Stainless Steel Taps - Maple Sap Pail Spout & Hook - Spiles for making Maple Syrup (5)

Great to have just in case

very nice!!

theyre a little expensive, but worked well. A week later i ordered more.

make sure you have the drill bit . this one came with the kit . I used a hand drill but a cordless would have helped. Also mark the bit with a marker or tape for depth. The sap was dripping out as soon as I thumped it in so make sure the cleaned buckets are ready. If you use a plastic bucket bungie it to the tree or its self strong winds might blow it away before it fills with sap. Once sap flows strong make sure you check every day I was getting more than 2 gallons out of the big trees. They came out easy enough with using plyers turn back and forth then pull. Tree show little sign of damage now in August. Wash everything in bleach and dry fully before storing it in one of the top buckets youll do alright. Always make sure you sugar down the sap to syrup outside until you reach the 1/4 point. The darker it is the sweeter its going to be. Easer than putting up jam.

A little pricey, but durable and worked perfectly. Just wish I had more than two days of running sap when I decided to use them.

They work like theyre supposed to

These worked great for collecting syrup. They even work with tubing.

Make sure to wash and rinse to remove machining oil. Much better than plastic taps but pricey.

They did what they were suppose to do.

The style I was sent in 2021 has a bell or fluted shape to the end of the tap where 5/16 tubing would be attacked. Since the tip flares out, 5/16 tubing will not fit. I was a able to split the end of the tubing with a razor and shimmy it on,but def not ideal and almost caused a major issue for me as I was set up to install with a tube to 5gal. bucket system. Otherwise these are some seriously heavy duty beautiful taps. I noticed one review said he was worried about bending the tip when tapping into tree...You should NEVER be hitting any tap (metal or plastic) hard enough to bend it. These taps go in with 4 or 5 light taps super easy. If you are hitting any tap hard enough to worry about bending, you are driving your tap past the sap wood and potentially causing serious damage to the tree. Please do your research before you start drilling holes in live trees.