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Offline mtbkski

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Storing water in your BOB
« on: July 29, 2010, 12:03:31 AM »
OK, this time of year storing water in my BOB is no problem. But living in PA. the winters are cold. So, if you try storing water in your vehicle it has a tendency to freeze solid. Was wondering how you guys beat this, if you do at all. I haven't come up with anything that works yet.
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Re: Storing water in your BOB
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2010, 10:34:14 AM »
In a frozen environment, keep your water container(s) only about 2/3 filled.  Use small containers, so that the surface area to volume ratio is high.  1 gallon containers take forever to melt, but several 16oz water bottles melt faster.

All you can do to make the water into liquid, is:
-Keep the bottle(s) inside your clothing, where it is above freezing, so the water can melt
-Melt the water using a heat source such as a camp fire
-Keep the bottle inside your sleeping bag at night.

If your area is only borderline freezing, you could probably put a SMALL amount of alcohol into the water to keep it liquid.  Not certain what effect that would have on the value of the water as a tool to fight off dehydration though, since alcohol encourages dehydration.
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Re: Storing water in your BOB
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2010, 10:46:44 AM »
I just fill mine to lower levels so that freezing won't break the containers. It's very rare that water in my trunk actually freezes, the number of days actually below freezing here aren't really that many.
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Re: Storing water in your BOB
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2010, 11:01:57 AM »
I'm probably no help at all, but 2 liter bottles with around 3 inches left to the top never burst on me. Then again I'm usually not below freezing for more than 48 hours.
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Re: Storing water in your BOB
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2010, 05:10:52 PM »
VODKA!

never freezes  :thu:
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Re: Storing water in your BOB
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2010, 12:17:21 PM »
Quote from: Balddragn on July 29, 2010, 05:10:52 PM
VODKA!

never freezes  :thu:

 :knu:   ummmmmmm......
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Re: Storing water in your BOB
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2010, 07:56:50 PM »
During winter for the car, I take my water out of my BOB and then I fill my Nalgene bottles about 3/4 full, keep them in Maxpedition 10x4 bottle holders which are insulated with a layer of closed cell foam which helps prevent freezing and then I shove them in the center of two rolled up sleeping bags which further helps provide some insulation. 

Here in Missouri, the most they've gotten so far in the past couple years has been a little slushy, but not frozen solid.  At least the times I've bothered to check them which is usually only once or twice per winter.

(I have four of the Maxpedition 10x4 bottle holders.  I keep two attached to the outside of my BOB so I can just remove the bottles from inside my sleeping bags and slip them right into the bottle holders on my BOB if I need to leave my vehicle on foot with the BOB)

I have left a couple bottles of Gatorade and a gallon jug of distilled water just sitting on the floor board which has definitely frozen solid, so the insulated Maxpedition bottle holders and then shoved inside the center of the sleeping bags definitely helps a lot in Missouri.
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Re: Storing water in your BOB
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2010, 11:03:44 AM »
Put them in an insulated cooler. I know that doesn't work well for a BOB, but it helps in the trunk of your car.
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