Scepter Water Cans @ O'Reilly's - $18.99

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Aspen d'Grey

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So O'reilly's is now carrying Scepter MWC's for $18.99, and blitz water cans for $12.99. These are real scepter cans & are the 5 gallon models. I picked up one of each today to see how they hold up in comparison. (I've been using the floppy plastic ones but they dont work well.
 
teotwaki

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Aspen d'Grey said:
So O'reilly's is now carrying Scepter MWC's for $18.99, and blitz water cans for $12.99. These are real scepter cans & are the 5 gallon models. I picked up one of each today to see how they hold up in comparison. (I've been using the floppy plastic ones but they dont work well.
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The Blitz ones I had tended to leak at the welded seams. These were blue plastic, looked sort of like metal gas cans and said USMC on them as well as WATER. I got rid of all of them.

So where is O'Reillys?? Is it the auto parts store? If so they bought Kragen's in California

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/home.oap
 
XJINTX

XJINTX

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crusiertoy, I am interested in knowing if the O'Reilly cans leak when laid over or mounted with front side down.

Thanks in advance!
 
teotwaki

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XJINTX said:
crusiertoy, I am interested in knowing if the O'Reilly cans leak when laid over or mounted with front side down.

Thanks in advance!
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these are what O'Reillys is selling. Don't buy them as they are not military.
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buy the actual military ones at LCI
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LandCruiserPhil

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How is the quality of O'Reillys water jugs?

The ones from LCI (same price) are strong enough that you can lay them flat and will hold up with a 250# person standing on them.
 
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ThomD

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R_Lefebvre said:
Are those even the real deal? They don't look like the plastic MFC's that I'm familiar with. Only 1 handle vs. 3.
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3 handles = fuel. 1 handle = water. It's been 20 years since I shelpped these around for Uncle Sam, but they feel like the real deal to me. (They even have molded in "Property of US Government")
 
kai38

kai38

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ThomD said:
3 handles = fuel. 1 handle = water. It's been 20 years since I shelpped these around for Uncle Sam, but they feel like the real deal to me. (They even have molded in "Property of US Government")
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I've been using the water cans for 5 yrs and had to go look at them to see if they were 1 or 3 handle. I never noticed they were only one handled & they are Scepter US military water containers.
 
cruiseroutfit

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This has been covered several times here on the forum but its worth mentioning again. The BuyLCI MWC's are not 100% identical to a Scepter MWC, particularly the lack of vent o-ring and what seems to be a bit different plastic molding. The molding differences are a non-issue, just an indicator that these are not 'rebadges' of the Scepter products, rather similar spec products. Add a 10 cent o-ring and they are up to snuff.
 
teotwaki

teotwaki

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R_Lefebvre said:
Are those even the real deal? They don't look like the plastic MFC's that I'm familiar with. Only 1 handle vs. 3.
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Even the MFCs that are not made by Scepter are the same. They have the large cap with a smaller pour cap and vent cap on it. No gasket. Only one handle.
 
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