Best Scent Proof Containers?

[Mellow]

I've never taken food with me while camping other than the occasional breakfast bar and diet dr pepper...

So, for things that have a scent, like choc milk powder or anything else... What is the best container(s) to use. Don't want even a Racoon on my bike trying to scratch it's way to the trunk to get my stuff... Would just a small plastic soda bottle type container be good enough?

Any ideas from you experienced food campers is welcome.

[Chief]

beer bottles?????

[Mellow]

beer bottles?????

NO!... they're already full... :D

[Doobage]

I think your best bet is to hang a bear-bag, even in a non-bear area. A little bit of rope and a tree and you're good to go.

The problem I see most frequently with trying to seal off smell is that the container usually gets stuff on the outside when you take stuff in and out of it. The net effect is that while it's not "as" smelly, it doesn't usually seal off completely. But if you "really" wanted to do that, I'd say Glad Freezer bags are probably the easiest. The main idea is to prevent any air exchange that might carry the scent. Little things like changes in air pressure can cause a sealed container to leak (if the container was sealed and then the pressure drops outside). So unless it is air tight, it will start to squirt out smell.

I've never had much trouble with 'coons, squirrels or chipmunks going after powerded stuff or psuedo-sealed stuff (limited air exchange). And the most important thing is to make sure you clean your stuff well and away from your camp site (preferablly at the campsite with the people that kept you up the night before...so in the morning you can hear them whine about how their stuff got chewed up - or even better...the midnight scream).

[Mellow]

Good points.. .note to self, camp near Doobage...

[Doobage]

Should I get to feeling truly evil, I'll build a catapult and mount that on the back of my luggage rack and launch peanut-butter balls in the dark of night at unwitting camp grounds. You don't want to twist an ankle when your setting up your neighbors for a visit with nature.

Maybe this should be under another thread....childish pranks on campers. My favorite of which is the removal of a sleeping victim and placing them in a field out of view from the other campers. Makes for an excellent WTF-effect for them in the morning.

[mongo]

Doobage remind me if we ever camp together not to drink before sleeping!:D

[Doobage]

Ah, now that I'm older...I just like to philosophize, politisize, theorize, play music or invent by a fire. I've been known to rant from time to time. Most of that gets in the way of scheming.

[mongo]

You reminded me we are all getting older,or is it mellowing with age like a good wine?

[Doobage]

Mmmmmm wine.

Actually at times I feel the need to have a rocking chair and some special lemonade so that I can slowly rock back and forth on my porch and gripe about how the world has gone to hell. I hope that I'm lucky enough to be that crotchety old man.

[Rich Johnston]

Hey y'all- Just a quick bit of info to add... The boss and I camp in bear country in the poconos on our annual anniversary run to New England. The locals suggest that your food and TOILETRIES be hung 10-12' offf the ground and 4' away from the trunk. Bears use their nose to find food. They have a hard time differentiating an apple from a bottle of shampoo. Never store food on your bike or in your trailer while in bear country. Many of bikes have been torn to pieces this way.

...Rich

[Mellow]

Yeah, we put everything in the metal boxes (bear proof?) while in Yellowstone. All toiletries, water, cokes, you name it..

[Greg]

Nalgene bottles are good for just about anything.
They are very tough and don't impart any chemical
smells or taste to food.
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I often just use zip-lock bags for dry stuff, often doubling them.