[Bloody Sam Roberts]

And we need 5 gallon food safe containers with an o-ring vs cleaned out 2 gallon plastic deli containers?

If you are storing stuff in plastic sealed bags...like Foodsaver or mylar...then the bucket just needs to be well cleaned. The used ones from the market are presumably food safe anyway. But if the bucket is lined, it won't matter.

[Kartographer]

"The used ones from the market are presumably food safe anyway. But if the bucket is lined, it won't matter."

Corrected! So if you can't get them from your local bakery/market/resturant go to Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart all three carry the buckets and the 'O' rings lids though the lids a sold seperately. save yourself the shipping cost.

[driftdiver]

Foodsaver bags are not a good choice for long term (multi-year) storage. They won’t keep the oxygen out and will not hold a vacuum for that length of time. I had some bags sitting on the shelf for about 5 years, they wouldn’t hold well enough to seal and cracked with handling.