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

Way to small

Have not used them yet but they seem to be very sturdy and should get a lot of years wear with them.

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

They work just fine

Lpoks to very sturdy and reuable

I like these taps. I have purchased 2 packs of 5. I have had 3 of the washers come loose from the taps. For this price the washers should not move. I do wish the hook was slightly larger because I have had some buckets fall off on really windy days. The last 5 pack I received has more of a bell style mouth on the tap which still works but I was worried about bending the end of the tap when I was tapping it into the tree because the material gets really thin. These are still much better than plastic taps.

A little spendy, but worked perfectly for our first maple tapping season. Make sure you use the correct drill bit size, otherwise you will have issues with it plugging.

Good

After raking leaves from my maple trees every fall, I finally decided to get something in return from them. I bought these a month ago and this past weekend I finally tapped my trees. I used a 1/4 drill bit and drilled into the trees just a little deeper than the tree-side of the taps. For each tap I ran a plastic tube into a cleaned-out 1-5 liter orange juice container. (Drill a hole into the lid to fit the tube.) I came home from work yesterday to about two quarts of sap. Ill continue collecting throughout the week and will boil down into syrup this weekend. Assuming a 40:1 ratio of sap to syrup, Ill get about 8 ounces....a small amount, but satisfying to know that I have created maple syrup on my own. Next year Ill tap at a more optimum time in the season to increase the yield.

These are really nice taps! Ive tried a few different types, and these are probably the best. You can use them a couple different ways, you can either have them drip directly into the bucket, or you can use tubes with them.