Briggs & Stratton 85053 5-Gallon Gas Can Auto Shut-Off (CARB Compliant)

 (52 customer reviews)

Briggs and Stratton reinvented the wheel with a square. There is nothing good I can say about this gas can and I cannot say enough bad things about this gas can. The spout is a piece of crap. It will take you 15 minutes to figure out how to get gas to come out, and when you do, it dispenses at a rate of about 1 gallon every 10 seconds (NO LIE!). This is great, except it leaks everywhere and dispenses most of it on your hand.

This seems like a great idea, BUT a regular gas can works perfectly fine. Save time, money, and frustration...DO NOT BUY THIS. I am thankful I bought this at a local retailer and I swiftly returned this gas can. This product is so worthless I felt obligated to post a review on Amazon.

Alright, here's a third stab at this horrible gas can. It leaks. The rubber seal I mentioned below was NOT mis-installed. It doesn't matter how you install it, because the force of screwing the nozzle back on the can will push the seal out of whack and whoopee! Gasoline everywhere.

I've spilled more gas filling and emptying two of these cans (yes, I'm a genius) once than I have it the past 30 years.

It will be a cold day in you know where before I buy anything Briggs & Stratton makes again.

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After posting the complaint below, I had another look at it. As far as I can tell, most of the dribbling issue is caused by incompetent assembly by B&S. There's a black rubber ring that was installed two different ways (both wrong) in both the cans I bought. It is not an o-ring as it first appears, but a c-channel ring that's supposed to be wrapped around the flange of the nozzle. I haven't actually tried it once more, but it looks like...Read more

The so called "spill-proof" cap on this can is a piece of crap. While the spout may not leak through the tip, whenever I tilt the can, it leaks throuth the screw threads, no matter how firmly I tighten it. Expensive nonsense.