When opening these very well sealed buckets, you will probably want to use a bucket wrench unless you don’t mind getting painful “bucket fingers!” Gamma Seal Lids: Also Airtight!Ī reader on our flood preparation with 5 gallon buckets guide helpfully informed me that rubber seal snap lids aren’t the only airtight lid for a 5 gallon bucket. Gamma Seal Lids work just as well. So learn from my mistakes and always check to see if your seals are still in your lid before assuming that your bucket is airtight! You have to make sure you press them down hard all around the rim until you don’t hear any more clicks – that’s how you know you’ve made your bucket airtight. The lids I use most are snap lids with a rubber gasket. Your 5 gallon buckets can’t be truly airtight without a rubber sealed lid. Here’s a great example of food grade buckets that come with their own airtight lids. And make sure they’re labeled food grade if you’ll be using them to store food. If you’re concerned with airtightedness – it’s best to buy your buckets and lids at the same time from the same place so you can be assured they will work together seamlessly. Properly stored in an airtight 5 gallon bucket, that expensive sub 0 sleeping bag may still be usable today. Too much moisture causes mold for instance, which ruins more than just food! I’ve seen a sleeping bag completely ruined by mold. That’s a key factor because water is often more damaging than air. If a container is airtight, it’s also watertight. They are the perfect size for nearly anything that needs to be stored secure from oxygen and moisture. I challenge you to think of a better airtight storage container than a 5 gallon bucket.
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