Guess I neglected to mention that these are 1 gallon jugs/bottles, not the
'individual serving' sizes. Another bonus is that they provide ice-cold
drinking water as they melt.

Cya,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Karl Wolz
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:36 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question

For summertime camping, I've found that one gallon milk jugs work much
better than smaller bottles, simply lasting longer in the frozen state.

Karl Wolz

 I have many bottles of water that I bought wherever
(hellmart or the grocery store) that I put in the deep freeze (after pouring
out the 12% (+/-) for expansion). I look for a bottle that seems pretty
sturdy on the shelf; the best of these seem to be the cheap store brand
drinking water. The only time I can recall breaking any is when I hit them