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

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.

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.

They worked real good ,went in tight no leaks and very strong

Much better than the aluminum ones Ive used for years. Ill definitely be buying more.

They work just fine

My first year making maple syrup. These are super sturdy and easy to use. Stayed in place for weeks and removed easily when done. These will last for years.

Items are very sturdy and looking forward to using them in the spring for tapping black walnut trees.

Worked great for my first try. Super surprised to see how easy it was to make maple syrup from afew trees in my yard. Only tapped 4 trees and I had a late start on the season and I still ended up with a gallon and a half of maple syrup!

Just what I wanted.

high quality and sturdy