Good deal on food storage?

[Rusoarmo]

Looking to increase my food storage at home and came across this at Costco.

12 Mylar Bags
12 (6) gallon buckets
12 gamma lids
80 (500cc) O2 absorbers.

$189.99+tax

Anyone have suggestions for a better deal?

12-pack Gamma Lids & 6-gallon Buckets with 12 Mylar Pouches & 80 500cc Oxygen Absorbers

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[NWPreacher7]

That's a pretty good deal - the Gamma lids on their own are about $7-$8 each elsewhere, so this deal is better than what you could put together from other sites.

 

[erudne]

I do not know what O2 absorbers and good buckets sell for today so my math is fuzzy but I figure that MAYBE it is $30 higher than I would "want to pay" which probably means it's a good deal (sales tax excluded).

 

[rick benjamin]

Home Depot:
5 Gal bucket n lid $3
Fred Meyers:
Dry ice 10 lb
Costco:
50 lb bag rice
50 lb bag beans
canned chili

Put em in the buckets, fill to the top.
fist size dry ice on top, cover with lid, don't seal yet.
When dry ice melts, carbon dioxide displaces air because it's heavier.
Bugs cant breathe, do the dead bug.
Now seal the lids, label, date, shelve.

Won't starve, but will get weary of rice n beans.
Bored n smug, all at the same time.