So this – in many ways – is an example of that Covid scalping that was mentioned.īut there is another alternative to paying exorbitant rates for buckets! You can get buckets for either FREE or very cheap. One of the reasons that buckets (and canning jars, and canning lids, and so many other things) are so expensive is because the demand for them has gone up exponentially because of Covid. You Can Get Buckets Cheaper!Ī friend of mine recently talked about Covid Scalping. Your cost per bucket for Gamma Seal lids is $15.28. So the cost per bucket for clamp-on lids is $10.51. For specialized lids called Gamma Seal lids (I’ll cover these lids later), it’s an additional $8.02. A regular ‘clamp on’ lid costs $3.25 each. But then you will need to purchase additional lids. So the cost per bucket works out to be $7.26. A 10-pack of buckets WITHOUT lids for $72.55. I personally have purchase five-gallon buckets WITHOUT lids through Azure Standard. On, you can purchase a 10-pack of five-gallon buckets WITH lids for $120.99. If you’re wanting to purchase a single 5-gallon bucket from Amazon, the best price that you’ll find is $13.99.Īnother place that I’ve had friends purchase five-gallon buckets from is. If you make a purchase, we may make a small commission that aids in the cost of the running of this website.*** Five-gallon buckets have become expensive!īut those can be stinking expensive! Have you looked at prices for them? Amazon has 5-packs of buckets WITH lids for $53.99.
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My promise to you is that I will only recommend the most economical version of the best quality of items to serve you. Some of the links may be affiliate links. And if you have food storage……you probably have or use five-gallon buckets (or sometimes six-gallon). The “Beans” in the saying represent your food storage. When people talk about what you need to buy as a prepper, I once heard it boiled down to: “Beans, Bullets, Bandaids.” I believe it was James Wesley Rawles of The Survival Blog that coined the phrase.