Great discussion.  I may have mis-typed when I said "bear proof."  What I am looking at are these blue barrels that supposedly seal in the smell of the food in the barrel keeping the bears from looking for it, hence keeping them out of camp.  I am tired of hanging the food pack and knowing that 75% of the time the bears could get it anyway.
 
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Also, I read (I think on this site) a survey of what people do with their food.  One person replied that they slept with it.  I thought this was a joke, but who knows...maybe it is the easiest way to wake up and scare off a bear.  Not for me.