Customer Reviews

Eagle UI20FS 2-Gallon Type 1 Gasoline Safety Can with Funnel

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

All these no spill safety gas cans keep breaking spouts and cracking on me and spill gas all the time! NOT with this Eagle can, this will put the fuel where it should go with control! The can is metal and will not crack in the sun or leak. The 2 gallon is great for chain saws and weed eaters. Try one and you won't go back!!!

I've gone through a few plastic cans that kept giving me problems with leaks while filling. I worked with a friend on a burn unit who was himself burned when he ran out of gas while cutting the grass and tried adding fuel to a hot motor --NEVER a good idea. The plastic fill tube on his and on most of mine leaked. I live in Marquette, Michigan and couldn't find any metal cans locally.

This can isn't ideal since apparently they have decided we can't have a separate fill opening.Getting gas into the can requires take the plastic funnel off and pulling back the spring loaded gas pour cap while filling. That being said once the gas is in the can you can fuel your machines safe in the knowledge that unless you try to gas a hot engine (and are careless) that you'll be able to complete the task without setting yourself afire.

I am impressed. Between the welded steel construction, the galvanizing, and the power coat paint, I don't imagine that these gas cans will rust away in the next couple of decades. They are a HUGE step up from the standard plastic gas cans that will never sit right, will never seal right, and will rarely pour right! We have tried a dozen other gas cans, and these are the only ones that we really trust. If I had bought these in the first place (30 years ago and more recently), I would have probably saved money over the long haul. Don't be put off by the price - they are good for many years.

The steel gas can is much better than the non-steel ones in terms of safety. The Eagle one is well made and easy to use. I do not have the strength to open the caps of any newer non-steel gas cans no matter the brand. (My strength is good enough to shove 8 inches of wet snow continuously for 5 hours.)

The can looks and feels great. The major drawback is that it's missing a separate fill hole/cap. In order to put gas in the can, you need to remove the funnel. The wear-and-tear on the funnel looks like it could cause the funnel to break easily. No mention anywhere that you can obtain replacement funnels. Otherwise, the one handed operation of the can has a good feel although the balance with a full can is somewhat ackward.

the can has a very tight seal to help keep gas fresh, and the spout comes in very handy when filling every gas powered item I own. I'm tired of the plastic gas cans and their spouts that always break, this is the way to go.

I am sick of all of the junk that is on the market these days when it comes to cans and safety standards. The plastic mechanisms crack, they spill and are FAR from safe. These Safety cans have been great. Will never buy a plastic piece of junk again. I have replaced all of my cans with these now and have the 2 and 5 gallon cans.

Buying items locally is a major reason to purchase from Amazon.com as everyone knows! That said, when you can save on a quality item and cost its' easier on the pocketbook.

I tried to purchase a good quality gas can such as this at NAPA Auto Parts and it was priced at $78. Buying a plastic gas can always causes spills because of design and cheap parts. So buying this item at Amazon saved on the original price and no shipping is always a plus.

No frills--no spills,

I'm Happy!!

After purchasing 2 plastic gas cans in two years, I finally bought a true quality item.

Expensive yes, but this can will be around for my son to inherit. The same goes for the 1 gallon can.

Of course while in the service I used the heavy duty cans with flex spouts, and those are the best, but very hard to find these days. So I've had to make do for years and years with the plastic ones that you have to take off the spout to fill, and they always leak either there or at the "safety valve" they were putting on the spout tip for a while. I'm testifying tomorrow in a deposition about one of those, you can find my review of it if you look for the lowest rated gas cans...haha. That one not only leaked while using and filling, it split along the handle at the top and exhausted fumes all over the shed all day every day, and sloshed gas on my hands when I carried it, and then poured gas out of the split onto whatever I was filling... forget that~!!

But I've had two of these Eagle cans for over two years now, and they get a lot of use and store in a southwest Texas storage shed that gets really hot in the summer... so these metal cans help give me at least a little feeling of being safer. I've never had a spill with these, and taking off the funnel is no problem when filling ... for me anyway, apparently some other reviewers don't realize all they went through with other types of cans when filling, like the ratcheting safety clips and the rubber washers that fall off and then the can leaks... these are spring loaded at the cap, just a squeeze to open it, and even though a "little" pressure could build up in them in the heat, not much, since it can just push the cap up and the spring lets out the pressure. This is a good design and I'll stick with it. The price is higher, but they'll last a long long time and stay trouble free.

I recommend.