Can't find anything using the search engine on good quality CARB/EPA compliant plastic gas cans. Are there any 5-gallon cans that don't spill gas, require three hands to operate, and don't cost an arm and a leg? I have not been happy with this type: Blitz gas can
Any decent gas cans?
- Thread starter AuthorEditor
- Start date
- Status
Have you tried the no-spill in a 5-gallon size? I need to be able to lift the can up pretty high and then hold it over my motorcycle gas tank while dispensing. The gas cap doesn't move completely out of the way--it just hinges back away from the hole, so the Blitz style is hard to do without three hands--two to hold the jug and one to push the button. Looks like No-spill might have the same problem.
Yes, I've used the 5 gallon size, I've sold quite a few of them. The 5 gallon can has a handle built in the back of it, maybe that would help with your needs. You can see the handle in the Full Demonstration Video on their site, the one on the right. Watch at the 1:50 to 1:58 marks and you can see someone using the handle to fll his tractor. Be aware that the 5 gal size does not have view stripes like the smaller sizes.
JHZR2
Staff member
There are some decent metal ones, but they are $$$.
None of the CARB type ones with the sliding, o-ring sealed nozzles have been any good, and ive always wasted more fuel with their leakage duing pouring than anything Ive ever lost from storage. I keep my cans in cool spots out of the sun and loss/evaporation has never been an issue.
None of the CARB type ones with the sliding, o-ring sealed nozzles have been any good, and ive always wasted more fuel with their leakage duing pouring than anything Ive ever lost from storage. I keep my cans in cool spots out of the sun and loss/evaporation has never been an issue.
Comb yard sales for the older ones that don't pour more gas on the ground than they pour into your tank.
I know this is not the answer to your question.
However, I've not found any reasonably priced gas cans lately. They are universally horrible.
I tried the round, steel, Eagle brand, don't like 'em. They are tough to use. However, they are metal, with a real rubber seal on the lid.
I've tried the ones Homeless Depot sells without any satisfaction. Same goes for the Blitz and others.
The best I found was the white colored, Blitz "Water" 6 gallon can. As it uses an older style nozzle. Works fine for gasoline! I simply perforate the top with a #10 screw. Remove for airbleed. Works great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG1XIzpx9hs
However, I've not found any reasonably priced gas cans lately. They are universally horrible.
I tried the round, steel, Eagle brand, don't like 'em. They are tough to use. However, they are metal, with a real rubber seal on the lid.
I've tried the ones Homeless Depot sells without any satisfaction. Same goes for the Blitz and others.
The best I found was the white colored, Blitz "Water" 6 gallon can. As it uses an older style nozzle. Works fine for gasoline! I simply perforate the top with a #10 screw. Remove for airbleed. Works great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG1XIzpx9hs
I have NATO style Jerry Cans and they work wonderfully. Metal of course, but plastic coated interior. Alas, not CARB compliant so they are hard to find and the prices have gone up. But, they are superior to ever CARB compliant gas can I have ever used. They don't spill or surge, and they are actually sealed with a cam lock lid with a thick rubber gasket so you can carry them in a vehicle if need be and and not smell gas fumes. One would would think they are more friendly to the environment since they don't vent the way most CARB cans will. However, Big Brother says you're not allowed to have one, at least in CA and most outlets will not carry items that can not be sold to California.
I have a one gallon Blitz can, the ventless one. Well, plastic can. It's not that bad. Works well enough for filling up my push-mower.
I used to use three 5 gallon diesel (yellow colored) Blitz can on a regular basis. [I would fill up my car on B20, then fill up the three cans. It was at least 15 miles out of my way to get B20. So, when I would go, I would stock up.] Holding 5 gallons of fuel, while waiting for it to drain into the tank on my car, got old, real quick. So, first I took a sheetrock screw, and screwed it in, right where a vent normally would be.
Wasn't quite enough. So I got a 3/8 drive hex wood screw, and screwed that into the hole I just made. That is big enough. After putting it in and out a couple of times, it's easy to do by hand.
Maybe you can do likewise on the Blitz cans.
B20 (and D2 for the matter) really don't need these stupid vent-less cans. But that's just venting on my part...
I used to use three 5 gallon diesel (yellow colored) Blitz can on a regular basis. [I would fill up my car on B20, then fill up the three cans. It was at least 15 miles out of my way to get B20. So, when I would go, I would stock up.] Holding 5 gallons of fuel, while waiting for it to drain into the tank on my car, got old, real quick. So, first I took a sheetrock screw, and screwed it in, right where a vent normally would be.
Wasn't quite enough. So I got a 3/8 drive hex wood screw, and screwed that into the hole I just made. That is big enough. After putting it in and out a couple of times, it's easy to do by hand.
Maybe you can do likewise on the Blitz cans.
B20 (and D2 for the matter) really don't need these stupid vent-less cans. But that's just venting on my part...
I went to a farm auction a couple weeks ago, and picked up 5 of the "old style" plastic cans. You know, the ones with the yellow caps. Gave $8 for all of them. Got a couple 1 gallons, a 2 gallon, and a couple of 5 gallons. Believe it or not, the yellow caps were still on them! Those things usually run and hide!
Good find at the yard sale. I didn't mind the last generation Blitz can that was ventless but had a black spout that didn't have any moving parts. It had some sort of vent tube within that allowed you to pour fuel. I could hold my thumb over the end and get a pretty precise release of the fuel right into the tank and the spouts were plenty rugged. In fact, I still have a bunch of very weathered ones I've used on my boat, but I can see that their life is coming to an end. They looked like this: Blitz non-USA
One other problem with the new cans, at least the Blitz, is the valve/spout assembly has to stay on the can all the time, and is likely to get knocked off or broken if you move cans around all the time in vehicles and boats like I do.
I see the old Blitz style are sold outside the USA. Anyone in Canada know what's available there for decent gas cans?
One other problem with the new cans, at least the Blitz, is the valve/spout assembly has to stay on the can all the time, and is likely to get knocked off or broken if you move cans around all the time in vehicles and boats like I do.
I see the old Blitz style are sold outside the USA. Anyone in Canada know what's available there for decent gas cans?
Last edited:
This is the type I currently use and like the best, you will pay a bit more. I bought a 5 gallon at Lowes, I believe it was $30-40.
http://www.eagle-mfg.com/cans.html
http://www.eagle-mfg.com/cans.html
I saw some advertised on Craigslist the other day. They were used Blitz 5-gallon, plastic containers with the old style plastic, "ribbed", flexible spouts. When I got there, he had 7 of them for $3 a piece. I bought them all. Now I have enough spouts to last until I die, but not a lot of room left in my shed.
I've been tempted by some of the plastic water jugs that look like they're made from the same material as gas jugs, just in a blue color. Leaving aside the fact that it would be illegal to do so (and the gas station might not let you fill it), would it be safe to use a water container like Cujet says above?
These JEGS fuel jugs get a lot of recommendations on the Internet, for what that's worth! JEGS jugs.
Where can one buy the "No-Spill" cans and how much are they?
Thanks!
Thanks!
I must be in the minority as I have one of the Blitz cans and love it compared to the old style. Yes you need 2 hands and yes it's slow but I love the click on and off to dispense gas.
I've found if I hold it with the back handle to get it close to the tank I can operate the lever with the other hand.
I don't spill as much and I don't have messy hands from the retractable or flip style spigots.
I've found if I hold it with the back handle to get it close to the tank I can operate the lever with the other hand.
I don't spill as much and I don't have messy hands from the retractable or flip style spigots.
Originally Posted By: AuthorEditor
I've been tempted by some of the plastic water jugs that look like they're made from the same material as gas jugs, just in a blue color. Leaving aside the fact that it would be illegal to do so (and the gas station might not let you fill it), would it be safe to use a water container like Cujet says above?
I did that for a while untill Habibi asked me to not put gas in a Blue container at his gas station. I wondered about putting a 1203 sticker on it? 1203 is the UN Hazmat # for Gasoline.
I've been tempted by some of the plastic water jugs that look like they're made from the same material as gas jugs, just in a blue color. Leaving aside the fact that it would be illegal to do so (and the gas station might not let you fill it), would it be safe to use a water container like Cujet says above?
I did that for a while untill Habibi asked me to not put gas in a Blue container at his gas station. I wondered about putting a 1203 sticker on it? 1203 is the UN Hazmat # for Gasoline.
Wow, at $17.99 for just the spout that is a very good indication that the market has spoken and wants something better than the Enviro-Flo thingy (meaning it flows gasoline all over the environment when you use it). I'm pretty sure I didn't spend $17.99 for the entire Blitz can, spout and all, when I bought it.
All the new gas cans suck, just some more than others. The worst are the ones where the spout has to slide in about 1/2". I have my old ones with a flex spout and a vent hole & cap. Another problem is that spiders make nests in the spout if there is no cap if they are unused, say over the winter. Go to use it in the spring and a chunk of spider stuff plops into the OPE gas tank. I have 2 new ones and they are my spares.
- Status
