Anyone use the Tanos insert for cartridges?

[RonMiller]

I'm thinking of using a sys4 and the tanos insert for caulk, etc. Does this insert work for silicone, caulk, etc. regular sized tubes. I notice they sell it for a sys4 and sys5 - is it the same one? The web info from the usual distributors is VERY lean. Also, what is EPP they talk about?

Thanks for your help, Foggers!

 

[AlexThePalex]

The insert is meant for standard caulk tubes with a diameter around 50 mm / 2 inch. You can use a sys 4 to store new, unopened tubes but if you want to store them with the tip in place you'll need a sys 5.

EPP means Expanded Polypropylene, probably the plastic it is made of.  

 

[Frank-Jan]

I have one, and it`s the same for both systainer sizes. If you use it in a sys5 you can leave the tip on the cartridge. I wanted a sys 5 with mine but the dealer didn't have one in stock, so I got a sys4 with the extension.

 

[BobKovacs]

I just can't wrap my head around the concept of using a $100+ box to carry $20 worth of caulk.....

 

[RonMiller]

Thanks guys for the helpful answers.

Yes, Bob, the cost is part of my consideration and I'm not sure yet what I'll do. What I've found at the practical level tho is that in the winter I take the stuff out of my van, put it in the warm shop, and then forget it in the morning. Not often, but often enough to require a run to HD, wasted time and $. I could certainly use a 5 gallon bucket, but I have dozens of systainers with carts and it's easy to just stack and roll.

And since I do kitchens and baths, I'd be carrying about $75 worth of tubes...

Thanks again everyone, this forum is a great place for quick and substantive answers.

 

[mastercabman]

Ron,you could also build a box out of cheap plywood and make it the same size of the systainer so that you can stack it.

 

[Alan m]

i built one for a spare sys5. i would use a sys4 but i use gripfill a lot and you cant take off the nozzle

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[AlexThePalex]

Or you could just lay the tubes on their side. That's how I always take them with me in my main sys 4 box with all my tools. I just tried how many fit in a sys 2 and that's 11, pretty good number. Saves space and money over a full grown sys 5 + insert. It's still easy to find the right tube of caulk

I just can't wrap my head around the concept of using a $100+ box to carry $20 worth of caulk.....

What does it matter what it costs? A systainer is not a safe to guard valuables, it's a carrying box. To take with you what you need to do the job. And caulk is pretty important for a lot of jobs so you need something to carry all the different types of caulk you use most. If you use systainers as your main tool storage and transport system, why not reserve one for caulk? Mind you, personally I wouldn't buy the insert and a sys 5, I just put them on their side in a smaller systainer to save space, as I prefer to travel as lightly as possible, but I could understand that other people might prefer to use the insert.

 

[peter halle]

I could see using one of the insulated systainers for cold weather if the tubes would fit.  Take it inside at night, open it up, close it in the morning and go.

Peter

 

[harry_]

I just can't wrap my head around the concept of using a $100+ box to carry $20 worth of caulk.....

Have something in your truck puncture a tube of PL or LiquidNails on a hot sunny day and you not notice it until the next and that $100 systainer will seem cheap compared to the effort of chiseling the stuff of the bed of you truck. Please, don't ask me how I know this!  [eek]