My vault acts as a food organizer and an additional odor barrier. I also like how it starts my packing process. It is effective against other critters as well. A bit of peace of mind but I still wouldn't let it have the effect of letting my guard down. The last thing I want is, vault or no vault, a bear getting interested in my chow. There is only bad things as a result. bad for you, and bad for the bear.

Since the vault isn't airtight it is not odor proof. A bears world is its nose. For that reason even with the vault I go odor free. I double ziplock my snickers bars.

I am not a fan of the aloksak. I got several and thought they were great until they got a little beat up and then they didn't work so well. You must have 100% confidence. I use nalgene wide mouthed canteens for food storage. Two 96 oz ones will fit inside a bear vault very nicely. These are practically indestructible and airtight and therefore odor tight. The screw on lid is foolproof and the wide mouth makes loading/unloading easy. All my oats go into these. They come in many different sizes and I find them ideal food storage containers. Tough, foolproof and odor free.
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