Replacing Tap/Spouts and bucket drops every year?

[SugarMama]

Well we use 5/16" Black Tree Saver spouts with Y's and are using tubing to drop into a 5 Gallon Bucket. Do I need to be replacing the Tree saver spouts and Y's every year? I have read about bacteria, No way to get the spouts clean? I have seen new clear spouts, do those last longer. Also do I need to replace the tubing drops every year or can I get a few more years out of the tubing?

I have not seen much but are there metal spouts I can use for continous years, kind of feel like we are going through a lot of plastic!

[Dill]

What most of us end up doing is using stubbies with spout adapters, that way you replace the spout every year.

[Shawn]

we replace the tree savor's every year

[steve J]

Is there a simple way of separating the spout from tubing or is it just pure muscle power?

[spencer11]

Well you would normally cut the spout off the tubing, but for tree savers they make a tip to put on it so you get new plastic in the tap hole each year, there like 15 cents each. Then you can replace the tubing every 5 or so years to get rid of ALL of the bacteria