The bad design is mandated so that the can closes automatically. This was started by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which has had some benefits for our air quality here in CA, but creates all sorts of unintended consequences with their rules.
The goal of closing the can automatically is to prevent air pollution from fumes of evaporating gas when the can is left unattended by absent minded individuals that leave the caps off. The assumption is that we are all idiots and need to be protected from ourselves. The end result is that people spill gas all over the place using these badly design cans, essentially wiping out the gains of keeping the caps closed.
Safety issues are not the driver here. Gas cans, like many other items we use regularly, are inherently dangerous if not used properly and I am sure accidents still happen with the new gas cans.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
On the upside, this thread had the unintended consequence of me remembering that I had thought I had finally figured out how to "fix" my Costco gas can.
After about 20 minutes with a variety of power and hand tools, I have a working nozzle that still looks pretty much like it came from the store and doesn't leak.
The aftermarket ones I had previously tried all had trouble keeping a good seal at the base of the spout.
Tyler Hansborough.
Oh, sorry, wrong thread. This is for worst product not biggest tool. Excuse me.
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So much wrong with this.
For whatever it may be worth, the former owner of this house would presumably be alive if he had one of the new cans...but I certainly agree, you can't idiot proof everything...he was victimized by a somewhat unforeseen event, i.e. the hatchback on his car had a light bulb which evidently shorted and created a spark when he opened it...
Crocs.
“Coach said no 3s.” - Zion on The Block
Men's flip-flops. Ain't nobody want to see your feet.
Any toy for infants or dogs that makes noise.
"We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world." --M. Proust