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Water Container

I've just obtained some robust water containers for mounting on the panniers. They're made from the same sort of OD material as plastic jerry cans and are a decent 2 litre capacity. They're obtainable from a Perth, Oz, company - Soldiersshop, phone ( in Oz) 0892508448 and are on ebay. The items are called SADF canteens and are pretty cheap. They measure 13 x 20 x 9 cm.
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I"ve had one of those for a couple of years mounted on the rack and holding petrol. So far no sign of any deterioration in the plastic.
I found it in my local army surplus store but it was quite expensive - about £16 if I remember.
Most of the other water bottles they had were a lot cheaper but this one is flat sided so it was easy to fix to the bike
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Available in UK?

Do you know if and where you can get these in the UK?

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The 2lt fuel containers available from TT or for a lot less money from Hein Gerricke look very similar
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Nice one

Just what I was looking for, thanks for the pointer.

For anyone trying to find these on the HG website, the product code is 37161000000
8 quid each
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