How much water do you keep in your vehicle for emergency?

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Mysterious_Touch_454@reddit

I live in finland so not really needed, water is everywhere on the walking distance. But yeah, if i really go for deep rural areas, 1 waterbottle which i carry with me anyways.

Can always prepare if going outside the comfort zone. However, i have enough water for weeks for 4 people at my home, which i recycle regularly.

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Pixee_Geek@reddit

A 40 pack of small bottles for people. I use them when I travel and replace the pack when it's half empty.

Also a single gallon, in case the car gets thirsty. Replace annually at end of summer.

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jonsonmac@reddit

Two liters of water and some protein snacks. I’m currently working on getting a change of clothes, too. My bugout bag at home has more stuff in it.

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A couple gallons of distilled that I drink in the truck and bring to combatives so they are always be rotated. A couple of 1 quart canteens with NBC lids kept with the NBC gear that is rotated a couple times a year.

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IIWII_IWNDWYT@reddit

Genuine Q: what’s the best container for car storage? I keep a gallon in the trunk but honestly w the heat and plastic degradation it’s sus

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MagicToolbox@reddit

Scepter 10L jerry's. I've got one in each of my families vehicles. We pour the old water out on the garden a couple times a year and refill. Never a plastic taste.

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phoonie98@reddit

Dont they sell water in soda cans? That would probably work well

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etherlinkage@reddit

Datrex Water Packets

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Street_Captain4731@reddit

I keep six 1 gallon bottles in my trunk. Heat is a concern, but they are not exposed to UV light and I rotate them every six months. I wouldn't drink it all the time but for emergencies I think it's OK.

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user_uno@reddit

With a SHTF moment, I'm not going to really be concerned about microplastics and such. Unless there are other things to worry about.

That said, I do rotate what water I do have in my truck. And never seems like enough even as on-call for our local Emergency Management Agency. People may need water. Other volunteers or first responders may need water. I may need water. So have to have a balance. Just always seems not enough for 'just in case'.

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IIWII_IWNDWYT@reddit

I get that, and I respect it. It’s why I’ve got my gallon + life straws, etc

Was just curious if others had found a better container for EDC car water.

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Substantial_Earth353@reddit

In the past I have kept emergency, pre-filled, mylar pouches in our car. Each of these 100 pouches was filled with 6 oz of water.

This year I am using 4 gallons of water and 2 heavy duty "Survival" straws with empty, folded bags.

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Lancifer1979@reddit

Stainless water bottle/jugs are good. I keep on side, with not at full capacity in winter. In my gethome bag is a liter stainless bottle that is single walled so I can boil if necessary.

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Chickaduck@reddit

Ooh, boil-able is a good idea!

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RevolutionarySea4754@reddit

I personally just have a case of water bottles. In a emergency you won't care about any of that.

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Birdybadass@reddit

I have a stainless steel bottle that I refill with R/O water every 6 months or so. That why my “emergency” could just be I got thirsty on the drive home without worrying about plastic degradation.

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AK-Kidx39@reddit

I haven’t found one. If it’s sus then you’re probably not going to drink it.

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Ir0nic@reddit

I only run 3 liters, defo not enough.

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AlphaDisconnect@reddit

2 1 liter Nalgene bottles. Not much. But not nothing.

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Helassaid@reddit

I keep 3 16 oz bottles, mostly because I discovered the third bottle under a seat. Otherwise it would’ve been only two.

My risk of dehydration and being away from a source of fresh water is extremely low. Plus I usually always have a liter Nalgene on me. That’s at least a day’s worth. Could be stretched to 2. If I need more than 2 days of emergency water, there’s larger issues at play than how much water I had in my car.

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kirksmith626@reddit

Two plastic bottles tops. Although the get home bag has a life straw.

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Somecatchyphrase42@reddit

Kleen kanteen is what I use. I keep 2 of the stainless steel 40 something oz ones in each front door pocket.

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overcookedfantasy@reddit

Horrible advice in this thread.

Here is what you want. Non insulated, single walled, metal, wide mouth, bottle. 64 oz is great.

https://www.kleankanteen.com/products/water-bottle-wide-mouth-64-oz?variant=42597302599875

You want single walled so you can place it on a fire without it exploding to kill bacteria. You want metal so it doesn't get microplastic in it. You want wide mouth so you can fill it up from any water source.

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Ryan_e3p@reddit

I have a single walled bottle because I wanted a portable way to distill potentially contaminated or desalinate seawater.

DIY Salt-Water Survival Bottle (Compact Desalination Kit)

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OverallComplexities@reddit

That looks pretty cool

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saltexas18@reddit

Oh wow didn’t know they mass produced single walled containers. I like the 40 oz size!

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SenyorJones@reddit

I prefer exploding

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Dramatic-Exit9978@reddit

Thank you for sharing your reasoning in a concise and informative way!

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IIWII_IWNDWYT@reddit

The answer I was looking for, thanks!

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Ryan_e3p@reddit

Eh.. Just a couple liters. A camelback in my GHB sling bag. Even if I had to hoof it, it's only 12 miles. I could get by with half that if need be. I run 5ks even in the summer, and the only water intake comes from snagging a couple of those little 2oz paper cups as I pass by.

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Destroythisapp@reddit

I’ve got like a dozen half drunk water bottles behind my set at any moment, plus a life straw in my glove box so that’s my plan until I can get back to base.

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RingdownStudios@reddit

Summertime, I carry a case of water bottles. But here in New England, you're just carrying around ice cubes in the winter. Even a thermos only keeps the water a day or two. Still working on ideas for that.

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Kazaryn@reddit

Aim for some fire and a cup to melt it in, if it's cold enough to freeze you're gonna need a tea light fire anyways

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RingdownStudios@reddit

Not always. Problem is, if you're constantly on the move, either driving or walking, you don't have much time to do heat up ice - and if you're walking, you need it badly.

Right now I jist try to stay disciplined and carry water with me every time I leave the house.

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gottaeatnow@reddit

Two liters of bottled water that I rotate every couple months, plus purification tablets in my emergency kit.

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Educational_Clue2001@reddit

3 bottles but I live somewhere with lots of clean water around so running out of water is not a concern

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roberttheiii@reddit

10 liter scepter military water can. I guess the plastic can leach but likely no worse than bottled water which I rarely drink. I used to carry an insulated gallon jug but if it fell over it would roll, loosen the top, and leak.

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unoriginal_goat@reddit

Not much. 4 bottles in the door panels. They're glass not for any real reason that's just what I picked up last time at the convivence store

Why? there's no real point because where I live there's water everywhere. If you live and bounce around in a water rich area a filter bottle / LifeStraw is a worthwhile thing to carry in your vehicle.

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jdnls87@reddit

I keep 1 gallon year-round in the car, bump it to 2 gallons during summer. Use the sealed flat-pack water pouches in my bug-out bag, plus rigid gallon jugs in the trunk. But rotate them every 6 months, summer heat makes plastic taste funky...

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spleencheesemonkey@reddit

5 litres in one bottle. A few 1&2 litre empty bottles to decant into in case I have to leave the vehicle.

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andrewa101@reddit

I always keep 12 bottles of water in the car trunk. Sometimes I will forget to bring waters when I go out, so I can drink if I forget.

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11systems11@reddit

I keep a 32oz steel water bottle full most of the time and drink/refill daily, and a couple of plastic bottles rotated every month or so. I pour a little bit out of the plastic ones during the winter.

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mnow_ak@reddit

I have a small/medium size square hard cooler that takes about ten plastic bottles of water. Sits tucked into the trunk corner and is pretty tough. The cooler insulates the plastic bottles enough so that they never get too hot or too cold, they don’t freeze. I’d load up my get home bag from that water if we had to leave the vehicle etc.

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Skalgrin@reddit

A bottle in summer, nothing in winter - based on not so pleasant experience with water freezing resulting in popping the bottle, and then melting to a poodle in the car.

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ServingTheMaster@reddit

I used to, but the I watched that Bear Grylls episode and now I just keep a couple empty Gatorade bottles…

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Popcornio@reddit

I will keep 2-3 gallons total, 1 galon in mu bug-out bag and an extra gallon or two in a sealed container, plus more in summer since dehydration risks are higher.

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kaydeetee86@reddit

A gallon, plus whatever container I’m currently using.

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BuildBreakFix@reddit

I surf, several times a week. I keep a modified 3 gallon ingloo cooler in the bed of my truck which is usually full, but used for rinsing off so it gets rotated constantly. On top of that supply I’ve got somewhere around 2 gallons in stainless under the back seat.

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Jealous-Friendship34@reddit

I bought a couple of cans of water at the grocery store. That’s enough

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G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit

A gallon at least. Plus a Sawyer squeeze and a silcock key

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killsforpie@reddit

Remember the sawyer squeeze cannot be allowed to freeze or it ruins the filter. I can’t leave in my car because of it

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Finkufreakee@reddit

24 pack gets put in at the beginning of the week and is usually gone by Friday.

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roytwo@reddit

I keep a few bottles while in town, But I live in western Washington , it rains so much you would have to try hard to die of thirst

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CRCampbell11@reddit

3 gallons

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BelleMakaiHawaii@reddit

We take a gallon with us because ours is the best water around, but that’s it

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Own_Exit2162@reddit

At least 4 x 1 liter Smartwater bottles in a cooler

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TheSlipperySnausage@reddit

I live in a freezing environment so water stays in my backpack and my wife can’t go anywhere without a Stanley so normally anywhere from 32-96 oz of water depending.

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Anonymo123@reddit

4 or 5 gallons. I'd fill up the 3 liter in my bag and bring some with me if I had to walk. If I was stuck in my vehicle, easily enough for a few days.

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ghinghis_dong@reddit

I’ve started keeping 6 bottles of Path water

These are probably the sturdiest of the “overpriced water that’s comes in aluminum bottles”

I got these at swag one year and I used to bottles at the gym for a year.

They are a lot stronger than some of the other brands that come in aluminum bottles.

I like these because I can reuse them with water purifying tablets

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silasmoeckel@reddit

I keep a case to a case and a half of water, 48 per and 8 bottles to the gallon.

The get home bag had lifeboat water punches but would camel and add any extra depending on environment.

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Birdybadass@reddit

I have a 2L stainless steel water bottle that I refill with reverse osmosis water every 6 months or so in car prep. It’s cheap, reusable, and makes it so the “emergency” could be as simple as getting thirsty on the drive home without stressing about micro plastics or similar.

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RevolutionarySea4754@reddit

Every part of the year but winter I have at least a half a case of a 40 pack of water bottles. In a emergency I can probably just grab a case from home if I'm low. I mostly use what's in there for my hobby exploring woods near me and snag water from my car as its the one item I tend to forget to pack.

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OxDriverKuroku@reddit

There's normally a half dozen water/Powerade bottles floating around in the trunk of my wife's car. My work van, I try to keep a full case in the back for emergency/ hot days and my 32oz. flask (if I remember where I put the damned thing).

I wasn't sure about the case of water until we worked on a site that didn't have drinking water. I should've charged people, but it was either that or watch people drop (concrete days, "no time to leave"). That and a few subs have had idiots show up with nothing on hard labor days.

I also try to keep 4-5 packets of Gatorade and/or liquid iv in both cars.

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Pando5280@reddit

One gallon that I use to full up my water bottle on longer trips. Once that gallon gets to half I replace it.

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808_GhostRider@reddit

2 one gallon jugs per vehicle. Usually fits nicely on each side of the trunk. Realistically it should be three as we’re supposed to be prepared to be self sufficient for up to 72hrs but I figure I could probably buy water at the nearest store should things start getting weird.

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noahsuperman1@reddit

I always have a case of water in my car and a case in my apartment

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ttkciar@reddit

I keep a gallon in the trunk. If I try to stash more than that my wife complains.

My every-day bag has an 8oz bottle and two lifestraws.

I know that's not enough, but it's what I can manage without risking divorce.

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AK-Kidx39@reddit

I carry a nalgine with me pretty much everywhere. The waters always fresh. I’m never anywhere I can’t walk somewhere if I have too.

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Earthbound_Quasar@reddit

Aquatainer 7gal and a bunch of bottled water usually.

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Capable-Owl7369@reddit

One liter that stays in the car. And there in my pack I keep in the trunk.

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NorthernPrepz@reddit

About 4 liters in the car itself. A flat with the BOBs to toss in if evacuating. Most of the time I’m only worried about walking home from work. If I’m driving long distance more goes in.

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WhereDidAllTheSnowGo@reddit

Deep Pantry applies to cars too

Case of water. Drink one every drive. Hydrate. Replace when half

On average there a gallon in each car, truck

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biobennett@reddit

1 gallon in an RTIC thermos (1 gallon container)

I replace the water monthly when I remember.

This is more than enough to get my family through a few days if really needed, and easily enough to prep the food in the few MREs I keep in the car

I use the thermos, because it gets well below freezing where I live, and this at least keeps the water as water

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