Gotta be some uses for these...

They are given different names but most commonly "baby soda bottles." A Google will show several sources, different sizes, with caps and without (cheaper and the standard 2 l caps fit).
 
I need to pick up a few more. They are a standard item in my gear bags.
For example, in my Maxpedition MPB, I carry 8 of them as a kind of medical kit.

white wine, red wine, spring water, meds, honey, cough drops,
tums, misc. gear: nail clipper, nail file, sliver gripper, lip balm

Each of these has a different color cap. I save the different caps from soda bottles.

County Comm calls them tube vaults. Steve Spangler Science has good deals on them, including racks for them, and suggested science experiments for kids.
 
I bought a couple from county comm. Very sturdy but pretty heavy for the capacity. Container store has some tube containers with snap on cap that are much lighter, that I use for cotton balls.
 
I've thinking of putting some potassium permanganate in one, and possibly some glycerin in another (and keeping them far, far away from each other), although it's highly unlikely I really need that much glycerin for anything.
 
I heat them up, then apply pressure, this results in a two litre bottle which can hold water!
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Seriously, Keep2go also do various caps, with carry loops or drink/pour tubes.

For ideas on storage, tube colours and the cap types, look here!
 
If they just had flat bottoms. As it is, they fall over like a drunk after a three-day toot. Suppose you could stand the lil' fella's on their flat "heads."

And I can't see walking around with lots of 'em dangling from my gear lookin' like a 1600's musketeer.
 
I'll admit I bought 10 from County Comm, and haven't found a use for them yet. I was all set to hold drugs in them for camping, but then I realized that's a crap-ton of aspirin. I don't really need 400 tabs of tylenol.

The instant coffee sounds like a good idea, if I drank coffee.

Maybe I could fill one up with pixie stix for a quick rush if I start to poop out on the trail.
 
Anything granular, like coffee or sugar, can fit in an old vitamin bottle that cost you $0.00. It will be plenty tough for that purpose and seals up tight.

The benefit these BSB's have, besides being very tough (at the cost of more weight), is the straight sides - inside. Less hassle to get out stuff that hangs up on containers that neck down.

Prescriptions bottles are also straight sided -- also weaker than the BSB's but lighter and free. (If you're not on a prescription, you know someone who is.) A good wrap of duct tape makes prescription bottles more durable containers, and the duct tape can be used otherwise.

Let's face it, we just like gear. :D

And thats OK. :thumbup:
 
Maybe a small fishing kit with line on the out side so you could fish, like using a soda can. Keep small hooks, split shot, lures. Maybe matches. A dose or two of alcohol for a triangia stove. Lure scent for trapping. Extra 22 ammo. Toiletpaper roll holder. Liquid soap. Whiskey.
 
Thomas Linton said:
If they just had flat bottoms. As it is, they fall over like a drunk after a three-day toot. Suppose you could stand the lil' fella's on their flat "heads."

And I can't see walking around with lots of 'em dangling from my gear lookin' like a 1600's musketeer.
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Heck just fit them through the loops of your bandolier! :p
 
Scotch in one, and a short Churchill Romeo y Julieta in another! Perfect wind down at the end of the day.
 
batteries 2AA /AAA ,fishing kit with line wrapped around the outside acting as the reel.Booze tube with hi Octane fuel:D for your stove of course
ammo for airgun or .22's or lead balls for slingshot mixed with sawdust from myia [sp] dust for fire and to deaden the rattle
 
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Soda bottles are made of polyethylene, I don't think you want to store fuel in them.

On the other hand, bleach for water purification might work.
 
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