Water carrier trouble

[Bear86]

Okay so i have chosen £1 water carriers as my method of storing water, my original plan was to have several ready so i could just fill them up just before an emergency. This would quickly take my supply from 10 liters which i have in bottles to over 100 liters.

I decided to fill up a 14 litre one, i put it behind the bed as i had room the 14 litre one was ok for 4 days then and last night it leaked so its now only 2/3 full yes that's around 5 litres of water on my carpet. I inspected the carrier and i cant find a hole which is kinda worrying why would after 4 days would it decided to spring a leak so small i can't find.

Could this have been a small insect bite as the carrier can't have had a hole in it or it would have leaked in first few days, it has me stumped i decided to fill up a 10 litre one and keep it in the open.

Has anyone else had a problem with faulty water carriers? and is there any suggestions people as this was going to be my solution to water in an emergency.

[scoobie]

No...but that is worrying as I have a few of these type of containers too. I shall test this week, and report back with my findings!

[Arzosah]

Mmmm.... I've bought 4 of these recently... might have to just end up buying the 5 litre filled bottles for £1.05 from Sainsbo ... they do 1.5 litre pretty cheaply as well.

[Moony]

Unfortunately cheap (particularly foldable) water carriers are rather reknowned for for quality problems and often leak, especially if filled all the way to the top. I'd not recommend more than 1/2-3/4 filling them. They often leak around the cap and suffer from thin areas in the walls that spring a leak when subjected to the weight of the water inside. If you buy water from the supermarket shelf, at least you know the bottle doesnt leak !

[jansman]

You would be better to recycle 2litre pop bottles. Sterilise them with bleach or Miltons and fill with water. Use a marker to put the fill-date on and rotate. If you use Miltons as directed, just tip the solution out do not rinse, then fill with water. 6 months would be a good storage time then. Those bottles are tough.

[Bear86]

You would be better to recycle 2litre pop bottles. Sterilise them with bleach or Miltons and fill with water. Use a marker to put the fill-date on and rotate. If you use Miltons as directed, just tip the solution out do not rinse, then fill with water. 6 months would be a good storage time then. Those bottles are tough.

I prefer the 3litre dilute bottles as they have a handle to carry them and they look less of a mess not sure why that important to me

[Optimystic]

We buy a couple of 5L bottles every month.. luckily we have a good space away from direct sunlight to store them in.. our current stock is 20 Bottles so 100L.. we also have several of these fold away 10L bottles for filling in the event the water is about to be switched off and have enough water purifying tablets for 3000L.
Think I will test the fold away bottles now tho!

[jansman]

Bigger bottles even better.

[unsure]

would anyone recomend 60ltr barrels , the blue ones with clamp on lids . these have come from a company that makes medical equipment , gloves, blades , tubing , that sort of thing .
i have 3 of these and 2 ,20ltr black plastic jerry cans ex mod one`s .
the barrels are at the moment full of rice and pasta ,. this could easily be put in storage box`s if needs be .

[lasttruebreed]

the 3 litre bottles of diluting juice are a great idea for storing water for preppers on a budget. If money is no object though you should look into the solid water containers in camping shops or even Halfords they're about £10 for a 10 litre. I've got a few stashed at my bug out and have been using the same one for about 2 years if I'm car camping (because of the weight).