Best Mini/Small Kit 'Bag' for Water Storage? ? ?

[JD Mandrell]

Condoms work very well. Can't remember where I saw the picture, think it was Ranger Rick's old site, but the thing will carry several GALLONS without breaking. Try it in your bath tub, you'll be surprised.

I did, tested Trojan plain unlubed' ones, with a measured 1 gallon in them, dropped from any higher than about 12-18 inches up, everyone busted against a smooth fiberglass bathtub bottom, except for one and it sprung a leak on impact.

Just cant bring myself to trust them for survival water carry.

(don't have any little "bear claws" running around either!)

 

[mtwarden]

shot of the 1 qt vs MRE bag- the MRE bag has about half the capacity and doesn't stand up, but I think it's about the same mil and pretty sturdy- would pack up a little smaller too

 

[Marion David Poff]

shot of the 1 qt vs MRE bag- the MRE bag has about half the capacity and doesn't stand up, but I think it's about the same mil and pretty sturdy- would pack up a little smaller too

Nice, good call!

I have some of those MRE Hot Bev Bags....

I will use those, when I dummy the kit up....

Nice!

Marion

 

[Pritch]

shot of the 1 qt vs MRE bag- the MRE bag has about half the capacity and doesn't stand up, but I think it's about the same mil and pretty sturdy- would pack up a little smaller too

mtwarden, I especially like how the 1 qt bag is precisely the right size for a single MicroPur Tab. As said above, they can fold up small enough for a Ritter PSP or similar mini kit. Nice backup.

 

[Guyon]

Hey Marion, I've had great luck with the Aqua Pouch (first one on the page)...I've heard their emergency 1 liter pouch roles up quite compact as well. I really like the Aqua Pouch...it folds up nicely, stout material and two grommets to attach some 550 cord to serve as a sling. It opens completely up (like a Ziplock) which makes it easy to fill and has the 1 liter mark to make purification calculations easy. Another good option, depending on your kits size, are the Platypus collapsible bottles; I have a few of the .5 and 1 liter bottles which roll up pretty compactly. The added benefit is the attachment of Aqua Mira's Frontier Pro water filter (with as a gravity set up or pressure filtered directly from the bag).

ROCK6

Based on a past post/recommendation by ROCK6, I picked up a .5L Platypus bottle to go with my Frontier Pro filter.

I just tucked everything (filter, bottle, and instructions/extra filters) in a quart Ziplock and put it in my pack.

As ROCK6 points out, the Platypus bottles are available in a 1-liter size as well.

 

[mtwarden]

almost all of my water bottles are platys- I have some that go 7-8 years back

for a small survival kit though, they are much too big- for a pack not a problem and that's what I'd be carrying in a pack

 

[nemoaz]

I did, tested Trojan plain unlubed' ones, with a measured 1 gallon in them, dropped from any higher than about 12-18 inches up, everyone busted against a smooth fiberglass bathtub bottom, except for one and it sprung a leak on impact.

Just cant bring myself to trust them for survival water carry.

(don't have any little "bear claws" running around either!)

Well, the gallon is an example of what it will do, not what you should carry. A quart or half quart is more reasonable.

How did the ziplocks, turkey bags and others handle this test? I doubt they could be dropped either.

I suspect the platypus could be. But they won't fit in a microkit (or in your wallet).