water bottle appropriate for fermenter?

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Hi all

just a quick q...

I have access to a lot of 5-gallon clear plastic water storage bottles as seen here.

I was wondering if anyone has used them for the primary fermentation, or if anyone had any thoughts about their appropriate-ness for such a task.

Any help gratefully recieved.

G
 
I've been trying to find cheaper PETE (better bottles) too, but it seems you have to buy in bulk. so I stopped looking. It looks okay to me but good luck trying to buy one or two at a time.
 
Search, this gets asked ALL the time. If you find water bottles that are actually PET (recycling code #1 I think) then you are likely all set, but most are #7 which is a crap shoot. There are also plenty of threads in which people argue one way or the other about whether non-PET bottles are good or bad.
 

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