Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors.

[cqaigy2]

I can't click on that...wish it would work.

Amazon link.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That is the deal here. Political discussions are off limits.

The problem is defining what is political. Everyone sees it different. Some would claim the very topic of the thread is political.

My very old gas cans with a built in vent have a screen on them.

 

[2manyrocks]

If the spark arresting screens work as well as the spill proof cans have worked................

 

[MossRoad]

I don't understand your rationale. USA was dirty before EPA and now is much cleaner. I'd rather live where i can drink water, breath air, eat food and my grandkids can do the same. But i'm probably not going to toss the baby out with the bath water, so there is that.

19 pcs Gas Can Spout Replacement Set, Gas Can Nozzle 5 Gal ，3 Bendable Tubes，3 Screw Collar Coarse Thread &3 Fine Thread-Fits Most of The Cans,3 Threaded caps ，6 Vent Caps 1 Drill Lid

That set should cover it.

 

[tractortroof]

I have spilled so much gas with these wonderful gas can improvements…I would think the big government was wanting to make sure 10 % of fuel ended up on the ground….lol

 

[jyoutz]

I don't understand your rationale. USA was dirty before EPA and now is much cleaner. I'd rather live where i can drink water, breath air, eat food and my grandkids can do the same. But i'm probably not going to toss the baby out with the bath water, so there is that.

19 pcs Gas Can Spout Replacement Set, Gas Can Nozzle 5 Gal ，3 Bendable Tubes，3 Screw Collar Coarse Thread &3 Fine Thread-Fits Most of The Cans,3 Threaded caps ，6 Vent Caps 1 Drill Lid

I recall hearing about rivers catching fire and witnessing and smelling the polluted air in the 1970s. Cities had a brown haze hanging over it everywhere. Since the Nixon administration promoted and congress passed the clean air and water acts (creating EPA) all of those things are just a memory. I’m glad that my sons don’t have to experience this.

 

[tractortroof]

I recall hearing about rivers catching fire and witnessing and smelling the polluted air in the 1970s. Cities had a brown haze hanging over it everywhere. Since the Nixon administration promoted and congress passed the clean air and water acts (creating EPA) all of those things are just a memory. I’m glad that my sons don’t have to experience this.

Yes, we are all thankful we don’t live in China, but there gas can thing is stupid, it won’t help a thing. You ever spill gas as a result of using the current no vent nozzles?

 

[Hay Dude]

I recall hearing about rivers catching fire and witnessing and smelling the polluted air in the 1970s. Cities had a brown haze hanging over it everywhere. Since the Nixon administration promoted and congress passed the clean air and water acts (creating EPA) all of those things are just a memory. I’m glad that my sons don’t have to experience this.

Then there’s this thing called over regulation.
Now we import all our steel, medicines and food now. Look where your truck was made.

See how that works?
Anyone buy a Blitz gas can lately? I can’t seem to find one anywhere….

 

[MossRoad]

Then there’s this thing called over regulation.
Now we import all our steel, medicines and food now. Look where your truck was made.

See how that works?
Anyone buy a Blitz gas can lately? I can’t seem to find one anywhere….

Blitz was sued to death. Nothing to do with over regulation. They just couldn't afford to fight any more lawsuits, in part because....

"the, “litigation” stemmed from more than 75 known incidents of people severely burned or killed when a Blitz gas can exploded. Fourteen people were burned to death, six of them children. With millions of these gas cans still in use around the country, the injuries and deaths are expected to continue. While the company faced overwhelming negative test results about the defects in the cans, they chose to ignore them and move forward with manufacturing them as they were, rather than amending the problematic design."

from here: It's interesting reading.

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BTW, I have 3 of their 6-gallon plastic cans that I've had for more than 20 years. They knew there was a problem, with that many injuries and deaths. They could have changed it for pennies per can and chose not to. Yes, people misused their product. But why did the company put themselves in that position once they knew their product was easily mis-used and there was a simple, inexpensive solution? Poor management.

 

[2manyrocks]

How was the Blitz can any more "defective" than any other plastic gas can other than it was the biggest manufacturer and probably sold more units than other companies due to it being sold in Walmart making it the biggest deep pocket to be sued until they finally sued them under?

It remains to be proven if putting a flame arrestor on any gas can will actually prevent injuries from idiots pouring gas on an open fire.

If the flame arrestor actually works, then perhaps it may be worth it unlike the stupid anti-spill spouts that, if accurately studied, cause more gas to be spilled and vented into the air than the simple spouts that everyone used for decades. However, I am not going to pour gas on an open fire regardless.