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03/24/2017 10:35AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
I use a bucket from Cabelas that is similar to this:


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for getting water from the lake. I usually paddle out a bit to cut down on the floaters. Anyway, often this bucket will tip over when I paddle the bucket back to shore. It is a real pain!

Anyone use something else? Maybe I should just bring in a 5 gallon plastic bucket with a lid.

 
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Hub
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03/24/2017 10:46AM  
I also didn't like the stability of the collapsible buckets for doing dishes etc. I opted for these 10qt collapsible dish tubs that squash flat and are easy to stuff in a pack. They are really useful in camp. I bring two with me (I base camp mostly) I use them for:
Gathering water to rinse things down
End of the night fire putter outer
Dishes (one soap one rinse)
Food prep
Fish cleaning (one for fillets the other for guts)

I don't typically bother with paddling out to collect drinking or cooking water. I have an old Katadyn Basecamp with a cutoff filter used for a pre screen with a Sawyer pump inline. When filling dromedary bags I obviously use the pre-screen and the sawyer filter. When I want to fill a pot that I am going to boil I just pop the sawyer off and pour in pre screened (but not filtered) water and then boil it. It's as fast as a faucet and screens out most bugs and particles. For coffee I just scoop the pot directly into the water. Every good BWCA coffee starts off like a miniature crawfish boil of dead water bugs. That's where the flavor comes in. :)



Collapsible sink
 
Grandma L
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03/24/2017 10:55AM  
Hank, I use similar buckets - either plastic or fabric. The trick is to first be in the stern of a a tandem canoe, dip for water and then hook the bucket straps on the portage pads as you paddle back to shore. Or, just send one of the kids and let them deal with it.
 
03/24/2017 10:58AM  
Haven't thought of hooking it on the portage pads, that is a great idea. But the best is to send the kids. My daughter is 13 now and I could send her out and watch her drench her fit when the bucket tips. Kind of a rite of passage I suppose.
 
mschi772
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03/24/2017 12:27PM  
I have this Seattle Sports 12 l bucket which is super sturdy that I use as a general bucket and as the dirty end of my homemade gravity filtration.

I also have a Sea to Summit sink for time when I want something like this.
 
billconner
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03/24/2017 01:12PM  
I was going to say I have one like yours from Seattle Sports but mschi makes me wonder if its actually more different than I thought, because I have rarely had a problem. I think the only problems have been in the camp site when it is set on a slope - which does seem to result in a premature dump.
 
drewbsd
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03/24/2017 02:24PM  
I use this. It is cheap and reliable. I just take off the lid and fill it up!
Callapisble Water Storage
 
Grandma L
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03/24/2017 03:42PM  
quote drewbsd: "I use this. It is cheap and reliable. I just take off the lid and fill it up!
Callapisble Water Storage "

I use the water container Drewbsd sugggested for "clean" water after it is filtered. It is too time comsuming and spills too much as you are filling dipping out of the lake - to use it out in the canoe for collection.
Oh and when I said, Let the kids do it ( fill the bucket)- My kids are in the 40's and do a nice job of collecting water. (Just in case one of them reads this)
 
zski
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03/24/2017 04:17PM  
quote drewbsd: "I use this. It is cheap and reliable. I just take off the lid and fill it up!
Callapisble Water Storage "
yes - we use these too
 
PortageKeeper
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03/24/2017 04:32PM  
I have tried a number of collapsible buckets and tipping is the main problem with all of them. Well, since I am open minded and will try any brand to solve a problem, I finally tried this Stansport bucket and found it to be sturdy, and it stands better than most. It has a wire hoop in the top and bottom that helps, along with sturdier sides.
 
BnD
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03/24/2017 06:32PM  
I highly recommend a Granite Gear collapsable bucket. Weighs very little, packs very small, It's tapered and infinitely more stable than non-tapered. We used a different brand that's not tapered and it was very un-stable at best. My . 02
 
03/25/2017 09:17AM  
http://www.seattlesportsco.com/camp/water-storage-kitchen/outfitter-class-jumbo-camp-sink.html

I have used this Seattle Sports bucket and it works great with little tipping trouble. If very full it might tip. It is a bit bulky but for a group works well. Not what I would take for just myself though.
 
03/25/2017 11:55AM  
Good idea about the collapsible jug, I take one with car camping but not soloing, I may give it a try.

Thought you might like some/a pic of my archive collapsible bucket and canteen.
I carry the bucket on my fire engine when I put out unattended campfires.
 
dentondoc
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03/25/2017 04:50PM  
I quit using a bucket or jug for camp water supply several years ago.

My replacement is a roll-top dry bag. I prefer one with a air-bleed valve. The bag is easy to fill with water through the open top since it opens wide. Once the top is rolled down and secured with the clip/buckle, the water doesn't spill. The bleed valve can be used as a spigot if the bag is suspended (e.g., from a tree) or laid on a rock. (BTW: you don't get debris in your water supply, like a bucket, since the top is closed off.) When breaking camp, the dry bag can be quickly emptied and rolled up so that it requires minimum storage space.

An additional use for me (since I paddle solo a lot) is to fill the bag with water on fishing days when I need ballast in my canoe on a windy day. (The bag is not nearly as rough on the interior of the canoe as rocks, and since you can fill the bag with various amounts of water, you can adjust the weight.

I guess you could also actually use it as a dry bag if need be. ;-)

dd
 
BnD
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03/25/2017 06:55PM  
quote dentondoc: "I quit using a bucket or jug for camp water supply several years ago.


My replacement is a roll-top dry bag. I prefer one with a air-bleed valve. The bag is easy to fill with water through the open top since it opens wide. Once the top is rolled down and secured with the clip/buckle, the water doesn't spill. The bleed valve can be used as a spigot if the bag is suspended (e.g., from a tree) or laid on a rock. (BTW: you don't get debris in your water supply, like a bucket, since the top is closed off.) When breaking camp, the dry bag can be quickly emptied and rolled up so that it requires minimum storage space.


An additional use for me (since I paddle solo a lot) is to fill the bag with water on fishing days when I need ballast in my canoe on a windy day. (The bag is not nearly as rough on the interior of the canoe as rocks, and since you can fill the bag with various amounts of water, you can adjust the weight.


I guess you could also actually use it as a dry bag if need be. ;-)


dd"


Pure Genius DD. Awesome useful backcountry multipurpose idea. I'm gonna try one of my 20 l sea to summit lightweight dry bags this year.
 
03/25/2017 09:25PM  
I use my coffee container. It's a maxwell house. .. thank goodness my dad drank the stuff so I didn't have too. Haha. The handle on it I can put a bdb on it and hook to canoe for a bailer. Required in Ontario. I get my water both from out in the canoe or from shore if good enough. The good thing is I can see floaties.
 
jhb8426
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03/26/2017 01:48PM  
quote Grandma L: I use the water container Drewbsd sugggested for "clean" water after it is filtered. It is too time comsuming and spills too much as you are filling dipping out of the lake - to use it out in the canoe for collection. "


That has been my experience as well. Bought one to use as ballast and they are almost impossible to fill by submerging.
 
dentondoc
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03/27/2017 12:55PM  
quote BnD: "Pure Genius DD. Awesome useful backcountry multipurpose idea. I'm gonna try one of my 20 l sea to summit lightweight dry bags this year."

I'd start with a relatively small amount of water. As you know water is very heavy, especially heaving it over the side of your canoe. I use a somewhat heavy dry bag (one made by Cabela's ... but its several years old and may be out of production). So when I load up my bag, its very much like trying to lift a whale. It so heavy in fact, that I lean back slightly to the opposite side of my solo when hoisting it aboard.

dd

ps. The amount of water I load in one fill-up is sufficient for a full day on one campsite (breakfast thru dinner) with individual water bottle fill-up's included for 4 people and perhaps a bit of hand washing.
 
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