Anyone have any experience with the “WaterBrick” water storage system? Strength of container and handle? Strong plastic taste?
Its a real cool concept, but personally for me its totally not worth the money. $17 for a 3.5 gallon container? You can buy 17 1-gallon jugs of water for that price…or nice sturdy 6-gallon plastic containers from Wal-mart for I think like $10 or so.
If you’ve got the money to spend it is a really neat idea, sure would make storage easy!
I agree with blaster. The walmart jugs are actually 7 gallons and bpa free. The water out of them is fine, especially for storage water, and much better than 1-gallon jugs for stacking. Made by Reliance I believe. Same guys with the sanitary products, i.e. honey bags.
They are nice for maintaining a small footprint for lots of water. Bad thing about the Wal-Mart jugs is that they are not stackable. Space being a premium at times around my house, they are a good solution.
Built well, handle is sturdy too. Once you stack them opposed, they lock up tight. Honestly though, I did buy them when I had more money than I knew what to do with at the time. 
I have some of the Reliance containers (7 gal with a spigot) they are good quality, however, too heavy for smaller family members. I was thinking of the bricks for ease of handling and the stacking capability. Thanks for the info.
This, and in a pinch they can be filled with sand/dirt/gravel for ballestic protection.
As for mass water storage, I’ve been considering one of [u]THESE[/u] for the basement. <$1 per gallon cost vs. $4.85 per gallon. Not mobile by any means, but I could easily fill the water blocks I do have with it if need be.
I like things like that better. It all depends really what kind of space you have, but for me a big storage tank like that is much more economical. I’ve got a giant, empty basement to store things like that.
I really like the concept, especially now that my divorce leaves me living in an apartment.
I’m just not too keen on the price per unit though.
I ordered 4 of the WaterBricks which arrived today. I am impressed. They are well built (in the U.S.A), sturdy material, strong handle and good quality rubber gaskets. Given their durability, the ability to stack them and their convenient carrying size, I believe that they are a good investment.