Need help with my storage, need ideas

[castle]

Seems like I feel the need to re-organize my food storage every month or so, keep trying to make it more space-efficient, but keep ending up not liking it. Any ideas? And how long can you store cans of pop for? indefinatley? how about those big jugs of water for water coolers? How long can I store those for?


thanks.

[Earthling]

Soda pop loses it's fizz after about a year or two (depending on brand) - I know cuz it keeps happening to me! Also canned cola gets a tin flavor after about 4 months. I guess that's from it dissolving the can! :laugh:

[Earthling]

Water keeps indefinitely if it isn't exposed to oxygen & light. If your water comes from the tap, etc then it has already been treated and doesn't need anything else added.

[iggy]

Water keeps indefinitely if it isn't exposed to oxygen & light. If your water comes from the tap, etc then it has already been treated and doesn't need anything else added.

By being exposed to oxygen do you mean evaporation? If your tap water is from the city then it has been treated. If from your own well, perhaps you should treat it. One place where I lived, our well water was so clean and sweet. Had it tested and it did not require treatment for long term storage.

Note, if your bottled water tastes a bit flat when you open it after months and months, then just pour the water into a pitcher large enough to hold it, and then pour into another pitcher- back and forth a few times- I tired just shaking the jug, but that really doesn't do it.

We had about 12 cases of bottled water. Decided to rotate it, putting the top cases on the bottom, then figured we should drink a case- it was flat. So I shook the bottle. Nothing. Poured it into a glass, then using another empty glass I poured it back and forth. Worked like a charm.

[Rand]

Unless they are the thicker plastic, they don't last too long, maybe a year. The water will be fine, but the plastic may break down, leaving you with a water problem. I had this happen in a closet. Not a good thing. Way to go, being conscientious about your preparedness.

[mgriffith]

Don't plan on storing a lot of water, you won't be able to have enough. I have 440 gallons stored (or capable of storing) and with that and the most basic usage of one gallon a day, that would last my wife and I only 220 days, just a little over 7 months. Then what? What if I can't get any more water? That means we have a life expectancy of just 7 months. Not acceptable.

Get a good water filter like a Big Berky. As long as it rains or there is a stream or even a dirty pond nearby, you can have clean water. Don't limit your survival time to just months or weeks because you didn't have enough room.

Mark

[H20 Man]

Do you have any other water storage ideas? We patented our process of auto-rotating water so you don't have to rotate it yourself. Like mgriffith said, don't limit your survival time to just weeks or months. There are plenty of ways to remedy that situation.

[Babbi-Dan]

Don't plan on storing a lot of water, you won't be able to have enough. I have 440 gallons stored (or capable of storing) and with that and the most basic usage of one gallon a day, that would last my wife and I only 220 days, just a little over 7 months. Then what? What if I can't get any more water? That means we have a life expectancy of just 7 months. Not acceptable.

Get a good water filter like a Big Berky. As long as it rains or there is a stream or even a dirty pond nearby, you can have clean water. Don't limit your survival time to just months or weeks because you didn't have enough room.

Mark

And don't forget the stock up on coffee filters or some kind of "filtering" device to filter out dirt and debris from river/creek water before you run it through your Big Berky!

[iggy]

Just discovered a case of bottled water in husband's pickup. Been there since our move from Arizona to Oregon (2 years) Opened up a bottle, did the pass from glass to glass bit and . . . . BLEH! It was one of the nastiest tasting water I had ever tasted.

I won't toss it - it can be used to wash with - we just used a fat sharpie to mark it as icky. Rotate your bottled water, keep it in a controlled temp, keep out of direct sunlight. Don't toss the empty bottles in the trash-recycle.

I lose salt from my body when I sweat- so I need to drink re-hydration drinks to replenish the electrolytes/salts. Rather than stock up on flavored G2, or pedealyte - I get G2 in powdered form. Keep the packets in the glove box of the car along with 5 bottles of 16 oz. water. Manufactured bottled water pretty much has nothing in it. No sodium, minerals, etc. It will wet your mouth, face, if it is chilled it will even lower your temp when poured over your wrists, but for re-hydrating you it is a poor substitute. Add the powdered G2, and it is now a re-hydration + electrolyte boosting drink.

[mirkwood]

+1 to the coffee filters. I picked up several hundred and put them in storage.

[Chaos]

i purchased a filter "straw" only to find out it has a shelf life of 2 years. Is there a portable water filter system that will last 30 years or longer?

[arbilad]

I don't know if it will last 30 years, but he Berke filtered sports water bottles are a good reliable system.