MayBee 2 Pack Honey Gate Valve for Extractor, Durable Nylon Honey Extractor Tap, Beekeeping Supplies

Used in syrup bucket lid. No leaks while pouring.

Here's how I installed my wife's MayBee Honey Gate Valves using a CENYB 1-11/16 (43mm) Hole Saw... I stood the MayBee "orange nut" on one of its "highest' Chamfered Head Edges (not the Wrench Flats) on the inside of the bucket floor, where I drew a circle on the inside. Then from the outside of the bucket I drilled a small pilot hole by simply "eyeballing" the center of circle I'd drawn looking through the plastic bucket. Next I took this CENYB 1-11/16" / 43mm Hole Saw and very slowly drilled out the hole.I then screwed in the MayBee Honey Gate (but not too tight as to deform the MayBee's clear rubber gasket). I then proceeded to push the MayBee Honey Gate, as flat against the bucket side wall as possible. As to kind of "deform" the bucket's side wall with just a bit of a "flat spot". Where I then hand screwed on the MayBee's Orange Plastic Nut on the inside (where I did NOT add my own o-ring as others have noted, so your milage may vary), but I did the best I could with my hand strength. Then I used some leather gloves and my ole "Tennis Pro" / Ping Pong hand grip (to get a few more slight turns of the Nut). 🎾🏓 As I simply did NOT have a wrench or channel lock that would fit in the bucket. ha ha 🤪 But it was tight enough that it was waterproof on my very first try ever. My wife is super happy and so are her bees! 🐝😇Well, I hope that might help others out there!

Worked well. Did leak a tiny bit but not enough to be a real issue. Easy to rise off.

I bought these to try. I have compared them to other honey gates that are much more expensive. I will choose these going forward.

These leak, and they leak a lot. I installed one on a 5 gallon bucket, and they leaked not from the connection and the washer, but the gate itself. I tried two of them, and they constantly would let out like a tablespoon or two of honey every hour. Completely unacceptable. These are definitely not what you want at the bottom of your bucket that catches from your extractor!

This is what I do and have always done with honey gate or any gate I buy. Through the O-rings in the garbage and use food grade silicone. Never in my 35 years of have saltwater tank or honey buckets has one leaked.

These are a game changer! They make getting liquid out of our buckets so much easier!

Rubber gasket is not good, it just comes out as soon u start tightening up.