Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: Collapsible Bucket
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dentondoc |
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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Grandma L |
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Hank |
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Hub |
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 |
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Hank |
Bucket 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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drewbsd |
Callapisble Water Storage |
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mschi772 |
I also have a Sea to Summit sink for time when I want something like this. |
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zski |
quote drewbsd: "I use this. It is cheap and reliable. I just take off the lid and fill it up!yes - we use these too |
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PortageKeeper |
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billconner |
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Grandma L |
quote drewbsd: "I use this. It is cheap and reliable. I just take off the lid and fill it up! 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) |
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BnD |
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vnzill |
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. |
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LindenTree3 |
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. |
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dentondoc |
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 |
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BnD |
quote dentondoc: "I quit using a bucket or jug for camp water supply several years ago. 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. |
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jhb8426 |
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. |