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Question about plastic water jugs

EnglishMajor03EnglishMajor03 member
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We go camping a lot.  Instead of buying water, which I find infuriating, we fill up gallon jugs (rinsed from the milk we buy).  But it's occurring to me w/ all this plastics talk this isn't so smart.

So, if you needed to pack a bunch of water (like 3 gallons worth) what would you use?

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Re: Question about plastic water jugs

  • kdellokdello member
    We do the same as you, on top of filling all of our BPA free Nalgenes up before leaving. We have about 3 gallons worth of Nalgenes. I prefer rigid plastic to flexible, as a rule of thumb because it doesn't contain as many softeners that leach into the water.
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  • blissfullyignorantblissfullyignorant

    imagekdello:
    We do the same as you, on top of filling all of our BPA free Nalgenes up before leaving. We have about 3 gallons worth of Nalgenes. I prefer rigid plastic to flexible, as a rule of thumb because it doesn't contain as many softeners that leach into the water.

    Agreed. I used to camp a lot and found some orange juice jugs that were BPA free. If you go somewhere like REI they'll have big BPA free jugs but I think I remember those being expensive.

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  • kelbriankelbrian

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    BPA free with a spigot. Holds 7 gallons. 

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  • EnglishMajor03EnglishMajor03 member
    imagekelbrian:

    Clicky

    BPA free with a spigot. Holds 7 gallons. 

    OOh!  I love this.  It's totally going on my birthday/Christmas list.  Thank you! 

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  • kelbriankelbrian
    imageEnglishMajor03:
    imagekelbrian:

    Clicky

    BPA free with a spigot. Holds 7 gallons. 

    OOh!  I love this.  It's totally going on my birthday/Christmas list.  Thank you! 

    No problem :)

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  • UnderAtreeUnderAtree member
    imagekelbrian:

    Clicky

    BPA free with a spigot. Holds 7 gallons. 

    We have a few of these that we use.

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  • NYBrideInWINYBrideInWI

    I love REI, and camping...but just an FYI, your milk jugs are most likely made out of the same material as the REI jug. The website says its high density polyethylene. Most milk jugs are made out of that too - they will have a number "2" and "HDPE" on the bottom of the jug if they are. This is a different plastic than what "single serve" water bottles are made from.

    Married June '03. DS born Jan '09. DD born Feb '12. No, we didn't choose to be childless for the first 6 years, only the first 3.
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