Collapsable water bucket/stuffsack?

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I want a very lightweight collapsable water bucket that can double as a stuff sack. Anyone seen anything like this? I thought I did a while ago but I can't find it now.
 
For carrying water, a condom is the best lightweight, collapsable piece of equipment one can get. Good quality latex condoms are tested to hold 6 to 10 liters of waters (try it for yourself, it's amazing). They're cheap, too.

They also can be used as drybags, or for tying things together.

David
 
David,
I want something a lot bigge and more durable than a condom, but thanks for the suggestion. I am looking after a situation where I had to hike 200 yards down sand dunes to a lakeshore to bring water back to put out a fire. Making trip after trip with my MSR pot was a pain in the a$$. I figured I would rather have a bucket than some container meant to hold clean, filtered water, because I can always filter it from the bucket, plus it would fill faster.
 
BSA supply used to offer a fold-up plastic bucket which held about a gallon....

You might also press a waterproof stuffsak for your sleeping bag (canoe type) into service inside-out...:D
 
You might check out this gallon-and-a-half water tote bag for automobile emergency use as outlined in the www.equipped.org forum. While I don't have one in my auto yet, it looks like it would be mighty handy for those fire-dousing trips you described. It should also roll up to consume almost no space at all when empty.
http://www.equipped.org/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=survival&Number=12748

Alternatively, you could carry a plastic bag (heavy duty kitchen trashcan size maybe) or plastic sheeting, then use it to line a regular nylon fabric stuff sack (thereby making the stuffsack waterproof) to haul water inside of it. Years ago when I backpacked pretty regularly I would have multiple "bags inside a bag" (e.g. plastic or nylon stuff sacks inside the backpack) set up to segregate gear. There was a clothes bag, a sturdy nylon food bag, a sleeping bag & foam pad bag, a stove bag, etc.

One caution on hauling water in a lined stuff sack: Be sure that the stuffsack seams are sewn strongly enough to hold the water you'll be putting in the bag. IIRC, water weighs just about eight pounds per gallon.
 
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