safe weight from your kit

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Hello I was thinking how I can safe weight from my rucksack, water/kitchen equipment.
Actually:
1L water conteiner: military plastic bottle= 145g (I don´t like soft containers like Platipus, camelback.... you always can puncture them)
0.8l MSR Titanium pot with lib= 118g (used to hot water)
0.8l empty Tetrabrick= 25g(used to pour the hot water and foods)
Total weight=288g
My improvement:
0.8L water conteiner : MSR titanium bottle= 117g (used to carry water during the day and to heat water, I suppose no problem because is a bare titanium with no covers as in Sigg aluminium bottles and you don´t need lib becouse the mouth is narrow.
Perhaps one inconvenient with continius heating is some deposit of water soils into the bottle.
0.8l empty Tetrabrick= 25g(used to pour the hot water and foods)
Total weight=142g you safe 146g+space in your rucksack.
You get more free grames to load your rucksack with more foods ;-).

Ok which is your opinion about,any feedback should be thanks.
Enjoy.
 
I've found the MSR dromlite water bags to be a great addition, and virtually unbreakable. They also collapse when empty, making it easy to keep them in your bag then load them up for long travels where water could be doubtful. While I normally don't like the Camelbaks, they can be good if you don't have the time to stop and get a bottle out. Other than that, silnylon and titanium all the way is the ticket.
 
Faca,

I am a big fan of the Platypus bags personally. I have used them for years and I still have the first ones I bought. They are far harder to puncture than they look, take up very little space when empty, and weigh next to nothing.

I also use a "Galão de Emergência" 5 liter gasoline bag that I bought at a gas station. Fort those of you who aren't familiar, these are five liter plastic bags designed to transport GASOLINE! I call them "Self Immolation Bags". For gas they're nuts, but they are fantasitic for carrying five liters of water in the bush, cache water, whatever. They only cost about $.25.

I carry one rolled up with a rubber band, the rubber band can be used to close off the nozzle after it's full. Até Logo Mac (MG, BH)
 
I have to second the platypus durability, I accidentally slammed a full one in my car trunk (slammed, not shut) and it didn't rupture or leak. YMMV
pat
 
Do you know if you can ship those North, pict? I'd love to have some of those bags. They'd work great for flotation as well.
 
Robert,

There are a few items I can buy here that are great for a survival pack. The Gasoline bags are one. I can also get potassium permanganate in a foil flat divided into ten small sections. The whole flat is about 6 x 2.5 inches, but you can cut the foil with a scissors and reduce the size. I use this as a back-up water purification system in all my kits. This is cheap as well.

I'll be back in the States for Christmas and I plan to take a supply of both of these items with me. Not enough to go into business or anything, but they would mail fairly easy. Mac
 
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