Collapsible water vessels

[Peat]

I am looking for a collapsible water carrier, at least 10l capacity with a tap. I know there are loads available online but my experience with the cheapo, clear plastic ones is that they leak, sometimes collapsing under their own weight! This is not what I want. It is going to get a lot of use, and I want something that will last. I thought ortlieb would be a good bet, but i've read some bad reviews, and they don't seem to come with a tap.

So has anyone had positive experiences with a particular brand? Ideally it shouldn't cost more that £20

I am also looking for a collapsible washing up bowl that fits more or less the same spec as above (10litres+, doesn't collapse when full, durable)

Cheers guys

 

[Bushwhacker]

Five 2L plastic fizzy drinks bottles would cost nothing and they can be scrunched up small. No tap but do you really need it?

 

[Peat]

No tap but do you really need it?

Yes. It is going to be part of a mobile kitchen, doing catering, so it needs to be easily and quickly accessable,and also fit with environmental health regs, so the reused drink bottles wouldn't be an option. Needs to be food grade. Those things apparently leach into the water (I use them myself though).
Cheers

 

[Shewie]

I use a MSR Dromedary 10L bag, seriously heavy duty cordura outer with three flow options for the cap.

I think they do a lighter version now too

Recommended

 

[Peat]

They look great, but unfortunately a bit too pricey.

 

[Shewie]

I used on of the cheap cube shaped ones for a couple of years, it cost about a fiver from Go Outdoors I think. It got chucked around on beaches and in woods and stood up fairly well, one day my boot was full so I had to stick it behind the passenger seat, by the time I'd driven from Leeds to Loch Long it had completely emptied Maybe a good cheap option but expect to replace it in a few years.

What about a good old jerry can or one of those plastic equivalents? Something like this

I think with anything collapsible there's going to have to be some give with the longevity, unless you spend on something like the MSR

 

[Peat]

I think maybe a solid plastic one is going to be the option really, but space is at an absolute premium as its going in a bike trailer.

 

[treefrog]

They look great, but unfortunately a bit too pricey.

+1 for the MSR Dromedary bags. Had one for going on eleven years now, so I consider it good value for money.

 

[Bushwhacker]

Yes. It is going to be part of a mobile kitchen, doing catering, so it needs to be easily and quickly accessable,and also fit with environmental health regs, so the reused drink bottles wouldn't be an option. Needs to be food grade. Those things apparently leach into the water (I use them myself though).
Cheers

I accept that they're not what you're looking for but am rather concerned they're not considered food grade when that is exactly what they are used for originally.

 

[Snowfire]

I've had a couple of the Ortlieb water bags for about 5 years, both the 10l and the 4l sizes. They've survived being used and abused by Scouts, dragged around in a canoe and rolled up at the bottom of a rucksack.

They don't have a tap but there is a sort of inner cap that unscrews seperatly from the main cap allowing a controlled flow of water out of them. The biggest problem is that if you're not careful you can open both caps together and end up wearing the 10 litres of water Numerous Scouts have had an unexpected shower and a walk to get more water as a result of that one.

I now use a tiny smear of the lubricant from my water filter on the threads which makes it easier to open just the one you want.

 

[bearbait]

Another + here for Ortlieb. Both for the water bladders and the washing up bowl. But I did just have to replace my Ortlieb mapcase after only twenty years or so. It didn't leak - just went a bit foggy making it harder to read the map.

 

[Graveworm]

I accept that they're not what you're looking for but am rather concerned they're not considered food grade when that is exactly what they are used for originally.

Type 1 PET bottles (Some/most soft ones) are approved and designed for single use only. Subsequent use is not approved as in some studies they do add toxins to the water which is aggravated further by the flushing/flexing when drinking pouring but it is far from conclusive.

 

[carabao]

GI Surplus stock Swedish army water bags they are 20 l though but dirt cheap and apparently you can drive a truck over them.http://www.gisurplus.co.uk/shop/product.php/461/wholesale-bulk-swiss-rubber-water-carriers

 

[PDA1]

Look at this one
http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/Product/Product.aspx?id=163182783

 

[GoatBoy666]

I've used these for a good few years, no complaints

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ortlieb-wat...ntent=Ortlieb-Ortlieb_Water_Bag_10_Litre-Blue

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