Drinking Water Container with Removable Tap

This drinking water container is made for the times when a mains tap is out of reach: a pitch on a campsite, a holiday in a campervan, an off-road trip or a working day out of a van. It comes in three sizes, holding up to 12, 17 or 22 litres, and all three are built the same way, with a carry handle moulded into the top, a wide filler neck closed by a blue screw cap and a removable tap at the bottom of one end.

The tap is designed around travelling. It screws into the outlet by hand, seals with its own washer and opens and closes with a lever marked ON and OFF. Before the journey you unscrew it, close the outlet with the blanking plug and store the tap in its own recess moulded into the side wall; the plug has a matching recess for when the tap is in use, so the tap is protected from damage and neither piece goes missing. No tools are needed for the swap, because the tap lever fits the cross-shaped socket in the blanking plug and turns it.

The body is moulded from natural, translucent high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and the tap and caps are polypropylene. The label is marked Food Contact Approved, and the maker states that the materials carry the required tests and certificates for contact with food. Reinforced edges on the walls help the container stand up to knocks, the handle is comfortable to carry and lets containers be stacked, and the wide neck makes filling easier.

The same container is also offered in sets. The holder is a graphite powder-coated steel bracket with an adjustable blue strap, made to mount a container on the door or tailgate of a vehicle, and one holder fits all three sizes. The soap dispenser holds 150 ml, screws onto the DIN61 neck and keeps the soap separate from the water, so the container becomes a place to wash hands. The shower hose cap is a spare blue DIN61 cap with a white feed-through in the centre for a shower hose; the shower itself is not included.

It suits campers and campervan owners, anglers, hunters and off-road drivers, and trades crews working from service, workshop or transport vans who need water on the job for drinking or washing hands.