cdl signature spouts

[KReinisch]

Who uses them? Pros and Cons... worried about the 45 degree angle and tubing tool.

[whity]

We started to use them last season. Love them. Don't need tubing tool to install them. They are seasonal, so we will use a different color every season. We used Leader for many years. We had an issue 2 years ago with the heads freezing and cracking. So decided to try the CDL signature spouts.

[tcross]

i don't mind them, but i don't like them as much as the leader spouts. the area you hammer to pound them in is real small, and the y shape is a PITA with most tubing tools. but, they do work well!

[KReinisch]

So you can just push tubing onto it with out tool?

[MapleMark753]

I know you're talking about regular tubing installations, but I used them last year for drop lines into buckets. Just put them on by hand, and they stayed on. Couldn't pull most of them apart at the end of season clean up. Wouldn't want to do a thousand of them by hand though...lol...

[whity]

So you can just push tubing onto it with out tool?

Yes. There's a small single barb on them. They push on and don't fall off.

[VTnewguy]

As I look for ordering taps for next year what's everyone's opinion of the signature spouts? We have used CDL's maxflow spouts with good luck but the signature are cheaper. Does the 45 degree really enhance sap flow?

[Pdiamond]

I like that they are clear and may try a few, but I have always used the 90 degree spile and will probably continue to do so for the most part.

[eagle lake sugar]

I used about 2400 of them this year for the first time and like them for the most part. They are thin walled and if they don't line up perfectly with the orientation of the hole, they will dent or deform when you tap them in. If you plan on putting them on without a tool, you should have maxflow drops, you won't push them on all the way with semi-rigid tubing. At least not when it's 10 degrees out.

[Pdiamond]

How were they when you removed them?