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.

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.

Bought for my husband for maple sap. He thought they were great. Very sturdy and easy to use.

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.

We havent used them yet, but Im very happy with how sturdy, strong and well made they are. I will be ordering more in the future.

I’ve tried several different taps and this one was the best. The plastic ones I tried didn’t work at all for me. I tried a bigger metal tap that easily bent when I tried to tap it into the tree. But this one went in easily when I tapped it with my hammer, it didn’t bend and it came out easily when I pulled it out with my hand. And it worked great. I just attended a plastic tube to it and put the tube in a bucket. Worked great.

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perfect! buy as many as you can afford. well made and smooth; thick so it wont bend wile tapping it in and all you have to do to remove it it just give it a 1/4 turn and pull it out. sealed up tight in the tree and to the tubes. this is the perfect tap for maple trees.

Wasnt sure how well these would turn out but when they arrived they were much sturdier and more heavy-duty than I thought. I tapped 2 Maple trees with two Taps on each tree and got more than enough syrup for myself and even gave some away. All I needed was a drill to get into the tree. Came out with a hammer to pry with and will probably order more for next season.

These spikes worked great. They are vdry sturdy and held up to repeated use.