Per Frank:
I'd like to give a shout out to the EPA for those wonderful, mandated
gas cans which are spill proof but you end up with gas all over the
place when you try to use them.

You and about a million other people.

The statement that rings truest to me: "They're a good design to keep
gasoline in the container.... but terrible when it comes to getting
gasoline out of the container."

I have spilled more gasoline in one year with those damn things than I
have spilled in a whole lifetime of using the old style cans.

Once I added an air vent, one of these
http://www.amazon.com/Midwest-Can-56.../dp/B00DW4YLLK
was working not-too-badly for me. But soon the rubber ring around the
cap got pinched and now it dribbles a steady stream when poured from.

I've gone over to NATO Jerry cans with the NATO spouts:
http://tinyurl.com/zujg4jb
http://tinyurl.com/jh5cq6w

Pouring ergonomics could be better (there's no handle or grab point on
the bottom or side) and I am thinking about a more robust spout like
this http://tinyurl.com/jek5zub ..... And you have to be careful which
brand because there are look-alike rip offs out there that lack the
inner coating and don't have the proper welding method.

But, as-is, the ones I have don't spill a drop and they are totally
airtight.

I have seen pix of one of them after falling off a vehicle at turnpike
speed and it was intact.
--
Pete Cresswell