5 gallon bucket/styro insert

[fishingstar]

I started using this 2 years ago and have bought 2 of them and they have both leaked. I have drilled a 1/8 hole in the bottom of the pail to release the air when pushing the insert in. Is this a common that these leak or i'm I doing something wrong?

Looking to start over looking for some tip for success

Thanks

Dan

[Agronomist_at_IA]

Never had one leak. Don't drill a hole in the bottom of the bucket. Just slightly and slowly push in a styrofoam bucket. For $7 you can have an easy setup. $5 pail $1.99 foam bucket.

[Great Outdoors]

I started using this 2 years ago and have bought 2 of them and they have both leaked. I have drilled a 1/8 hole in the bottom of the pail to release the air when pushing the insert in. Is this a common that these leak or i'm I doing something wrong?

Looking to start over looking for some tip for success Thanks

Dan

The 5 gallon foam bucket won't ever have any serious leaks when put into a 5 gallon plastic pail, since the water is all in one common container.

Never take the foam bucket out once it's in place, and as previously mentioned, do not drill any holes in the plastic bucket before inserting the foam liner.