^^^ Ditto That ^^^
If you try to use buckets without the gamma lids food does not last nearly as long. And many places that sell gamma lids only sell them with the buckets. I am 100% in agreement with my good friend Slippy. A dozen brand new food quality buckets with gamma lids are about $150. Even if you are working a minimum wage job, that is only about 2 days of work. So work 2 days to stay alive? That seems like a pretty good deal to me.