Groz 41966 15 Quart Drain Pan with Screw Cap, No Leaks/Industrial Capacity

If you work on your vehicles heating system this is a must have.

This makes it so much easier to pour into a empty container and makes it a less or no mess job.

Room mate had one of these, used it a few times and bought this one. Excellent for the price. The pour spout is great if you drain your coolant for whatever reason ...you can run it thru a strainer and back into the system with ease.

Works as it should

The product is an oil collection tank colored green to visually suggest it should properly hold anti freeze.

This pan is made in India. I dont see mold imperfections such as pits or black streaks in my unit, as another reviewer experienced. The product shown on the Amazon page is a bright, lime green, whereas the one I received is much darker, like forest green. I only mention it in case any readers care about the color. The max O.D. of the spout threads on mine is 36.7mm, while gallon milk and water jugs typically have a neck/mouth opening of about 30.8mm. Sure, 38mm jugs can be special ordered, but thats not what millions of people get at their grocery stores, and nobody is going to purchase 38mm gallon jugs when they can simply reuse their grocery store empties for free. As if that wasnt absurd enough, the mouth of my new antifreeze jug is around 29.8mm, so the spout wont even fit into containers of the very fluid type its meant for! Ridiculous! The designers apparently had 5-quart oil jugs in mind, as they have a mouth around 36.9mm, which this pans spout BARELY fits into. It seems the only difference between the antifreeze pan and oil pan is color (the oil pan being black, of course), so they didnt bother reducing the size of the spout for their antifreeze pan. This pan requires the use of a separate funnel to avoid making a mess during transfer into most standard size containers. Epic FAIL! Compare this pan to the Lisle 17982, which has a 1.125 (28.6mm) spout diameter. The rear handle is sized for an adult hand, but for some reason they made the front handles only large enough for 3 adult fingers per side. Were the spout properly designed, I would give them the benefit of the doubt and suppose they may have made these handles this way to help keep the pan from tipping while carrying, forcing the forefinger under the spout to act as a brace and the thumb on top of the spout. But, given the improper spout design, Im forced to conclude they simply failed again here and undersized them due to being clueless. The front handles should be larger and the spout smaller. They got it backwards! This pan isnt as flimsy as some on the market, but the bottom is thinner than the rest of the pan. Rigidity of the sides is important for stability while carrying, to keep the pan from twisting or buckling under heavy load. Robustness of the bottom is also important, yet it has a lot of flex under load. This makes one wonder whether the pan will hold up to years of repeated use or was purposely designed for a limited life span. A multi-ribbed design is used to increase rigidity of the too-thin bottom plastic. This obviously makes cleanup, say with paper towels, more difficult/time consuming. Compare this to the Lisle 17982 oval pan, which has a single rib on the bottom. I was past the return window when I checked out this pan, or I would have returned it and paid a few extra bucks for the Lisle pan, which Amazon also sells. I ordered this one, thinking it might be nice to have the screw on cap, incorrectly assuming the pan would be designed properly. I dont really need the cap and would much rather have a proper spout that fits inside a standard gallon jug. If this pan were redesigned with larger front handle openings, smaller spout diameter, thicker bottom plastic and cleanup made easier, it would be a 5-star product. As it is now, it gets a generous 3 stars.

Works well made of strong material and easy to drain with pour spout

Injection molded plastic, polyethylene. The molding process used has included impurities in the plastic flow, both point contamination many places and larger discoloration streaks. Some of the point impurities are almost large enough to cause a perforation, which of course means a leak. A leak in an oil drain pan is the last thing you want. Also, the bottom is very thin and I am concerned about the durability and strength, particularly with hot oil. I dont see any actual holes in this unit, or I would return it immediately. I dont see this as being a long term durable item. Not worth the money in my opinion.

Big enough to avoid spills. Sturdy and stiff. Pours oil back into jugs easily with spout.

The picture shows a bright green but it’s more of a forest green.