Fueling Your Boat with a Can: We Tested Osculati’s Heavy Duty

BOAT REFUELING WITH A JERRY CAN: TESTING THE HEAVY DUTY BY OSCULATI

What if I told you that, starting today, you can fill up on gas or diesel from a jerry can without risking a single dropped spill? For many boat owners, it sounds like wishful thinking, but it is absolute reality. In the boating world, refueling with a jerry can has always been a critical and feared task—one that carries environmental pollution risks we certainly want to avoid.

That is precisely why we put a solution to the test that promises to eliminate these issues once and for all. This revolutionary, fully certified jerry can is called the Heavy Duty Jerry Can, manufactured by Osculati.

Let’s walk through it together step by step to see how it works and why it proved to be a safe way to refuel on a boat.

Boat Refueling with a Jerry Can: Safety First with the Smart Lock

The first thing you notice when holding the product is the safety lock, which prevents the cap from unscrewing accidentally—whether from friction inside the locker or, most importantly, to keep young children on board from opening it.

This feature is essential for peace of mind on board, especially when navigating rough seas and lockers are subject to heavy movement.

Accessing the fuel is very intuitive: press the button, release the notched ring, and open the cap. Pull it out, and as you can see, it comes complete with a built-in pouring spout.

The spout can be stored separately or left in its dispensing position, keeping your hands clean in the process.

Osculati Heavy Duty Jerry Can: An Effective and Safe Transfer Mechanism

Here is Osculati’s true stroke of engineering genius. What we are holding is no ordinary pouring spout—forget those old transfer hoses that get lost in lockers or covered in salt spray.

To prepare the jerry can for use, pull out the spout, remove the safety cap, and reinsert it in reverse into the ring and cap. Then, simply screw it back into place, and it is ready to go.

You know how MotoGP bikes refuel—using a large tank that dispenses fuel via pressure? Well, this jerry can works in the exact same way.

To put it to the test, we opened the fuel tank of our generator, though it could just as easily be the boat’s main tank or anything else you need to fill. We picked up our jerry can and flipped it upside down with zero issues—not a single drop of fuel came out.

At this point, all you do is rest the spout’s catch against the edge of the tank opening and press down gently. The pressure-activated mechanism releases the fuel in a controlled manner, without spilling a single drop of gas. Refueling your boat with a jerry can suddenly becomes a smooth, effortless operation.

What if you want to stop the flow? Nothing could be easier: simply lift the jerry can, and the valve in the spout instantly shuts off dispensing. As you can see clearly in the video, the boat was refueled without losing even a single drop of fuel.