GasTapper 12V Standard Fuel Transfer Pump

I bought this unit to transfer gas from a number of jerry cans we keep as emergency backup on our small farm. We refill them about once a year (we use Stabil for storage) and I've gone thru about 4 different devices to transfer the gas from the can into our cars (hand pump, battery). All of them either leaked, stopped working, didn't siphon reliably or couldn't be used with our cans. Since our jerry cans have that welded in tube that reaches to the spout/opening, a number of the smaller battery units wouldn't fit thru. This product uses smallish hoses that fit thru everything, actively pumps the fuel (no hassle's trying to get a siphon) and worked very well, transferring the fuel without making any mess. I like that it runs thru your car's aux power/cig. lighter port (which means you can set up the operation at each car wherever it happens to be) and that it has long hoses that make it easy to reach from the can to the car while keeping them a decent distance apart from each other. This smaller/cheaper unit made by the company is not very high power and the transfer rate is kind of slower than I wish, it transferred the 5 gallon can in about 10 minutes. Since I could set up anywhere I wanted with this kit, I was able to do some work in the barn while keeping an eye/ear on the run so as to make good use of the time (it makes a knocking noise when working, which is actually great, as I could tell by the sound when it was getting close to the end). I stiffened the intake hose with a short length of wider diameter hose that came with the kit so it would stay put on the bottom of the jerry can, and so I could maneuver it to suck up the last bits, which was nice. We got the job done in a morning and I like the fact that this has "prepper value" in that it comes with sleeves that permit you to use the kit's hoses to draw fuel from a car/truck's gas tank into either another car or a fuel can. I plan on using that feature at the end of this season to winterize our other gas driven equipment (like the zero turn) come next winter. I think it's a good product for the price.

The plan: I do track days on my motorcycle. I have to refuel during the day because I flog my engine silly. Refuelling from a jug is messy no matter how hard I try. The fit between the nozzle and the jug is always imperfect. Finally I have to remember to fill the jug before heading out to the track before dawn. Or sometime to simply put it innthe truck before leaving home. I am imperfect and this whole scenario has murphy written all over. I saw this and thought that i could discard the jug and very neatly use the pickup truck fuel tank as a vessel to refuel the bike with no mess. No spilling, no heaving, no forgotten or empty cans! I recieved this pump and used it with no issues of quality, effectiveness, storage or anything else. Very happy with this package. Reality: This included seve al sizes of hose for many different applications. Unfortunatley none of them will slid all the way into my 2002 tacoma's tank. There are bends in the filled that the hoses just cannot pass. Even the tiniest size hose cannot get in. Works fine on my car, not on my truck. Rats! Plan B: I am back to taking the 5gal jug to the track. The pump works great to avoid spills and awekward manuevers to fill the tank. So this is better. It just does not get the smelly, sliding, extra item I have to remember to both bring and fill with me to the track. I cannot blame this pump though. Works great. Update 9/12/2016: I find this is very useful in my shop to empty motorcycle gas tanks. The cigarette lighter plug is not so useful for that. Oh my motorcycles happy tails on the batteries for maintaining the charge on the batteries. So I cut off the cigarette lighter plug and installed SAE connectors. Now I can connect the pump directly to the connectors on the motorcycle, or I can use the alligator clips with SAE connectors that came with my battery maintainer. This allows me to connect the pump directly to The posts on a battery. The set up works great for just about everything. See the attached picture if you are unfamiliar with sae connectors.

The idea behind the product is great: pack a 12v fuel pump in a waterproof (odorproof) case, wire it for 12v automotive port, add tubing kit for various situations, done. It also works great--no more messy and hard to start/control siphoning. The kit is complete and includes good quality components. Instructions are thorough. But storage can be issue depending on which version you have. I have the Standard model, which is the one with the gold pump. The first time I opened it, it took forever to wrestle it back into the case. The (thorough) instructions provide storage advice, and mention that they have a video on their website with guidance on repacking. HOWEVER, their video shows a unit with a black pump whose fittings project at a 90degree angle from the body and swivel. This fitting design seems like it would be much less bulky than the orientation of the fittings on the gold pump, which are just plain in the way. One star deduction for this--flat out no help to me. After finally being fed up with wrestling the octopus of tubing back into the case each time, I decided to take some time to study the problem. I found that wrapping the white tubing around the pump at the bottom of the case to be the best approach. Bundle the wiring and place it in the back. Then, tightly coil the yellow intake tubing, place it towards the middle/front of the case. Then LAY the yellow discharge tubing in a coil around the perimeter. The other accessories can be fit in here and there. Now it's easy to close. See my pictures for examples of how to coil the tubing and how it looks when done.

the filler pipe on a lot of newer cars goes into tank in a horizontal position so all you are pumping is air in the top of the tank the gas taper will make a nose ornament in my shop