Stihl gas and oil caps like or loath?

[Muggs]

I loathe the Stihl caps because I've seen them come off so many times. Can you imagine how much fuel and oil have been spilled worldwide over the years because of that design?

When Husqvarna moved to the flip-up screw cap design 10 years ago I went and bought the new caps to replace all my old screwdriver caps.

Edit: maybe "loathe" is too strong a word. I don't like the unnecessary complexity of the Stihl caps. It should be difficult to open, so it doesn't get opened accidentally, the way an auto-locking carabiner works, or the lid on a pill bottle. Why it would be purposely difficult/complex to close is a mystery to me. What possible benefit could be had by making a lid difficult to close?

 

[Reach]

I agree that the ones that use a screwdriver suck too, but Husqy's current design is the perfect marriage of the two designs. I have never had a Husqy cap fall off, no matter how hastily I put it on, because it's a screw cap. Anything that reduces the number of seperate things I have to focus on is great

Sounds like a great design, I’ll have to find one to look at. I’m not familiar with that cap. Thanks for the review!

 

[Matias]

Sounds like a great design, I’ll have to find one to look at. I’m not familiar with that cap. Thanks for the review!

I'll dig around and see if I can find the video, because it didn't work when I tried, but I saw a guy use the husqy caps to replace the ones on a 2511.

 

[TreeCo]

I like them.

 

[Chris Schultz]

I like the stihl flippy caps.