It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?
The ventless can I have seals very well, but pours rather poorly (pardon the pun). As long as the can is full to minimize condensation you should have no problem storing gasoline for 6 months.
So? Buy one and poke an air hole in it.
You need to look somewhere else other than Walmart and the big box stores.
They work OK. Not as well as conventional cans but OK. They seal as well as any other gas can.
John
I have a 2 gal ventless can. I hate it. I fill it, when the temps rise outside the gas is forced up the spout (stored inside the can), and spills over the top of the can. Just driving home from the gas station I get gas all over my trunk. It has spilled over killing a spot on my lawn too. I have found that I can not put the spout in the can after filling. and have to leave the spout sticking out of the can. The can will not seal without the spout inserted. that is the part that forms the "gasket". Besides this, it does not pour very well. The old cans with vents worked fine for many years, but there is always someone that has to screw up what already works in the name of progress. Ventless cans are junk !
You might take a look here:
Dean
This would allow gas fumes to escape and collect in whatever storage area the can was in. That's bad, you get on the news that way. Properly vented cans have sealable vents to keep closed when you're not actually pouring.
Chip C
The one my wife bought me (after she gave away my perfectly good 'regular' plastic can to a stranger who claimed to be stranded) leaks, and I have to apply so much pressure to open the valve that I'm always worried I'll damage the plastic gas tank I'm filling.
Just get a standard plastic can. It's not that hard to open the caps
JustDave.
I bought a Flo N Go nozzle and ventless can together and this combination works great, no spills and easy to use.
So? Get your chainsaw out and whittle a stick to poke in the hole when you aren't pouring gas.
Thanks to Dennis Turner, Neon John, AnOldFart, JustDave, Chip C and Alan for the comments.
Uhm, "Don't fill it all the way up"?
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