omg i have been one of these for years, secretly...

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dh thinks i am mad but i am well read on the subject, not something i advertise. i stock pile too......mountain house, etc. big secret, dh sworn to secrecy....this will make for some interesting reading. only know about this new section (is it new?) as someone on aibu was asking what prepping was

So, do you reckon I could buy bottled water in the large containers and store it in the motorhome until next year, and it would be ok? It's dark and chilly in there over the winter.

We would use it anyway in the spring and summer on our travels and days out so would be rotated. Could that work, do you think?

Looks like that would be fine. Differing opinions by experts on expiry dates (www.living-water.co.uk/blog/does-bottled-water-expire/).

Why not store it for a year in dark place and then use / replace. Or - buy a food grade container and use tap water / replace every now and then?

Try again

www.living-water.co.uk/blog/does-bottled-water-expire/

Thank you for that

I will be stocking up on water tomorrow, then!

Has anyone found a cheap supplier of the large bottles of water - think they're possibly 10l?

Why not buy a bottle or two of cheapish squash? That should disguise any slight mustiness, I'd have thought.

Tesco and Sainsbury's do 5l ones, Stratter5. I'd have thought that was plenty big enough in terms of ease of use and convenience of storage.

That's what I get -the Tesco 5l are (I think) £1.10 each - we use them on our motor home holidays as they are easy to lift to fill the kettle etc.

£1.10 they are.

And so is the Sainsbury's version.

I plan on changing it every 6 months (when the clocks change to remind me!)

Oops hadn't updated page.

I was talking about replacing water in food grade containers.

I drink bottled water all the time that is more than year old. Ive been trying to switch from diet coke and so have been drinking the small bottles in the store (about two years old). It tastes no different to any other water and I'm still alive.

So atticus you are our guinea pig!

I feel very reassured now

Happy to be the guinea pig . If I suddenly disappear from the threads however then stop drinking old bottled water...

Will do

You're right, it's 5l

Can you tell I'm of the switch from imperial to metric generation. Upshot is, I can't visuallise either unit

I asked someone younger the other day, how much did her big dog weigh? She said 28kg, which could be the weight of the moon for all I know

I know. Sad isn't it. I have to find recipes in imperial, purely because I'm still more comfortable with pounds and ounces

The vet weighs in kg, so I know my dogs weigh 32kg and 26kg. Me, though, I'm in stones and pounds

Now I'm expat I'm all confused as i have to speak in both all the time. Drives me crazy you cant even talk about going for a pint!

Only if you tell me which wind up lantern you have, I want to get one.

Breaking it gently.....you are a prepper. Head over to the torches thread.