These are GREAT!
I've been buying these for years directly from the industrial suppliers and I'm delighted to find them through Amazon. Originally I started buying them for storing 5- and 7-gallon batches of ceramic glazes. The lids are terrific at keeping the liquids from evaporating and they're easy to get off and on (unlike snap-on bucket lids). These have two pieces---the rim part is pushed down over the bucket rim. It takes some force to get it on and off so it won't come off accidentally. The rim piece can be pulled off if the bucket needs to be replaced and put onto a different bucket. As shown in the picture the lid screws down into the rim piece. There's a replaceable rubber ring that fits around the base of the lid to seal air out.
Last year I had an invasion of pantry moths in my birdseed so I started using these for storing my pet foods as well. This took care of the bug problem---no surprise since this is one of the company's commercial applications.
Gamma's pet food containers are quite a bit more expensive than the lids alone. I decided for the difference in price I'd just replace my buckets when they get damaged.
My husband also uses a couple of buckets with these lids in the back of his work truck for storing small parts and tools. The screw-on lids don't come off if the buckets fall over so they work very well for that too.
The lids come in several colors which I use for differentiating between glaze colors (matching rims and lids keeps the glazes from getting contaminated).
There is a small overhang on the inside of the rim section so when I'm mixing glazes I mix them in another bucket to keep ingredients from getting trapped and not mixing into the glaze.More detail ...
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