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

An excellent product. Durability to use for many years

Great taps, sturdy construction. Zero complaints.

Worked well. First time tapping trees.

They work like theyre supposed to

I am quite impressed with the quality of this item. I am glad I decided to purchase these stainless steel type instead of the black plastic ones I was considering. These are obviously machined from thick walled stainless stock. There is a slight taper on the side intended to go into the tree. That side is approximately 1 1/2 (37mm) long. The side that receives the hose measures at exactly 1 (26mm) long. Please see the picture I attached to this review. We have two maple trees in our yard. This will be the first spring my sons and I have tried tapping and sugaring them. Looking forward to the sweet results!

We love these taps! We have 10 of these, and 10 of the old cone-shaped aluminum kind. I like these better. Theyre easier to insert and remove, they seem to flow better, and are easier to clean. The only thing we dont like about them is that the hooks are separate...we wish they were somehow attached, because we live in great fear that they will get lost. This is especial worry when tapping the trees, when theres still a foot and a half of snow on the ground. You drop that sucker in the snow, youre not going to find it for 2 weeks. But I suppose it makes them even easier to clean? whatever. Dont not buy them just because of that.

Taps were sturdy. I also purchased 5/16 tubing to fit on the ends of the tap, but due to the lip on the end of the tap, the tubing does not fit -- so frustrated as today was the perfect tapping day. I tried the boiling water trick on the tube and using a razor to slice the tube slightly, but to no avail. Will have to return these and purchase traditional/disposable taps or another ss design so tubing will work. These taps would work with a bucket attached sans tubing (check to be sure the hook is long enough for your bucket), but I have raccoons to contend with and need the bucket covered and tubing to the bucket. Sadly, these need to be returned.

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.

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

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.