Karl Weidenbacher

Review of Scepter USA

Item: Part #00004 - D205M 5 gallon EPA CARB Ameri-...

Item: Part #00004 - D205M 5 gallon EPA CARB Ameri-Can Diesel Can

RATING - A "DO NOT BUY OR EVEN TAKE ONE FOR FREE". I should have researched before buying one.

Bought one of these at Walmart and it is the WORST product ever! In fairness its the CARB compliant design but it's so bad I would not have had the guts to make one. I'm trying to figure out how to get my money back but if they've had fuel in them most stores will not take them back.

1. The nozzle is to short and straight to get an angle steep and close enough to the filler hole on my 2017 Chevrolet Colorado all while manually trying to depress the filler nozzle sliding plug lock so that when you push the nozzle into the gas tank opening to get anything out. Remember, you are holding a 5 gallon fuel can with one hand while trying to get everything to work with the other - it's insanely stupid
2. IF you can barely get it to work the flow rate is ridiculously small and there is no apparent built in breather so you get constant interrupted flow issues while air tries to get back into the can which makes the pitiful flow almost unbearable. Remember, still holding 5 gallons of fuel trickling out glug, glug, in-burp, glug...
3. With all the above you end up dripping fuel all over the place! It may be CARB compliant in design however for practicality its a failure.

Lastly - I ended up removing the nozzle and pouring the fuel into a military style 'Jerry can' that worked without fail and I did not lose one drop of fuel (no kidding here - not one drop)