Good review!
I´m not in a position to defend TT, as I have had my encounters with problems with their gear (the bike of Missus looks like straight out of a TT catalogue, but I digress). However, these canisters you write about aren´t exactly TT canisters, they are available at many retailers in Germany; however TT seems to have branded some with their own logo and added a premium without making any further change :-)
Whilst I agree to the content of your review, those of us who purchase the cans new are free to use their brain and figure out the obvious at the time of purchase. Anyways, there is another can available with a wide neck. We have one with the small neck and one with the wide neck. The one with the small neck is used for Coleman Fuel for the fuel-burning stove and I´m quite satisfied with the small neck for that purpose (which is easily filled from the Coleman Fuel bottles). The red funnel fits ok to the neck, maybe your used stuff lacks a seal. However, ours are not exactly drop-proof either and I would like to see the funnel being secured to the canister by a screw-down ring.
I´m not sure why you are not satisfied with the holders of the cans, which are the real TT stuff (and are not available at the usual retailers here); ours are quite all right and we have not had any problems with them over the years. If I recall correctly TT makes them as well with a removable holder so those who dislike displaying all the equipment when not on tour can remove the holders from the panniers.
Cheers
Chris
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