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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 11:23:25 GMT -8
I'm looking for a hydration container. From what I read, many people just use zip locks. (reasons include: Ready made garbage back, minimize bacteria growth, easy of using for crotch-pot cooking, etc.) 1) I'm looking for a reusable container that I can empty dry food into, pour water, clip to my pack, and shovel food into mouth after 2-3 hours of hiking. The closest thing I see is a fair share mug: www.backcountry.com/gsi-outdoors-fairshare-mug-lex?skid=GSI0145-GN-ONESIZ&ti=UExQIENhdDpDdXBzLCBNdWdzLCAmIEZsYXNrczoxOjE2OmJjc0NhdDcxMTAwMDE1Mg==However, I'm wondering if there are other options out there. Someone told be they use a mason jar and another stated they use a peanut butter jar (I'm not too hip on carting a glass jar with me). 2) I'm also wondering what people use to wash/disinfect the container (Dettol, or others). I'll be 3 weeks on the trail. Thank you kindly for your advice.
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Post by jazzmom on Jun 23, 2016 12:51:59 GMT -8
It would help if I understood what your objection to zip-lock bags is.
I take dehydrated cold food items, like cole slaw, for lunches. I add water to the zip lock bag and put it in an outside pocket of my pack. It's nicely hydrated by lunch time.
I'm not a fan of "clipping" things to my pack that bounce around or possibly fall off or get snagged. But you can always take a small stuff sack that you slip your zip-lock bag in and tie/clip to your pack. I do take a bowl or mug or plate that supports the zip-lock bag while eating.
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Post by bp2go on Jun 23, 2016 15:00:54 GMT -8
Is a Nalgene bottle not acceptable? Pretty easy to rinse out. What more would you want?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 15:08:25 GMT -8
Hmmm,
1) It will be wasteful. I may want to reuse my bags at a resupply point. 2) I'm concerned about leakage. 3) If I use sandwich size bags for dry food, there will not be enough room for food + water. And if I use the quart size bags, these will take up extra room in my bear canister, and then create extra waste which I will also have to store in my bear canister. 4) The idea of carting around 9 days (between resupply points) worth of used sticky ziplocks is unappealing. Part of me want to use a container, that I can rinse out when I'm done, then store a clean reusable zip lock.
If I don't need to worry about 1,2,3 I guess I'll go ziplock.
I don't like the idea of something jingling around on my pack either, but if it is clipped on upper part solar heat will aid in heating up my meal.
Oops and P.S. Thank you kindly for the prompt and serious response. My board etiquette is lacking.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 15:12:28 GMT -8
bp2go, In looking at their product line: nalgene.com/product/ They seem deep and narrow. Is this what other people use to hydrate their meals. I'm used to a tin cup. But that is not sealable. Thank you.
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Post by zeke on Jun 23, 2016 16:07:24 GMT -8
Ziploc makes some storage containers with screw on lids that might be what you are looking for. 16 & 32 ounce sizes. According to their site, these weigh less than 1 ounce.
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Post by bp2go on Jun 23, 2016 16:07:56 GMT -8
I just know that zip-locks are so typically used in meal prep (search te Cooking section for freezer-bag cooking), but I imagine that you could use a zip-lock carried in a good plastic container with a locking lid. Protection against puncture, and a good shaking mixing bowl while hiking, then a support for a floppy sack of food. Little or nothing to wash. I just thought the Nalgene was still fairly standard issue for the trail? Maybe they have lost their appeal.
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Post by zeke on Jun 23, 2016 16:09:50 GMT -8
Maybe they have lost their appeal. Since lighter containers came along, and with none of the dreaded whatever it was that had folks all up in arms a couple of years ago.
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Post by jazzmom on Jun 24, 2016 4:10:30 GMT -8
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Post by crawford on Jun 24, 2016 6:07:33 GMT -8
I second Zeke's idea of the screw top Ziplock container. Small, medium, and large sizes available. They seal up nicely and weigh very little.
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Post by Piper on Jun 24, 2016 15:41:53 GMT -8
Any plastic jar will work. For years I used a Sam's plastic salsa container (shudder!). My new one is a peanut butter jar. In the morning I dump in whatever I want for dinner that would seem to take some time, with a little water, and let it bounce around in my pack. This works well for veggies of all sorts - corn, green beans, even bean sprouts. When we arrived at camp all were rehydrated and ready to roll.
When we are having a dehydrated meal with meat, I start later - maybe noonish. I guess you could even leave meats in their zip lock and put it in for protection. Now that I think about it, I don't think I ever did pastas or rice this way on an actual trip, left them for the end....though I have experimented by letting dehydrated pasta sit in water and it perks up just fine.
Frankly, when we first started using this system I thought we were geniuses!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 12:23:13 GMT -8
Thank you everyone. Piper , I think a costco peanutbutter jar will work nicely. Cheers, Datadan
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 20:48:09 GMT -8
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Post by zeke on Jul 10, 2016 4:45:14 GMT -8
$15 seems a bit steep, considering all else we have been talking about here. P-nut butter jars are free, and those ziplock containers are just a tad more.
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Post by hippiebutterfly on Jul 12, 2016 11:07:14 GMT -8
Is a Nalgene bottle not acceptable? Pretty easy to rinse out. What more would you want? This is what I would suggest and honestly, really decrease a lot of rehydration time. If you put your food in cold and add water, then store in your pack, it will cook quicker when you're ready to use. Put it in at lunch time for dinner. I mainly use Ziploc. But I am also one of those people who pack it out, wash them, reuse them. It's not wasteful if you're not throwing them away. I have been known to reuse Ziploc until they literally cannot be used again, then put them in the recycle bin. I take gallon bags, then put everything for a meal in the ziploc and label it. I haven't done any thru-hikes. My trips are usually 3-4 days. It works for me. I have a box I keep backpacking ziplocs in for reuse.
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