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

Very nice sturdy taps.

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.

Lpoks to very sturdy and reuable

very nice!!

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

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.

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Excellent taps, but hooks are too small and there is no way to accommodate a lid. I ended up zip tying the lids to the hooks, but next year I will have to look for another hook system as it is too small to hold the bucket safely. (one was knocked off and spilled about 1.5 gallons of sap)

The instructions were clear and I had no issues whatsoever getting these set up on our trees. I ended up using tubing on these, however, and it doesnt cause issues as long as the hose is heated beforehand. The hooks are very useful and were able to hold overflowing 5gal buckets with ease. Overall, I would recommend these to anyone looking to get into syrup making!