Wavian USA 3216 Blue 22 L Heavy Duty Food Grade Water Can

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I love the Wavian steel gas cans, got this at the same time. Had 2 summers of issues and finally remembered to email Wavian about it. Here's what they said:· The Tap would start to firm up between 6 and 9 o’clock· We could get the Tap to skip the thread at about 3 o’clock· We found that if we lay the Can on it’s back and applied firm downward pressure whilst we were tightening the Tap, that downward pressure would compress the Rubber Seal on the Tap sufficiently that the thread would grab better, and we could tighten the Tap to 6 o’clock without it skipping the thread. Once we had done this, it was like the Seal was ‘bedded in’, and we could remove and install the Tap again and again, without excessive downward pressure, and it would easily reach the 6 o’clock position without skipping the thread, be very, very firm and easily work with one-handed operation without rotating at all.· Next, thinking about the seal, ‘bedding it in’, and what its role was in pushing back against the Tap as the Tap was being screwed in and likely causing the thread-skip, we started playing around with the seal. It was Jon who found that, whilst the seal really only sits naturally in one position, it could be rotated 90-degrees on the Tap which resulted in it being more tapered in toward the thread of the Tap. I have attached two images showing the Tap Seal as it is supplied (1004T1.jpg) and how it looks when rotated 90-degrees (like rolled in position) resulting in a slightly tapered position (1004T2.jpg).· We found that on those hard-to-find Cans where the Tap would skip the thread, ‘rolling’ the seal so that it was tapered overcame the skip, and in one circumstance, a combination of rolling the seal and applying a little more pressure when screwing the Tap in meant a perfect fit. It is like that fraction of a millimetre being removed from the seal by tapering it inwards towards the thread, makes a world of difference on those Cans that have skipped the thread. Again, we had to search through dozens of Cans to even find one that would skip a thread.

It came in handy during a cold front that caused hundreds of waterline breaks that led to a boil water notice from the Water Authority. My sister and her family likes the blue one. We use the green one. These are great for camping, cookouts, and emergencies. I can't recommend them enough.

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If you are buying this to only store water I suppose it does that. However the spigot is awful. It gets tight pointing up which means it shoots the water up into the air. If you tighten it any further it pops the threads and becomes loose and water shoots out everywhere. I was really excited to mount this on my small trailer as usable water jug. Its now become a very expensive water storage container.I reached out to Wavian 3x before I got a response stating sorry we cannot help if you want you can buy a new spigot. I will definitely avoid this brand going forward as they do not stand by their products.