Man are there some PATHETIC people out there.
Anyone that’s been on this site for more than 3 months should KNOW FULL WELL that whatever non-perishable supplies they may need (which includes gas cans) they should BUY NOW - even if on credit. Things are NOT going to get any better and will likely get much worse, and sooner, rather than later (particularly if they Republicans and Obama strike a deal to save up from the fiscal cliff...in exchange for $1.5 Trillion deficits forever).
So, I have my 10 gas cans, each at 5 gallons (as one of my 172 items). I bought them over the past few years. I keep them full, except for the bit I use for small engines. I use Stabil at double-dose, which claims to protect the fuel for 2 years. Instead, I cycle through every 18 months and refill. No issues at all running it in my vehicles. I also have two gasoline-powered stoves and a gasoline-powered lantern (all Coleman). They will run FOREVER on 50 gallons (and nearly forever on 5 gallons). I also seal their lousy gas cans with O-Rings, which does the trick, although they will pressurize underneath, so you have to vent them once in a while (but it beats having fumes around all the time).
So BUCK-UP people, and get your act together...we WILL be hit by the bond traders, just like Greece - it’s only a matter of when.
Yep, that’s pretty much what I do as well. Always amazed that people wait until some crisis and then panic buy.
Excellent gas prepping. I might suggest that in my experience, Startron is a better product than Stabil. Once I switched over, I never had ethanol fuel line problems in my motorcycles like I did with Stabil.