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VEVOR Collapsible Rain Barrels & Bladders – Item of the Day

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Today’s Item of the Day is from Vevor; it is their 100 gallon collapsable rain barrel.  I will also provide a few alternatives for some of the recommended uses here, which are similar products by Vevor with slightly different configurations.

(Remember to use code VVPROMO to get 5% off anything you buy from Vevor with my links).  And check the video at the end of this write up too.

Options Include…

So my rep with Vevor who is honestly stellar recommended this item given my audience and I thought hell yea let’s kick the tires or more accurately the barrel.  I will say for large volume rain collection for a permanent install on a per gallon cost it is hard and I mean hard to bet IBCs.  Cleaned food grade 330 IBCs in my market via Craigslist sell for about 54 cents a gallon.  Here is an example.

Now the beauty of the Vevor barrels is they are actually the exact same price per gallon as a used IBC in my market.  Last I checked if you got a 100 gallon capacity for 54 bucks you are right back to that same 54 cents a gallon price.  I just think if your plan is say 900 gallos of permanent catchment you are better off with 3 x 330 gallon IBCs plumbed together and I always try to be strait with you guys with product reviews.

Where this type of barrel is really stellar is in smaller applications.  Say rain catch for an herb garden or a small garden pond to always have a reserve. Or a typical small back yard garden in the burbs, you know 2-4 beds that are 4×4 or may be 2 4x8s would be able to get plenty of irrigation from a barrel like this, especially in climates with reasonable rain fall where you rain catch is just a bridge between events.  I mean if you are in the desert you need to be looking at something like 3500 gallon poly tanks right.  But a small holding in Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc., man these are hard to beat.

Next up though what a prepper product!  When the really hard core storms we tend to lose services like electricity and water service.  Well you could just toss one of these in your bath tub, fill it up and you have 100 gallons of reserve water.  Or how about this, a 30 dollar DC powered bilge pump, and a pick up and one of these and you can go to any ditch, creek, small pond and get water until the emergency passes.  Though you may really want to check out some of the flat water bladders for that.  The way I see it, barrels are far more multi functional, while the bladders are better for transport.  They would also make a great solar shower tank with some creative innovation which I explain in the video as well.

I do want to add a warning about water in trucks.  First water is heavy, 8.3 pounds to the gallon.  So 833 pounds is what this barrel will weigh full.  Most modern trucks can handle that no issue but water also moves and effects control of a vehicle.  So if you move water in the back of a pick up go slow no matter your weight rating.  Just pretend you are driving in bad conditions, go a little slower, really slow down for curves and keep a bit of extra distance from vehicles you are following.

These are also stellar for things like bug out cabins and hunting cabins to always have some water on reserve when you get there.  Oh and how about camping?  Especially in environments where you constantly need to rinse off like say sandy environments.  Mine is going with me on every Texas surf fishing trip from now on.  I will drive down and find a place to fill it near the beach.  Having an extra 100 gallons of fresh water in that environment is just great.

So while I have the 100 gallon barrel I wanted to give you a few options that are all in this family, both smaller barrels and lager flat bladders.  They are all made with the same material which is 1.2 mm heavy PVC.  I also know you will ask if these are food grade, they are not, they are made of PVC.  So I would not recommend them as a standard drinking water solution.

That said how much water did us GenXrs drink out of hoses?  You get my point right, while I would not want to store water in a large black PVC barrel or bladder and drink it daily I would not even think twice about drinking water from it in an emergency, especially if filtered.  Otherwise this is best for bathing, cleaning, irrigation, rising off on camping trips, etc.

Here are several options you will see as barrels go the 100 gallon is the best bang for the buck but you may have reasons for wanted a smaller form factor so I am including those too along with two bladder options.

We often over look or under store water in our preps.  The reason is it is bulky and heavy.  Then an emergency pops up and we go though our reserves way faster than we thought.  Not to mention if you own livestock they need reserve water too.  So if any of these meet your needs for anything from irrigation to camping to emergency prep, check them out today.  My rep says all of these sell out quite frequently and I show inventory of all of them under 200 units right now.

The real beauty is you can drain them and store them in almost no space when not in use but break them out for extra summer irrigation, camping trips or emergencies.  Again we all should likely store more water than we do but weight and bulk prevents it.  The good news is we have some advanced warning with most serious storms so portable water on demand solves a lot of problems, if you have what you need to make it happen.

Check the video below to learn more and remember to use code VVPROMO to get 5% off anything you buy from Vevor with my links and always check TspAz.com for all my honest reviews of items that make your life just a bit better and to support us whenever you shop online.

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