Quality

To Wavian or not to Wavian – that is the question today.

Some time ago, I bought a 5-gallon (20-liter) red metal gasoline container that would eventually live on the JeepMonster. At a different time, I bought a 5-gallon Wavian gasoline container and a 5-gallon Wavian diesel fuel container, both of which typically go with us when we travel using our BAT (Big Ass Truck) and Fox (Arctic Fox travel trailer). The diesel, obviously, is for the BAT – a 2017 F-350 Supercab longbed single-rear-wheel beast – while the gasoline is for our auxiliary generator, which we rarely use.

On our last trip, however, we deliberately chose to “boondock” for several nights. Because this was in August and we live in Tucson, we knew we’d want to use the generator to power the trailer’s air conditioning when we got to our night’s destination. For this reason, we carried both the Wavian and the non-Wavian gas cans. Each can had five gallons in it, and they were both strapped into a steel cage with the generator.

We ended up using the generator for just one night, and then only long enough to cool down the trailer. All our other boondocking nights were cool enough not to need a/c. We never opened either gas can. I was therefore quite surprised when we got home and found the non-Wavian can seriously bent out of shape!

I took the following photos with my iPhone, so the quality isn’t the best. But you can easily see the deformation in the non-Wavian can (top), while the Wavian one (bottom) still holds its original shape.

The next photo shows the difference in how the two cans are built. Again, the Wavian can is the bottom one. You can see the bulge in the non-Wavian can, whereas the Wavian has no bulge.

The next photo shows the other side of both cans. The Wavian is still the bottom can.

The next photo shows the two cans side by side. I’ll let you figure out which is which… 😉 My iPhone apparently couldn’t focus clearly on the bent one.

This is the other side of the two cans. Again, the bent one wouldn’t come into focus.

And here we have side-by-side closeup photos of the handles. Notice the build quality in how they’re attached and how they fit. The Wavian is on the right.

The difference between the two really impressed me. The non-Wavian is set for de-accessioning (in other words, I’m getting rid of it), and I’ll be buying a Wavian for the ‘Monster.