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hurryinghoosier
11-06-2008, 16:05
I cant find a water bladder for retriving camp water. I would like something around a gallon or two. Suggestions
Make a homemade silnylon water bucket. Only a few ounces and cheap & easy to make.
I like this system, if it gets knocked over it won't spill, as long as I remember to put the cap on
http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=86
garlic08
11-06-2008, 16:13
I never found the need for more water than a 2 liter platypus could carry.
sheepdog
11-06-2008, 16:16
I use a collapsable bucket. It holds about 1 and a half gallons. It is great for two people, especially when the water source is a long ways away.
NICKTHEGREEK
11-06-2008, 17:02
I like this system, if it gets knocked over it won't spill, as long as I remember to put the cap on
http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=86
I use a 96 oz canteen for collecting water, letting sediment settle and filter from it. I've used another for a washing machine, sox, skivvies t's and bandannas go in with some water and bio-soap. Hike 5 miles, pour out (LNT) wring, add water hike more to rinse and drain, wring, and dry. Handy devices, they make a top with tube and bite valve for them too.
Toolshed
11-06-2008, 17:03
I use a Seattle Sports Pocket bucket (http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___60603)- about 4 ozs and very handy. I like that it stands up on its own when partially or even almost completely full.
I scoop my weater out of this to use for cooking (boiling) and washing mostly. I pump with my filter out of it on occasion, but not much.
john gault
11-06-2008, 17:04
Folds up to very small profile and has a capacity of 210 oz. http://www.amazon.com/Platypus-7646-Water-Tank-6L/dp/B000J2H8EU
Jack Tarlin
11-06-2008, 17:09
I use a 4-quart bag from MSR called the Dromedary.
It has more than 10 years on it and I've had it for around 20,000 miles or so.
Good product.
Feral Bill
11-06-2008, 18:31
I use a 2 liter aluminum kettle with bail. It's good for cooking, too.
I second the MSR Dromedary Bag. I've used the lighter Dromlite, but the extra strapping of the Dromedary makes it MUCH easier to carry and hang in camp. And just about indestructible. I've been using the same one since my '99 thru-hike.
briarpatch
11-06-2008, 18:36
1 gallon heavy duty zip loc bags. I carry several spares, since they can rip, but they weigh next to nothing.
I use a trash compactor bag to line my pack and the water is a ways off I carry some in it
g8trh8tr
11-06-2008, 18:41
I 2nd the Seattle Sports Pocket Bucket...Light, handy and extremely versatile.
Mrs Baggins
11-06-2008, 18:45
2 liter Platypus fetch bag when I'm on my own, 4 liter bag when it's me and hubby.
I use a 2 liter, plastic, soda bottle. Works good for showers too! Just use a different lid that is poked full of holes.
bigcranky
11-06-2008, 18:59
6 liter Platypus Big Zip bag. I use it to treat all my water with Aqua Mira, too. I usually collect about 4 liters, which is enough for dinner, breakfast, and starting out with a full water bottle.
kayak karl
11-06-2008, 20:03
i use a nylon bag from walmart (the 3pc set) put a cap on the bottom. holds 4 liters
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?p=679857#post679857
Same as bigcranky. It's called the Platypus Water Tank (http://www.campsaver.com/itemmatrix.asp?GroupCode=pla0004&MatrixType=1) - very lightweight and folds up nicely. With a Platypus attachment, also works as a great camping shower. We (my wife and I) use the 6L. One load of water will support cleaning up, dinner, hot drinks, breakfast, and water to start the next day. We too treat our water in this big container.
I've been using one of these for about 25 years:
http://www.rei.com/product/402099
The handle is great for carrying for any distance. The spout is handy for pouring. It collapses and packs to very little space, and only weighs 7.3 oz. They do eventually develop a leak after folding over and over (maybe every 5 years) but at $7-8, I just buy another one. Not a real problem when the leak develops on a hike as its always just in one corner so you can position it so it doesn't leak until you finish and get a new one for the next time. Capacity is double the largest Platypus Water Tanks. Seldom need 2 1/2 gal, but you have the option if you're say planning a zero day. ;)
Toolshed
11-07-2008, 07:36
Just Curious of those who still use MSR Droms, I have a couple in my closet that I used in the 90's, but I didn't like having to filter all my water first to go into it. I like the bucket because I scoop up water and only filter now what I drink and the rest is for cooking or chores. Are you putting unfilteres water in, or filtering everything you put in?
Thanks
Hikes in Rain
11-07-2008, 07:51
I use an old waterbag I got from Campmor long before bladders were popular. It's like a bladder, though, but encased in a nylon bag with a nice strap for carrying. Wide mouth for filling, and the "stopper" has a nice push-to-pour seal. I can squeeze well over a gallon into it, enough to share. Tried to post a link, but couldn't find it; perhaps they're no longer made. Could be, I've had it for decades!
OldStormcrow
11-07-2008, 13:20
I use an old waterbag I got from Campmor long before bladders were popular. It's like a bladder, though, but encased in a nylon bag with a nice strap for carrying. Wide mouth for filling, and the "stopper" has a nice push-to-pour seal. I can squeeze well over a gallon into it, enough to share. Tried to post a link, but couldn't find it; perhaps they're no longer made. Could be, I've had it for decades! I've got a couple of these same bags. Can't remember who used to make them. They hold a bunch of water and just roll up when you aren't using them. I got a bunch of little tiny leaks in mine one time from carrying it back from the spring and taking a "short-cut" through some blackberries. I just bought a replacement liner bag for it and am still carrying it whenever more than a couple of us are going. Handy to hang on a tree or outside shelter wall. Don't leave it hanging out in freezing weather, though.....it's a real mess to try and melt 1-1.5 gallons of water frozen into a giant brick inside your water bag before you head down the trail in the morning.
I've never tried it, but I always thought a one gallon plastic milk carton might be useful for this. Lightweight and extra large capacity. I have a new gravity feed filter and thought it would be handy to set up the filter, load it with water in the bag and run it into the gallon milk carton while I do other camp chores. This would filter enough water for the evening, breakfast, and beyond. The milk carton could be carried on the outside of the pack.
I use a Seattle Sports Pocket bucket (http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___60603)- about 4 ozs and very handy. I like that it stands up on its own when partially or even almost completely full.
I scoop my weater out of this to use for cooking (boiling) and washing mostly. I pump with my filter out of it on occasion, but not much.
Just to clarify the Seattle Sports bucket weighs 4.5 ozs and holds 12L.
hurryinghoosier
11-07-2008, 15:03
Thanks for all the informtion. I tried to find the platypus 6L Water Tank but every supplier is out of stock. Any suggestions?
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Haven't been hiking in a while due to knee problems so I've spent some time trying to lighten up the pack. I use the Campmor water bag to tote water back to camp and the usual katadyn filter. However, I recently bought another of the water bags and have turned it into an Amigolike gravity water filter. Holds more water and, to me at least, seems more secure to hang than the Amigo bag.
Am I missing something here, besides extra weight in my pack? I just use my water bottles.
I have a seattle sports bucket, but mine is 3 gallons, weighs 4.5oz. and folds up to the size of a pack of cigs. I LOVE it. One of the best purchases I've made. I fill it up once when I get to camp and that gives me water for dinner, breakfast, 2 liters to take out with me in the morning and then some. It's not too sturdy for standing up on its own, as it tends to collapse in on itself. I just loop the strap over the picnic bench seat and leave it there.
Am I missing something here, besides extra weight in my pack? I just use my water bottles.I would estimate that I typically use 1 1/2 gal of water during a 'camp.' That includes drinking, cooking, cleaning, and hygiene. The weight of water bottles needed to contain that much water would exceed the weight and space requirements of my Reliance collapsible jug, not to mention the difficulty of carrying that number of water bottles from, say a distant water source. That's what you're missing, I think! :) :p
Thanks for all the informtion. I tried to find the platypus 6L Water Tank but every supplier is out of stock. Any suggestions?Yeah, go with the $8 Reliance and forget those $30+ solutions! :)
I would estimate that I typically use 1 1/2 gal of water during a 'camp.' That includes drinking, cooking, cleaning, and hygiene. The weight of water bottles needed to contain that much water would exceed the weight and space requirements of my Reliance collapsible jug, not to mention the difficulty of carrying that number of water bottles from, say a distant water source. That's what you're missing, I think! :) :p
never been an issue for me
garlic08
11-08-2008, 08:26
I'm with Tin Man, I guess I have a different hiking/camping style. When I see a spring, I drink a lot. I eat and wash near good water. I never carried more than two liters on the AT, often carried none at all. I made a lot of dry camps with one liter. With few exceptions, there's good water every hour or two.
_terrapin_
11-08-2008, 09:36
With few exceptions, there's good water every hour or two.
There are wet years and there are dry years... ;) Late in 2007, the south-central portion of the AT was dry as a bone. When I hit a water source, I'd fill my 3-liter Platy.
Back to the original topic -- that 3-liter Platy also serves as my camp water bag, for cooking dinner and tea, and for cleanup and hygiene stuff.
If I filter water while Im hiking, I pump it straight into the water bladder in my pack. When I get to camp, I like to get enough water in a container so that I do not have to get water out of the bladder or make several trips to the source. I use this http://www.platy.com/product_detail.aspx?ProdID=37&CategoryID=8
and find it very handy.
CrumbSnatcher
11-08-2008, 09:58
Pocket Size Water Bag
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this is the water bag i always use. works great. then i filter with my pur hikerpro. don't always use the bag but wouldn't hike without it. i don't drink often, but this bag will hold a 12 pak of beer and a bag of ice very well. who carrys it is optional
The variety of how folks do 'camp water' definitely relates to personal style and preferences. There's no right or wrong way (within reason). I fully admit I'm a 'water slob' when I get to camp and like to have plenty of it. I don't like to 'dry camp.' I also rarely carry more than one liter during the day while hiking. I probably tend to not drink enough water while hiking either, but I do not feel uncomfortable going all day on one liter of water, sometimes a little more.
Therefore, when I get to camp I rehydrate, drinking lots of water, and with that and cooking/cleaning, etc. I want a lot of water available and don't want to make several trips to a little ways away water source, so my Reliance jug works very well for that. I'm not making a pitch for my way being the right way or even the best way . . . it's just my way!
this is the water bag i always use. works great. then i filter with my pur hikerpro. don't always use the bag but wouldn't hike without it. i don't drink often, but this bag will hold a 12 pak of beer and a bag of ice very well. who carrys it is optional
now it's coming together :)
Bare Bear
11-10-2008, 23:07
I use the MSR 64 oz bag BUT a good cheaper subsititue is to get a box of wine and use the bag inside.............tough plastic with a valve.
Pringles
11-11-2008, 08:00
I use a 4-quart bag from MSR called the Dromedary.
It has more than 10 years on it and I've had it for around 20,000 miles or so.
Good product.
I have a couple of those, and really love the convenience, but I find the water acquires a chemical taste. Do you have any suggestions for reducing that, or making it go away?
Beth
slowandlow
11-11-2008, 12:39
1 gallon ziplock.
Saint Alfonzo
11-11-2008, 22:36
Box o wine bag works for me. I have also had good luck with the bags that come in the dunkin doughnuts box of coffee.Wash the bags out,and your good to go..
I have a couple of those, and really love the convenience, but I find the water acquires a chemical taste. Do you have any suggestions for reducing that, or making it go away?
Beth
Bumping a good question.
Pennsylvania Rose
11-13-2008, 08:46
I use an old waterbag I got from Campmor long before bladders were popular. It's like a bladder, though, but encased in a nylon bag with a nice strap for carrying. Wide mouth for filling, and the "stopper" has a nice push-to-pour seal. I can squeeze well over a gallon into it, enough to share. Tried to post a link, but couldn't find it; perhaps they're no longer made. Could be, I've had it for decades!
We had one of those, too, but I lost it in the divorce:) Went to replace it a few years ago, but not only couldn't I find one, the 20 year olds at the outfitter didn't even know what I was talking about.