they come close in filled size but do not pack down nearly as small.

ya um ... as soon as i can get a 1 liter bottle of watter in a 1" x 0.5" space and have it weight less than 2ounces then you've got a deal <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I recently read the idea of putting your PSK in a pair of socks. That way you will have a sock to support the condom full of water and not need to have 1 bare foot in your boots.

i read that idee many times, but wenn i was testing the idea of using a condom i really can't figure out how to fit a filled condom in a sock. Or how to fill a condom in a sock without a tap. My sock ain't very stretchy either so you proberbly can't fit as much water in it. Condoms also like to gain back there original size, so they it will try to force all the water out, making you wet. So you have to keep the opening much higer than where the bulk of the water is.

PC2K, I guess I should have added that I go with Doug's Breast Milk Bags for those very reasons, and a few more. But I thought it might help the "condom crowd".

place the condom in the sock then fill it using your psk container as the water "scoop" ... personally I prefer a bandana or simply a hole in the ground to hold a condom of water but the sock method works, atleast with sports socks and the above-mentions filling method.

breast milk bags dont pack down as small and dont hold nearly as much water

That's a good one .... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
As for EVIAN read backwards, I never thought of it.

It proves, if necessary, that there are indeed some cunning and inventive french business men ... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

And let's say naive consumers can be found everywhere....

Condoms in my EDC are not for use as water containers.... <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
just because it's quite impossible to find non lubricated ones !

I have a few gerber bags (kindly sent by a member of this forum).
And infortunately, they are also a PITA to find here in France !!!!

Glad ya got a chuckle out of that Frenchy, by the way, how's the honeymoon with the Hennessy going? Have you had a chance to try any different rigging set-ups? Let me know if you come up with any new or different ideas.

Troy