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That's a bunch of BS garbage they are spreading to justify their stupid action. Blitz USA was the exclusive supplier to WalMart. WalMart required them to reduce cost to below what all the other manufactures were charging their major retailers. To reduce cost, Blitz removed the flame preventer, a part costing about one dollar. As a result, the number of people burned or fried to death from using Blitz USA containers bought through Walmart skyrocketed so far above industry proportions, lawsuits were bound to have occurred. Several major class action product liability suits and defective product suits were successful. Even the one case they won, they were not found completely innocent and still ended up spending millions. So, don't let companies hide bad cost saving business decisions behind regulations and lawsuits. Blitz deserve to get its rear beaten like they did. Notice no other manufacture with those flame arresting devices have had any lawsuits.
OK...so what gas can "today" pours easily and doesn't leak all over? Because any of the new spouts I have tried don't work. For years I used Blitz cans and never had one explode as have many others. I have also known dozens of people who used them with no issues.
And I'm sorry but most of those cases, or at least the ones I read, were from misuse...like people pouring gas onto a fire. Those cases should have been thrown out of court. Of course just like the person who sued McDonald's after getting burned on hot coffee, the lawyers jumped on board. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/b...liability.html
I agree about big companies cutting back but I also hold attorneys and judges responsible for the frivolous lawsuits. If someone was an idiot they should "never" get compensated.
You must grow two more hands to use them; seriously, they should have a label: "Only people with 4 hands should attempt to operate".
And after getting very sick from fumes once, I have to transport them strapped to the top of my car & hope like heck nobody tosses a live cigarette butt out their window.
I ALSO like the NoSpill brand that meets today's standards... it is great for filling small engines like my Chainsaw without spilling a drop AND since it seals completely... at least so far for the years I have owned them, there is no fumes during transport.
I was working on Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta GA. There was a grounds crew cutting grass. The Fire Inspector stopped by and mentioned - oh by the way - the plastic gas containers were not legal on base. They weren't approved because of some fire thing. My grass cutters happen to have plastic containers but were pretty far along in their work. He said he was going to let them finish but to let them know not to bring them back on the base next time. Then I transferred. Oops. Not sure I told them.
Anyone have one of those new cans swell up and split? I have. Hate those recycled milk jugs... Living in AZ heat one must leave the cap a bit loose to vent (defeating the idea of them) otherwise they look like you put a compressor to 'em.
I'm certainly not excusing the many nannies who work for our governments but I sort of doubt it was one of the cubicle-bound people at the EPA, or even the California Air Resource Board (CARB), who designed the new spouts. I have never read any of the State or Federal regulations but I'm guessing the regulations only provide unworkable guidelines for a safe design. It was probably the engineers at the gas can companies who were unable to incorporate the regulations into workable designs.
Regardless it was government over-regulation and bureaucracy that actually made life more difficult and instead of solving it actually made a problem worse.
The issue I have is that instead of being able to pour using both hands (one hand on the handle of the can, the other on the back-bottom end raising or lowering as required), I now have to dedicate a hand just to hold the nozzle down while my other hand struggles to fine-tune the rest of the gas can to the level needed to safely and effectively pour.
It's not that the gas cans are heavy, it's just that they're awkwardly weighted. This, as everyone else has noted, causes more of a mess. The better method was to have a hand on the handle and the other to balance + raise/lower the can. With holding the nozzle down you're also fighting against your other hand a little bit to be able to accurately aim the nozzle into the lawnmower's tank.
Anyone have one of those new cans swell up and split? I have. Hate those recycled milk jugs... Living in AZ heat one must leave the cap a bit loose to vent (defeating the idea of them) otherwise they look like you put a compressor to 'em.
I thought for sure this would be a problem but 3 seasons and my Spill No More has not failed yet...
The small can lives inside my service van... I have seen it seemingly ready to burst and shriveled up like a raisin... using both extremes.
Typically it is normal and the swells during the day... but since I use it a lot the pressure/vacuum gets relieved.
I need a container that seals tight otherwise the inside of my service truck would be full of fumes.
The Grainger Catalog sells some excellent metal gas cans with spark arrestor, flex spout, meeting all military and fire regs... last I checked a 2.5 gallon can was $80
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Living in AZ heat one must leave the cap a bit loose to vent (defeating the idea of them) otherwise they look like you put a compressor to 'em.
