Because you never know what you’ll be facing when SHTF, you’ll want storage containers that are not only effective at making your items last, but you’ll also want ones that are mobile and durable.

Food Containers

The vast majority of preppers who store food for the long term use this proven combination to ensure the shelf life of their foods:

• Mylar bags
• oxygen absorbers
• and 5-gallon food-grade plastic buckets

The foods that can be stored of this manner include dried beans, white rice, pasta and whole grains.

You probably know that mice can easily chew their way through your buckets. This is why you need to put your food-grade buckets inside metal buckets. The only thing you need to worry about now is temperature.

What about larger containers? They’ll work but they’re going to be tough to move.

By the way, you can get free food-grade buckets from deli shops, bakeries, restaurants and fast food places.

What about canned food? Whether you buy it from the supermarket or you make it yourself using a pressure cooker, you’re going to need Mason jars.

However, you’re also gonna need calling lids and, unfortunately, these are not reusable. You should stock up on as many as you can.

The alternative to lids is to use cellophane but that might be hard to find as well in a post-collapse world.

Water Containers

You need to be careful when you store it to avoid the growth of algae and bacteria.

The most basic container is the old plastic bottle that you can get at the supermarket.

Of course, the price per gallon would be pretty expensive to grow your stockpile this way. You can move on to bigger containers such as 5 gallon water jugs which you need to keep them in a cool dark place.

The best way to have a serious water stockpile is to keep it in bigger containers such as 55-gallon BPA-free water barrels.

You can store water inside larger 300-gallon or 500-gallon tanks or even your pool.

Containers for Your Medicine

Small disclaimer: I’m not a doctor so please only use my advice for information purposes only. You shouldn’t take the pills out of the blister packs they are sealed in.

As far as the container of all these containers, the medicine cabinet, it should definitely not be stored inside your bathroom. Moisture will decrease the shelf life of all your meds. You can just store them in a plastic tote that you should keep in a cool, dark, ventilated room.

As far as containers, go there are other options. For example, if you don’t want your kids finding your medicine, you can get lockable plastic boxes. If kids aren’t a problem, you can simply use those 5-gallon buckets we talked about.

What about the Other Preps?

If you have various other things that need to be waterproofed (such as thermometers, batteries) I strongly recommend using Ziploc bags.

Do you have any other advice for storing food, medicine and water for the long term? Do you use any of the above containers?

Article Source: Tactical Intelligence