Everything You Need to Know About Plastic Buckets and Pails
Everything You Need to Know About Plastic Buckets and Pails
With eight different categories of pails, BASCO definitely offers one of the most extensive and exhaustive selections of industrial buckets available on the market. As a premiere supplier of wholesale buckets, we like to maintain a diverse selection.
Intuitively, people often think of buckets as simple, 5 gallon containers, without much nuance or detail required to describe them. However, when you really dive into the world of plastic buckets and steel pails, you may be surprised to learn that there is a wealth of information about each unique bucket, and differentiation to be made between them as well!
Let’s break it down by type.
When deciding which bucket is the best bucket for you, the first thing that you need to determine is the shape that you require, and then we can get more granular from there. BASCO offers industrial pails in sizes ranging from 1 gallon pails up to 13 gallon containers, with our most popular size being the classic 5 gallon bucket.
Plastic Buckets and Pails
Ideal not just for industrial applications, but also for food and pharmaceutical storage, the plastic bucket is a perfect choice for almost any industry. Plastic is a lightweight material that performs well under pressure, impact, and temperature fluctuation. While they may not be as durable as their steel counterparts, plastic pails are still incredibly dent and scratch resistant, and many of them are equipped with UN ratings for hazardous materials.
Open head plastic pails
The golden child and poster-boy of our pail catalog is the classic, utilitarian, 5 gallon plastic bucket. When you picture a bucket in your head, this is the image that is conjured in your mind.
Let’s break down the benefits and details of an open head plastic buck
- What are plastic buckets made of?
- Scratch and dent resistant HDPE, or High-Density Polyethylene, is a sturdy form of FDA compliant plastic
- Lightweight frame saves you money on shipping and handling
- Frequently equipped with an attached bale handle for easier carrying
- Open head design provides ample room for filling, and easy dispensing
- UN Rated plastic pails are ideal for hazardous materials
Some common use-cases and frequent industries in which you might spot open head buckets are…
Lacquer, coatings, solvent, and paint containers
FDA compliant containers like these are often used for food and beverage storage
Excellent as planters, homeowners frequently utilize plastic buckets in the garden
The benefits offered by these handy containers are various, so let’s go over the details and paint you a better picture.
- Closed head plastic pail design prevents spillage
- Typically equipped with either a molded-in handle on top, or a swinging handle attached for easy carrying
- Bung holes on top of pail are perfect for pouring directly out of, or for attaching a pump or hose
- Stackable for efficient use of limited storage space
- Available in round or rectangular build, rectangular containers fit snugly next to one another on shelves
- Several different styles of openings
- Screw cap for easy access
- Flexspout to eliminate chugging when dispensing product
- Vented buttress plug to secure against leaks and spills
Common use-cases and industries…
- Often used to store liquid soaps and detergents
- Frequently utilized for storage and transport of hazardous materials, when equipped with a UN rating
- FDA compliant HDPE composition makes these excellent for liquid ingredient or beverage storage
- Fertilizers and other agricultural products can be easily and properly contained
Closed head plastic pails
A slightly less conventional design, closed head plastic pails were born of ingenuity. When liquid product is sloshing around, you may not want your container to have a wide, open head design. Some brilliant packaging designers realized this, and produced the closed head pail.
Which plastic bucket is right for you?
When broken down to their key advantages, it’s a lot easier to decide between open head plastic buckets and closed head plastic buckets. Our bare-bones recommendation is that if you’re shipping and storing solid materials, you’ll have a much easier time with an open head container, but with liquids, you can go either way. If you’re going to be frequently accessing the contents, or adding extra ingredients into the container, an open head pail might be better, just for the easier access. However, if you’re extra concerned about spillage and security, a closed head pail is the way to go.
If you need extra information regarding our wide selection of wholesale pails, please feel free to reach out to our expert customer service team! We’re here five days a week, making sure that the right product arrives at your door. Give us a call or an email today!