My wife and I will be resuming our travels in a couple of months and are looking to buy two good quality  plastic water containers 20 Litre  size.. Our last two lasted about 2 years before the UV rays  caused them to  fall apart.

ANY SUGGESTIONS.

John

We got plastic jerry cans for water at a good price from Supercheap Auto.. you could also try Bunnings or any camping store. Might be best to try to keep them out of the sun, it causes algae to grow in your water, as well as degrades the plastic!

I saw some really good ones in Big W yesterday. Two different shapes but both 20 litre.

Someone on the road suggested to us once if you are going somewhere where there might be a shortage of potable water then stock up on cheap 2ltr spring water bottles & pop one in each of your clothes cupboards as this will distribute the weight well & saves looking for storage space for bigger containers. Also when the're empty you can always refill them & store them away in the same place again.

Cheers
Jon

And a lot easier to carry if you have weak wrists like me after bone breaks.

Yes, consider the weight. I recently went to buy some 25 litre water jerries at a very good price from a camping store ($10 each for good quality). On the way, happened into KMart and saw some 12 litre bottles of water on sale. Picked one up and realised (sadly) that I could probably NOT lift a 25 litre job into the back of a vehicle. Now looking at 10 litre containers. There are aspects to this getting old business that are not fun! Cheers, Tony

Hi Rheo, just a thought, but have you considered the collapsible plastic containers?
I purchased 2x10lt containers from bunnings ( around $7.00ea) and found them to be excellent for the following reasons; easier to carry 10lts than 20, they can be put in a myriad of locations and mould to the location, by splitting the weight you can distribute load better and when they are'nt required you simply flatten them and put them wherever you like. Around camp it was so easy to lift 10lts of water and with the quick pouring tap it had many uses when cooking/cleaning etc compared to weight and bulk of larger 20lt. There are cheap one's around but the Bunnings product is nice and strong...........and cheap!
ozi2

hi one and all something you might keep in mind when carrying water or other fluids ea 1 litre of fluid = 1 kilo in weight we dont put water in our tank but we do carry a about 4 litres of drinking water on saying that we dont go off road though. i'm big on the less weight you carry the better it is lyn

R47 , Get your self the ones the ARMY use they are dark green and dont let the light in..I have had them for a long time , and they are still good. The water in them keeps good for a long time as well ,they have 2 screw tops and are tough..I keep them for spare drinking water only.. For wash water I use the red fuel ones from ???? who ever has them cheep at the time ??12- 15 dollors.They last longer than the white = blue ones. when we go over the west prospecting water is a big problem .. We take 8 -10 jerry type containers.. "fill them over there"Hope this helps...Bob

Hi ...

Every used wine cask holds 4L 

.... easy to carry too
.... All you've got to do is drink the stuff that comes in them
...then take off that funny tap thing with a twist
... rinse them, put the tap thingo back on & there you go. 

If you don't fill them to full they freeze well too  ... saves on buying ice.


Yes I have tried it but people keep pinching them from the camp kitchen freezers where I leave them overnight!!!


They make a nice pillow too..  or ice pack ... or they  fill up space in the Engel so that the bottles don't break by banging together


You get good points for recycling too  (wonder if there is a Govt. subsidy available)



Almost as useful as milk crates .. but that's another story .....

-- Edited by Cupie on Friday 7th of January 2011 08:24:43 PM

Cupie wrote:

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Yes I have tried it but people keep pinching them from the camp kitchen freezers where I leave them overnight!!!

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Wee in them, that'll soon stop 'em!

 

Those wine cask bags are great when filled with air to stop things rattling together... never thought of filling them with water, what a good idea.
 
Thanks Cupie!

CUPIE wins the award for best ideas thus far for 2011.  We freeze all sorts of square and round containers of water for ice.  Never thought of using wine bladders to save space etc.  Best of all I will have to emply the original contents in a responsible and eco friendly manner, ie., turn it into urine and dispose of it as nature intended.   Lets see, I will need about four Cav Shavs and half a dozen Lexias to start with, then  .... . ........ . .  .. . ..