waterBOBBathtub Storage Emergency Drinking Water Container, Comes with Hand Pump, Disaster and Hurricane Survival, BPA-Free (100 Gallon) (1 Pack)

I live in Hurricane country...not the heart of it but we get schwacked as they move north pretty regularly. I also live on the water (yes, I know, I know) and deal with the nor'easters coming in now and again. In short, power can and does go out for up to 9 days when these things occur.Being the thrify sort I do consider the cost per gallon as well as the space required for anything I have tucked away for emergencies. Those hard sided water containers are very sturdy, but they also take up enormous amounts of room and 2 of them are more than the current Amazon price for the waterBob with less than 1/6th the water storage. The collapsable water carriers are smaller to store and I do have those, but they also cost more per gallon by a long shot. The disposable mylar ones are a cheap option, but they are VERY difficult to get around without puncturing.All in all, considering space required for storage and the cost per gallon, the waterBob is by far the cheapest and best option.Color me skeptical but I like to try everything before I trust in it during an emergency. So, I picked up one of these and used it. I filled it pretty quickly and without any mess at all. It all went into the Bob and not slopping around in the tub. The form fit the tub almost perfectly and it filled completely. The siphon thingie works fabulously and I really like how it shrinks down as the water empties and keeps air out. Nice feature there.But, like all things, there is a catch. This product is absolutely a one use item. I fiddled about with it trying to figure out a way to re-use it if I were ever in a situation where it couldn't be replaced. And no, there's no way to dry it out. I tried a blow drier up near the tube...uh, yes, that was dumb. I tried it though. Hanging it up...nope. Not even slitting it open in a discreet location and then blow drying it out is completely clean and I would have doubts about the ability of a repair to hold under pressure.Of course, there is the ability to keep filling it. If you are in an emergency where the water isn't flowing regularly, as long as this thing is in use there's no reason not to keep filling it up. That gives it even great value.Overall, given the price right now on Amazon, you can store water safely for about 20 cents a gallon. That is the cheapest thing out there especially when you consider the space required when not in use. This isn't even as big as a shoe box when not in use.NOTE: The price varies considerably on Amazon. If you want to track the price, put it on a shopping list and it will tell you when the price increases or decreases from the date when you added it. With Prime there is no shipping cost as of right now and $22 dollars or less is a good price compared with elsewhere. It will go up when a lot of people by them at once.

I bought this in case of emergency. Well I’m in an emergency situation. After hurricane Milton the river started to rise and was predicted to be the worst ever. Since we are on well water and I knew I had to shut it down I put my Water BOB in my tub and filled it. It’s now two weeks later and still we are under water. But, I have fresh water on demand in my tub! Without this we would have to evacuate. You can live without running water but not without clean drinking water. There is no way to get water to us. But I can siphon water whenever I need it. I am so grateful to this company for making this wonderful product and I feel it has saved my life and the life of my dogs. I am blessed that I had this on my shelf waiting for the need. I will always have one just in case. I actually am crying that I have this. I wouldn’t have survived without it!Just buy one. I hope you never need it but if you do you’ll be glad you did.

This is a great product but don’t pay over $30 for it. You can buy it from the WaterBob website for $30 ($25 +$5 shipping) I bought mine here on amazon back in 2011 for $30 and after having to use it not long ago decided to replace it and found it selling for $59. Going to the WaterBob website I found it for nearly half that. Needless to say they got my money not this Amazon seller. (All prices as of 01-24 -2017)As for how it works. It does exactly what you would expect it to do and it does it well. We used it mostly for cooking and bathing during a short emergency where our tap water was very likely to become suspect. The taste of the water was decidedly plasticky but when used for boil in bag food there was no issues and you could drink it safely. Maybe a can of powdered fruit drink would be a good companion for this in your emergency kit. It was very easy to set out in the tub and filled faster than I would have expected and of course no leaks. Getting the water out with the syphon was also easy and effective.I suspect it could be drained, dried and reused but for $30 I would rather not risk having it build up any mold or mildew which would make it useless the next time it was needed.One note. We only ended up having to use about a third of the water in it before the crisis passed. Draining the water turned out to be a little harder than expected because when filled up it blocked the tub drain. This required us getting a longer hose for the syphon so that we could empty most of the water down the toilet. Not a big deal just something to keep in mind if you may not use all the water check to see how far it is to the toilet and plan accordingly.

Works as it should. It's made for a large bathtub, so it looks all rinkled and creased in my pics but it appears to be fairly sturdy. Just don't go pulling on it after it's about 4" full because that's a lot of weight to be yanking around in this big baggie! Be sure to get it laid out to your liking with no more than 3-4 inches of water in it.We plan on using it when bad weather is called for. Up here in the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee trees and ice tend to knock out the electric. Even on a generator our well is a shared well that's not ran by my electric service. This holds a good amount of clean drinking water!PRODUCT REVIEW UP DATEThe siphon doesnt work very well, you basically have to use it as a pump. If this will be a problem for you I can't recommend this.