Norm, The water absorption is still there which is why it must be stored in air tight containers. Just prevents the Ethanol and fuel from degrading otherwise. The only time I have separation is when I leave the fuel sitting in an open container during humid days.
Tyler, 5L converts to 1.3 us gallons and I go through a gallon fairly quickly just doing my trim work here. I went through 2 quarts (4 tankfuls) just the last time I was using my brushcutter in my chicken pen. Considering what I was cutting that wasn't too bad but I only got half the job before it started raining every few days making it a mess to move the remains to the burn pile. I could burn where it is but I think I want to keep the barn, wood fence, and my home intact.
I usually mix two gallons at a time as I use in the shop for repairs of trimmers and chainsaws. I mixed up 2 gallons last week and I am already used half of it. Of course that was in the repairs of 4 chainsaws, 6 trimmers, and one hedger. All these had different mix ratio which is why I use a multi-mix fuel oil and have only one container to deal with. Now of course you have those older Victa engines that may still require the use of 25:1 even with the multi-mix oil as I don't know anything about them.
