Product Description

Tank Size (gal.): 5, Hose Length (in.): N/A

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34749 in Home Improvement
• Color: Red
• Brand: Blitz
• Model: 31733
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x 15.00" w x 15.00" l, 2.75 pounds

Features

• Convenient top handle and back grip for ease in carrying and pouring
• Won't rust, dent, or corrode
• Great for riding mowers and other large equipment such as generators
• Complies with CARB and fuel container requirements for CA, DE, NY, MD, and PA
• Spill proof system

Amazon.com
The Blitz 5 gallon gas can comes with a convenient top handle and back grip for ease in carrying and pouring. This gas can won't rust or dent, and the spill proof system allows safe transportation and storage of fuel.

From the Manufacturer
Blitz U.S.A. has been the industry leader in gas cans for over 20 years and we owe our success to our people and family atmosphere. Blitz is committed to providing reliable and affordable solutions to transport, store, and dispense fuel and water. Blitz fuel containers are tested and approved by the Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Customer Reviews

Not for on-road vehicles
The nozzle does not fit the standard unleaded gasoline filler neck of an automobile, so you can't refuel your car with this container. To be fair, the adhesive label attached to the container does clearly state, "Not intended for refueling on-road motor vehicles", but Amazon doesn't mention this caveat in the description so you have no way of knowing until you receive the item.

I had to return mine since I bought it specifically to keep some extra fuel in the shed for my car. If are looking for a can to fill your car, this is not the one. If you need a can to fill your riding mower, this might work for you. Amazon should probably move this item out of the Automotive Store and put it in Home and Garden Store with a better description of its limitations.

Finally, the container cannot be sealed without the nozzle in place and sticking up (as shown in the product photo). In my opinion this makes the container more vulnerable to damage and leaks, and thus less safe.

Next to useless.
If your only use for this can is in refueling a lawn mower or other relatively large and stable non-vehicle, it's only mildly annoying. If you need to put fuel into the tank of a car or truck, it's close to useless or downright dangerous; at least three hands (two for the can and one for the funnel you'll also need) are required at a minimum in order to pour fuel out of the can and get it into the tank of most cars. In any usage, the low flow rate caused by the pouring spout's design seems calculated to infuriate the user. Although the regulatory insanity that spawned this device was doubtless well-intentioned, the result is a product which will serve only to cause the user to remove the offending "safety" portion, and pour the gasoline straight from the container instead. And, since it doesn't have a vent on the can, this results in much more forceful splashing if a fast pour is attempted. All in all, this product is the most unsafe-to-use gasoline storage and transport container I have ever seen, when real-world considerations of how the user is likely to employ it are taken into account. A safer design would be aimed at making it possible to quickly refuel a car without the need for a funnel. The longer that you have to stand next to your vehicle by the side of the road while pouring gas from the can, the more you are exposed to the risk of being struck by another vehicle...and if you have to use a funnel at all, you're causing a tremendous increase in evaporative pollution as well as getting stuck with having an unsealed gasoline-contaminated second item to put in the car afterwards. The entire concept of this can is fundamentally flawed. I recommend that everyone avoid it, and that everyone complain to the regulators who caused it to be manufactured.

"Spill Guaranteed" is more like it.
I bought one of these cans to fill a generator during a blizzard. I spilled quite a bit of gasoline. It was not as bad as the gas can I had purchased a day earlier but it is a close second.

These new gas cans are:

* bad for the environment
* dangerous, since it is so easy to spill gas with them
* bad for your health since you are likely to spill gas on yourself
* bad for your life since you are likely to endure high stress using them
* bad for whatever you are putting gas into since you are likely to spill gas on it as well

I do not think that Blitz is necessarily to blame since government regulations forced redesigns of gas cans. I tried several different styles during the blizzard I spoke of earlier and all of the cans were horrible. One of them was so difficult to use that I actually broke to spout at the neck while trying to figure out how to get the gas out. I needed to transfer the gas into another container just to pour it into the generator. Most of the gas did not make it into that other container. It was a disaster.