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Just purchased the newest evolution of the red plastic "gas can", now OSHA-improved with a spout that is supposed to eliminate spills and the ensuing fire hazard.

Stopped to fill the can withy gasoline and noted on arrival to my home that the container seeped liquid, thus explaining the strong odor of fuel as I drove. I tightened and checked it....still seeped; tightened some more - more seepage.

Checked the large O-ring and it fit the nozzle, but the nozzle and the O-ring moved about inside the threaded retainer ring allowing fuel to leak out between the nozzle and the can. Proceeded to attempt to fuel the *** trimmer anyway and found that the nozzle must be placed in the fuel tank opening far enough to then push down on it, which causes a small trap door to spring open and fuel to flow.

This results in too much fuel flow into a container that is necessarily small and that one cannot gage when it is almost full due to the view of the filler neck being hindered by the depressed nozzle.

This is probably another comedy of errors engineered by OSHA or CPSC , I am sure, but they should leave some things alone.

I would point out that most of us are intelligent enough to operate a fuel can, and the cure has the potential to cause as much or more harm that the issue it so poorly addressed.

Monetary Loss: $11.

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Well said. Common sense is being drowned out by those without the sense to properly operate an gas can. And what impact does the spilled gas and energy needed to manufacture and distribute a ventless gas can do to the environment.

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this cans designed by idiots.

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