Best Bucket?

[gregcope]

Anyone any suggestions on good buckets?

I have a builders style bucket, galv. Handle with plastic grip. The Handle has a metal "hinges" that extend a few cm either side, but I find the plastic of the bucket fails around these points.

Anyone any advance on those?

Or should I just accept replacing them every few years.

 

[vyv_cox]

Some chandler sell buckets made from a hard rubber, with a metal handle. They are made in Spain and are a little smaller than the typical builders' bucket. I've had mine for years, perfect.

 

[ccscott49]

The small spanish ones are good, I have two, made out of recycled tyres and have had them for six years, still going strong, also bought in Spain.

 

[dulcibella]

These Spanish buckets seem to be pretty well everlasting.

 

[colvic987]

These Spanish buckets seem to be pretty well everlasting.

another vote for the spanish one, had it years since the larger builders bucket fell to pieces.

 

[Quidi Vidi]

Where can i get a "Spanish bucket" What are they called? As probably the most useful item onboard, i too would like a good one or even two!

 

[dmmbruce]

Spanish buckets good,

But I offer a strong recommendation for the "bottomless bucket"

I only see them at Boat Shows but they are good, strong, do not leak, are easy to fill, and mine has lasted years.

They are just a normal smallish bucket with a good handle and a rubber flap for the bottom. Drop it down into water and the flap swings up enough to let it in, Then lift and the flap seals the rim at the bottom and retains all the water. Easy and effective.

Mike

 

[Ubergeekian]

Rectangular buckets rock. And don't roll.

 

[sarabande]

try your local farm shop. There are two rubber types, one with industrial-strength metal handle, and 'stable bucket' with two rubber handles.

 

[Malish]

what about the canvas bucket as sold by Salty J - anyone got one?
I've also wondered about the flexible almost rubbery containers which come in a shopping basket type design as well as a large square bucket (as beloved by gardeners and builders) - anyone seen a smaller, boat sized equivalent?

 

[johnalison]

We carry two buckets, which takes up little more space than one. The advantage of "marine" buckets is that they usuall have a ring at mid-handle for attaching a line which then doesn't slide around and is easier for filling from the sea. Of our buckets, one is a heavy rubber one and the other light plastic for general washing, both over ten yrs old.

 

[gregcope]

Fantastic, a few hours and onto our 2nd page!

Someone has already asked, but where can we get a spanish bucket?

 

[BrianH]

We carry two buckets, which takes up little more space than one. The advantage of "marine" buckets is that they usuall have a ring at mid-handle for attaching a line which then doesn't slide around and is easier for filling from the sea. Of our buckets, one is a heavy rubber one and the other light plastic for general washing, both over ten yrs old.

Another vote for the Spanish black bucket, but beware that some still have the reconstituted tyre carbon-black that can indelibly mark your topsides.

The ring in the centre of the handle is a definite asset when filling overboard. As is the prime sea-bucket attribute, the attachment hooks point IN and not, as most non-nautical buckets, OUT. The latter can severely scratch the topsides as you recover it when there is a lot of swinging, especially underway. That's also when you discover if you also have the black streaks with the Spanish one.

 

[gregcope]

I have a salty John canvass bucket, strong and nicely made and pretty big, and pack tiny.

I would only use if for water and carrying stuff for fear of staining it with something really mucky.

 

[Poignard]

There's a hole in my bucket.

 

[prv]

what about the canvas bucket as sold by Salty J - anyone got one?

Yep, along with what I'm learning is apparently a "spanish bucket"

Like Greg, I treat the canvas bucket as the "clean" bucket and the rubber one as the "dirty" bucket. My main use for the canvas bucket is to wash in (only in the cockpit, as it does dribble slightly from a seam when full). It's just the right size to immerse my head (to rinse my hair) without needing too much water.

Pete

 

[colvic987]

http://marinestore.co.uk/Merchant2/...Code=brushes-sponges-and-pads&Store_Code=mrst

 

[gregcope]

Colvic, is that a "spanish bucket"?

 

[colvic987]

Colvic, is that a "spanish bucket"?

not to sure, but only one i could find in chandlers websites, i wont know till i go to boat next weekend, and i should be able to photograph it for you, i think that the one i have has different attachment of the handle then the one in the pic, but the rope attachment looks the same...unless someone else can come up with more information...

 

[bigwow]

Got my bucket from Asda, builders type cost £1. Took off the metal handle and made a rope one, lasted 5 yrs up till now, so are the "Spanish ones" worth the extra £14 or so?