The Original Safety Siphon 6 Foot Hose For Gasoline And More - 1/2" Valve Siphon Pump - Use for Cars, Boats, Mowers - Self Priming Pump Transfers 3.5 Gallons per Minute - FDA Food Grade for Home Brews

I hesitated to buy this, my experience with gimmick items tends to be negative.This safety siphon really gets the job done. I do a lot of 4Wheeling and often have to use 2 5 gallon Jerry Cans of extra fuel in my outings. The new models with the Carb approved spout are extremely slow to pour out the gas, and they also tend to spill when you angle it to empty out the fuel. Plus it was painful to have to carry these things as they slowly poured out. I really needed a solution, and not one that involved changing neoprene gaskets every few weeks.Enter safety siphon. I saw the videos of it working, but still was hesitant, but I figured anything is better than having to do this gassing up by hand. So, I took the plunge, when I got it, I practiced emptying out my bathroom sink with it into my bathtub. Had somewhat of a hard time getting it to work. After playing with it, I realized what I was doing wrong. Because it was shallow, it was harder to begin with, but I was stopping too early before I hear a continuous "clicking" sound from the ball inside the priming pump moving up and down on its own. Second, I had the hose too high to allow the flow to reach to the downward part of the hose so that when gravity pulled it down, it would start the vacuuming process.So, I repositioned the hose to have a more downward decline to it, and I started shaking it up again. I immediately see the water starting to flow through the hose, it got some air in there, but I keep shaking it, and then I started to hear rapid clicking from the inside ball once the water in the hose had reached the downward slope, and it started flowing out of there pretty fast.The neat thing is, it is a vacuum at that point, and you can suck out all the liquid with it all the way until it is empty and you hear what sounds like someone finishing up the last bit of a soft drink with a straw.Later I got to test it on my jerry cans, boy was it a lot easier to dump out the fuel on these. It took me less than 2 minutes to empty each 5 gallon can. I am very happy with this product, no spills, no having to lift the heavy cans and hold them there for the roughly 5 minutes it would take to empty one out. I highly recommend it, and don't get frustrated during the learning process. I almost did!

Works amazing. Just a little shake and it works great

Needed to get water out of my boat that pooled in my cover. At first, I thought it wasn’t working, but I just had to shake it like my life depended on it and the water started flowing. 10/10!

hey it works as a self priming siphon.drop the brass end in and the hose lower than the can & give it a few up n down shakes to lift the fuelthat can be easily seen in the clear tube, as the fluid is over the high spot in the tube it flows out into the tank.EZ it was as ez as others said - so a nice surprise it works.I might get another with a short tube to fill the dozer tank. [4' should do nicely from my can]

Just used this to transfer 5 gal can full of gas to my late-model car, worked fast and perfectly...didnt spill a single drop, and probably only left 1/4 cup or so in the can after I held it up at angle as it was getting near empty. I had worried that the plastic (vinyl, or whatever the material is) hose might not be stiff enough to force past the anti-siphon/roll-over flapper valve in the tank's "fill pipe", but it was no problem at all. Also had been worried that if the hose material was flimsy it would deteriorate after exposure to gas, but as thick as this material is I dont think that will be a problem. There is a video on Utube showing a guy sitting a 5 gal plastic can up on a car's trunk (towel underneath to prevent scratches) and that gave the siphon plenty enough elevation from can to car tank for a strong flow, and I can confirm as much cause thats exactly what I did. Didnt time the process but the flow started immediately and the tank was empty in surely less than 3 minutes. To get gas from a FULL or nearly full can into a car tank, there cant be a simpler, easier way to do it. Be advised the physics involved: you need to have enough depth of fluid that you are sticking the valve into to give you room for at least 5-6" (I'm guessing) of motion for you to keep the valve completely submerged; if you were to try to get it going in a partially filled can, you might not get the flow started, or at least not easily started.

Love this syphon. The nozzles on the new red gas cans are impossible to use now, I needed something easy to empty the can. Put the copper end into the red can, move it up and down a few times to get the gas moving through the tube and just like that, it emptied in a few minutes! No mess, no frustration.Definitely recommend it!