This galvanized steel gas can has a steel fill handle with a separate funnel. CARB compliance: It looks like it should comply, but the label and manufacturer's website make no such claim. Time to dispense 5 gallons: 2 minutes 23 seconds. The handle operation allows for very precise filling of smaller tanks like those on chainsaws. At first glance, I thought the design would be awkward to operate, but it turned out to be the best can I tested because it didn't spill a drop and was very easy to pour at full tilt. The funnel must be removed to fill the can but detaches and reattaches quickly. This is a galvanized steel can with a plastic handle and funnel attached. ![]() The testing was simple: I filled each gas can with exactly 5 gallons of gasoline from the pump at a gas station, transported them back to my house, and fueled each of my vehicles with the cans to see how fast the fuel flowed, how much spilled, and how much effort was required to operate the can. I figured I'd test the cans and whichever one worked best would be the model I'd buy more of. ![]() I found four promising models online and bought them from (they weren't available at the big box stores, where I normally buy gas cans). I dreaded the thought of doing it with the cans I had so I went looking for new ones that would actually work. We recently worked on a project that required us to refuel many machines over many days. Using CARB compliant cans is tedious at best and guaranteed to be a frustrating endeavor. Some CARB compliant cans have spring loaded nozzles that you have to rest on the lip of the gas tank at just the right angle to allow the fuel to flow. And they were ridiculously difficult to use you could do your taxes in the time it took to transfer 5 gallons from one of these cans and you'd need three hands to do it because you must hold a small button back to get the spout to pour-while supporting a heavy can in an awkward postion. Since these cans did not have that little vent in the back, they chugged and spilled when I used them. ![]() The rule didn't affect me until someone stole my pre-ban cans and I had to buy new, compliant ones. To be CARB-compliant, a can must be self-closing, a requirement intended to protect the environment by reducing spills. In 2009, the EPA adopted a California Air Resources Board (CARB) rule that banned the sale of traditional gas cans.
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