Stoveless hydration container

Is a Nalgene bottle not acceptable? Pretty easy to rinse out. What more would you want?

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.

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.

I have a few screw-top containers that Zeke is talking about. They're pretty sturdy, don't leak, and are nicely dimensioned to double as a bowl. Nalgene makes screw-top food containers, too. I have some for car-camping. They're indestructible like their classic water bottles, but that also means they're heavy for backpacking. But if you rig either to "clip" to your pack and go bouncing down the trail, I can definitely see the top working itself loose. I'd recommend some netting/pocket set-up instead.
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www.amazon.com/Nalgene-Outdoor-Storage-Container-16-Ounce/dp/B00BISQB6K/ref=pd_sim_200_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=518OzR2GAML&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR131%2C160_&refRID=Y1GERZWWXG2SY5JTA9A5

FWIW, I rarely eat out of zip-locks; just the no-cook sides like I mentioned above. I usually cook and eat out of my pot, which also has nice bowl-dimensions. I don't worry about "disinfecting" though and almost never use soap, "biodegradable" or not. But I've taken tiny bottles of camp suds.

I don't know that we have many no-stove backpackers here. The subject doesn't come up often. You may want to ask at Backpackinglight.com.

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!