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What is here By material By format By size The families that matter The PET single wall jar is the kit container The PP jars for the camp kitchen Skip the glass Clear over white How to shop it References

218 jars on a narrow-mouth archetype, and the dry half of the craft needs them.

What is here

979 rows: 453 containers and 526 closures. 15 mL to 500 mL with a median of 177, and nothing above half a litre.

By material

201 PET, 126 HDPE, 76 PP and 50 glass. All but the glass are candidates for a pack.

By format

221 bottles and 218 jars, plus 12 tubs and pails. Nearly an even split, which the archetype's narrow mouth does not predict.

By size

8 containers at 15 mL or under, 27 at 30 or under, 86 at 60 or under, 189 at 120 or under, 394 at a pint or under. The useful shelf for this craft is the 189.

The families that matter

110 PET single wall jars, 62 PET packers, 46 HDPE packers, 38 PE cylinder rounds, 31 PP single wall jars and 20 glass straight sided jars.

The PET single wall jar is the kit container

110 of them, clear, light, stackable and available small. For a spice kit or a supplement this is the format, and buying one size repeatedly is the right way to use it.

The PP jars for the camp kitchen

31 of them. Polypropylene near a stove is a better bet than PET, and for anything that might meet hot water it is the material.

Skip the glass

50 glass containers, and in a pack they are a liability. The exception is a treatment chemical that nothing else will hold, and then it travels wrapped.

Clear over white

114 clear against 134 white. For a kit, seeing the contents is most of the usability, and 52 amber containers cover the few things that need protecting.

How to shop it

Wet or dry, which decides bottle or jar. Then the smallest size that holds what the trip needs, from the 189 at 120 mL or under. Then the closure and its liner, which is where it leaks.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 18 October 2026. The camping and backpacking shelf is 979 rows: 453 containers and 526 closures. 15 mL to 500 mL with a median of 177; 8 containers at 15 mL or under, 27 at 30 or under, 86 at 60 or under, 189 at 120 or under, 394 at a pint or under. 201 PET, 126 HDPE, 76 PP, 50 glass. 221 bottles, 218 jars, 12 tubs and pails, 1 jug, 1 tube. 134 white, 114 clear, 66 natural, 52 amber. Closures: 369 continuous thread, 26 dome lids, 26 spouted, 19 flip top, 19 lug and twist, 18 child resistant, 11 liners and sealing discs, 9 phenolic, 7 spice caps, 7 buttress, 6 round tubs, and no disc tops, lotion pumps or fine mist sprayers.

The archetype behind this shelf is store-liquid-decant: 15 to 120 mL, narrow mouth, flip top or disc top or lotion pump or fine mist, PET and HDPE, cold fill, thin, aqueous, poured, with "travel decant, leakproof under pressure change is the whole requirement" as its stated reason. All seven leaves sit on it, including fuel decant and fire starter, which are neither aqueous nor cold.

Written from 40 CFR 152.500 and from the catalog as it stood on 18 October 2026. No log-reduction performance figures appear anywhere in this property, because the commonly cited numbers come from an EPA guide standard rather than a codified rule. Forest and park food storage orders are issued locally and are not summarized. Nothing here is a fuel bottle or a bear-resistant container.