Water bladder or water barrel in bug-out bag?
What's the best way to carry water in a bug-out bag? This is possible, for example, by carrying a water bladder in my backpack.
Or I could, for example, carry a fairly sturdy plastic barrel with screw-lid of three to eight liters, in my bug-out bag.
That barrel can also be used for other applications. Eg for washing my body, food and clothing. Or for protecting food from mice and insects, or for keeping delicate equipment and clothing dry, or as a float for emergency swimming, etc.
I can fill that plastic barrel in my bug-out bag with an emergency radio, road maps, mouth masks, etc.
At the place where I set up my lightweight tent during an evacuation, I could possibly fill that barrel with filtered water from a ditch or pond. or with water that I get from a nearby farm, etc.
What do you think of those two options: water bladder or plastic barrel of three to eight liters? These two options each have their advantages and disadvantages.
Do you know other methods of carrying water in a bug-out situation?
This bug-out situation probably will be an evacuation on foot by one person with a backpack, in a cold climate. Thanks in advance for all your comments.