to Fame.
Or infamy.

“to protect the environment” if that’s true it’s nonsense… i am not saying that’s your opinion or you came up with this or anything but give me a break the fumes gets in the at atmosphere regardless when filling or poring it and once seal it’s seal it’s seal regardless of the style, plus once in a while you have to release the pressure due to temperature changes which release the fumes … i don’t buy that this makes a impact on the environment.

 

[Jstpssng]

“to protect the environment” if that’s true it’s nonsense… i am not saying that’s your opinion or you came up with this or anything but give me a break the fumes gets in the at atmosphere regardless when filling or poring it and once seal it’s seal it’s seal regardless of the style, plus once in a while you have to release the pressure due to temperature changes which release the fumes … i don’t buy that this makes a impact on the environment.

Did you read my post, or just one part of it?

 

[Rockbadchild]

Did you read my post, or just one part of it?

is that really what they advertised it as is my question ?

 

[Jstpssng]

is that really what they advertised it as is my question ?

OK, then the answer is yes. It also has the advantage of turning a ten dollar can into a ten dollar can with a twenty dollar attachment on top, which leaks when you use it and needs to be replaced sooner. To say nothing about how the marvelous environmentally friendly ethanol gas rots it out,,,

 

[Rockbadchild]

OK, then the answer is yes. It also has the advantage of turning a ten dollar can into a ten dollar can with a twenty dollar attachment on top, which leaks when you use it and needs to be replaced sooner. To say nothing about how the marvelous environmentally friendly ethanol gas rots it out,,,

brutal… I should’ve know i guess something that makes so much sense (sarcasm) as to be true… glad it hasn’t made its way here yet, question of time i assume.

 

[ponytug]

How are the vented fumes captured at gas stations? On my gas cans, minus the diesel can, I put a balled up plastic bag to keep dirt out, so I guess the fumes stay in as well. To me, a stopper of some sort would have been a better idea than those new style spouts.

Typically, there is a small propane like tank filled with activated charcoal that absorbs the fumes, typically located towards the road.

I use the lid locking NATO style Jerry cans. No water in the fuel, no leakage, no collapsing cans, and as far as I can tell, gas can be stored longer. Not cheap though.

All the best,

Peter