5-gallon(ish) water jug with separate fill hole?

Almost any of the water places around here, Quartzsite, Flagstaff, Los Lunas,ect. There's machines outside a lot of stores and gas stations that are $.25gal or $1 for 5gal. Most I know about are out here in the west but figure they probably have them most places around the county. Out here they're big blue machines usually.

>At 5gal for $1 it just makes sense to us.

Wow, that sounds great! Where do you find it for that???

I used to have carboys similar to these when I kept honeybees. I stored honey in them. I thought the price was quite reasonable. Look at the lab-ready ones that are similar. Several hundred dollars each.

Don't leave near Wal*mart!? I didn't think there was such a place with the possible exception of Montana or UP of Michigan.

Naio wrote:
Thanks, bhh, that looks exactly like the one I had back in the day! Except my old one had a metal faucet ;). But $15, whew... maybe I am just getting old and everything seems expensive!

That looks like it. Can't say for sure, it's been awhile sense I bought it and it's in the TT which is still at CW getting repaired. I'm not sure if it's safe for drinking water or not. I would expect it is but we don't use it for that, we use only RO store bought water for drinking/cooking. At 5gal for $1 it just makes sense to us.

Keith, is this the pump you are talking about?

http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt-marine-utility-water-pump-94639.html

Is it ok for drinking water? Maybe I should just break down and do it... :).

Naio, actually my son found it at the local Wal Mart. It was back in the section by the ice chest and water bottles. But I've seen them at other places like the local Water And Ice, an RO water place here. They look like the water fountain type bottles but have a spigot on the bottom. We only use "store bought" water for cooking and drinking/coffee when we're out.

Harvey51, here's a link to Harbor Freight where I got mine. I got the $34.95 one and it works great. We use it to transfer water from our 45gal water drum, we carry in our truck, to our fresh water tank when we're boomdocking. Just mounted it to a small piece of wood and run it off the house batteries. It has regular water hose fittings so easy to hook up.

Thanks, bhh, that looks exactly like the one I had back in the day! Except my old one had a metal faucet ;). But $15, whew... maybe I am just getting old and everything seems expensive!

Keith Haw, how did you find that at Walmart? Do they have things in the store that are not on their website? I have never (gasp) actually been in a Walmart store -- we don't have one where we live. So I merely checked their website.

Buckhorn, where can I find one of those pumps?

We switched from a five gallon water jug to a 2.5 gallon one. Very much easier to carry and pour from.

here's one for not much money

US Plastic carboy

Poke around the web site for other options.

Wal Mart sells a standard 5gal water bottle with the spigot already in it. They're about $10 IIRC, at least that's what we paid for ours. That's what we use for drinking water in our rig.