Boring question - water carriers

[attheendoftheday]

So, we've mostly been weekend campers for a few years now. This year we're camping for a week with our dds (2 and 4 months). Previously we've just filled a couple of 2 lt bottles with water, but I thought a larger water carrier might be useful now. Can anyone recommend one? We had one years ago that made the water taste foul, I'd like to avoid the same this time.

Thanks!

We buy 2 of the largest water bottles from tesco 5lt and drink whats in them on the first day and then re use them. If the site has recycling facilities we re cycle them before we come home.

We have never had much success with the water carriers from camping shops.

Hope you have a lovely time

We use one of the big 5l mineral water flagons, too. They are about £1 full in Tesco, have a good carrying handle and do not make the water 'taste'. I keep mine from trip to trip because I am mean

Thanks! That seems like an obvious solution, but it never crossed my mind. Thanks very much.

Reusing large containers of water is a good idea but is it ok to reuse them over and again? I just wonder because I know you are not supposed to keep reusing the small water bottles (as I used to) - something to do with the chemicals in the plastic leaching into the water I think though I don't underastand why that doesn't happen with the water originally in the bottle

And I agree with the whole water container problem. We have been through loads of different sorts - collapsible and non-collapsible - and they never seem to last without leaking or something. We have now got a Decathlon folding container so will see how long that lasts....

We buy the 5ltr bottles too. Nothing else has worked out for us.

Mummypigs, that was all debunked as myth, afaik. ESP the theory that freezing bottles of water to drink as it thawed, as we all did on travels across Greek islands, was lethal. Anyway as a water carrier the water is hardly going to languish in there all that long.

Oh that's interesting Blu (and a relief about the freezing as we always do that - I missed that myth obv).

we got a collapsible one from the 99p shop but it did make the water taste funny! I might try the tesco bottle instead