A friend recently acquired the capability to seal #10 cans. He's bought a supply of new can and is still playing around with the concept. He offered me the opportunity to do a few cans of my own. I must admit I'm very interested.
What would you pack in a #10 can if you could choose the contents?
My preliminary thoughts are a #10 can would be good for stuff that must stay one or more of these:
1. Oxygen free
2. Dry
3. Sterile
4. Clean
A few other considerations:
1. A #10 can is essentially a single-use item. Once breached, the advantage is largely (but not totally) lost.
2. What can it offer that a GI ammo can or vacuum-packing in a plastic bag does not?
Currently, ammo goes in steel USGI ammo cans. Most emergency med supplies go in vacuum-sealed bags. Electronics (wrapped in aluminum foil/butchers paper/aluminum foil triple wrap) go into a grounded (!) large steel ammo can that should function as a Ferriday cage. Most storage food goes into mylar bags with an oxygen absorber in plastic 5-gallon buckets or mason jars for smaller amounts.
So what is left that makes sense to use #10 cans?
What would you pack in a #10 can if you could choose the contents?
My preliminary thoughts are a #10 can would be good for stuff that must stay one or more of these:
1. Oxygen free
2. Dry
3. Sterile
4. Clean
A few other considerations:
1. A #10 can is essentially a single-use item. Once breached, the advantage is largely (but not totally) lost.
2. What can it offer that a GI ammo can or vacuum-packing in a plastic bag does not?
Currently, ammo goes in steel USGI ammo cans. Most emergency med supplies go in vacuum-sealed bags. Electronics (wrapped in aluminum foil/butchers paper/aluminum foil triple wrap) go into a grounded (!) large steel ammo can that should function as a Ferriday cage. Most storage food goes into mylar bags with an oxygen absorber in plastic 5-gallon buckets or mason jars for smaller amounts.
So what is left that makes sense to use #10 cans?