DentonDoc wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2011 at 5:28pm:

[quote author=marlin55388 link=1290013223/50#54 date=1295706189]DD The one thing I'm still looking for a way to include is some form of water container.  Yes, I could use the kit container for a small amount of water, but I'd like to have something that would offer more volume; especially for a backpacking trip, where water sources might be some distance apart.   dd

Copied this from Ranger Rick's website:

If you've never heard of using condoms as water containers. Well believe it or not, condoms [the non-lubricant type] have been around and packed inside military survival kits as far back as 1944. Really, No BS! Not for sexual use but as compact improvised water containers. Though the military was the first to use'em in their survival kits, it wasn't long before commercial companies and outdoor enthusiasts started carrying and packing them in their survival kits too.

Now every so often someone sends me an email asking... "Hey Ranger Rick, why condoms and not balloons?"

Why? Because condoms are made of "latex" and are a much more stretchable, flexible and durable. Plus they won't puncture or break so easy like "rubber" balloons. To fill a rubber balloon with water, you gotta force it in with a hose or facet and then quickly tie it off so it won't squirt or shoot back out. Not so with condoms because they stretch as you fill'em with water and so you don't have to worry about the water squirting back out even when you drink from them.

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