I use glass Mason canning jars. They come with a lid and ring but you
can buy plastic screw on lids. Has worked for me for 2 years.
Jim KI6MZ
On 8/14/2011 7:20 PM, kabowers@... wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:31:20 -0700, you wrote:
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>> I would be very careful using milk jugs. I am on a well and have 20 or so
>> milk jugs of water in the garage to use if the power fails for washing,
>> flushing toilets, etc.
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>> Regularly I find one of them is only half full, leaking from the seams.
>> Maybe only a 10%/year failure, but I would hate to have the etchant oozing
>> out.
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>> I would not use these to store something I cared about keeping in the
>> container..
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>> - Bob Headrick
>>
> I'll second Bob's experience. I suspect the plastic has been
> "greened down" to break down in landfills. The quality/durability
> of the plastic seems to have deteriated greatly in the last
> few years. They seem to be especially sensitive to sunlight.
>
> Do you do your own oil changes? The 5-quart
> oil containers seem to be made of better stuff.
>
> Keith Bowers WB4LSJ- Thomasville, NC
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