Reliance Products Aqua-Pak 2.5 Gallon Rigid Water Container Blue, 9.3 Inch x 7.5 Inch x 12.0 Inch

I ended up coaching my son’s soccer team this year and the kids were using up their water so quickly so I wanted to get something so they could refill their water bottles! This was the perfect solution! The perfect capacity but not too heavy even when full! I know it will be great for camping as well!

I have this same jug in the 7 gal size and although they look similar this 2.5 is much thinner material, The 7 gal is bullet proof you can use it as a step stool even if its empty and the bleed/air valve is threaded with rubber seal (proper). This one is not close to that quality, a tapered plastic pin that pushes in? eventually either the pin will wear out or the orifice on the jug will lose its ability to seal. Not to mention if you are traveling with this full of liquid and it tips over you run the risk of this bleed valve to leak or pop open then your screwed. I would give it a 2 star but as the company offers a 5 year warranty, they claim to stand behind their product...keeping in mind that if the time ever came will they honor that warranty? I would have preferred to pay more and have the same quality as their larger model, thought thats what I was getting. Update: Short story of how I use this water container, I have a RO water system installed and fill this container before I go to work which is a 48 hour shift then I bring it back home. At work it sits in my room at a fire station. I stand corrected regarding the quality, about 6 months ago I had just filled it and my daughter knocked it off the kitchen counter and landed on the bottom step of a step stool and it got a small bruise but did not break WOW!!! The other part of this container I felt to be suspect is the vent plug, well its been a couple of years of frequent use and its as tight as day one. So I gladly upgrade the stars from 3 to 5 stars....

These are the perfect size to bring along camping. These jugs carry quite a bit of water but aren't so big that it makes it impossible to carry to and from the car or to and from the refill station at a campground. I've found that the 5 to 7 gallon jugs are just too cumbersome and hernia inducing.

Update: I bought a replacement cap and spigot on sale and got things working. Turns out the gasket on the original cap must not have been seated properly. (Not my fault…came that way.) I removed it with a butter knife and put it back, and now it works. Of course, the replacement spigot is so tight it’s impossible to turn, so now I’m trying to fix that. If I can, then I will have two caps and spigots, which is nice in case something happens to one. Still taking a star off, though, as it just shouldn’t be this hard and require me to figure out how to fix a brand new container. But I’m glad it’s going to be useful now, at least. This is the first time I’ve ever bought one of these. I want to start camping and thought having one would be handy. When the package arrived, the Amazon box contained the manufacturer’s box. The manufacturer’s box had clearly been cut open and resealed. You guessed it…this container leaks around the cap. No matter how careful you are or how tightly it’s turned, it leaks if you put the container on its side to use the spigot. So basically, someone already returned this as defective, and Amazon took this defective container and shipped it to me. Thanks, Amazon. I have way too much going on to make a return on this. As long as the container stays upright, it will hold water, and that’s enough for a camping trip. The leak is slow enough that I can simply lay it on its side when I need to fill one of my water bottles. But dang. I will never buy this again off of Amazon. And maybe not buy this brand ever again, given the other folks who say they have the same problem with leaks. What a disappointment. Wish this were the first time I bought what turned out to be a piece of garbage off of Amazon, but it’s not. It’s getting old.

Functions as it should.