What's the best way to store/carry olive oil for hiking?

vegan_vicky

Bottles of olive oil often have special caps that help prevent drips/etc. when pouring the oil, but an entire bottle of olive oil is far to heavy to carry for a hike. What's the best method for carrying olive oil to avoid getting oil all over the container and everything else after a few uses? To expand upon this: The problem with putting the oil is just any old container is that the oil tends to cling and drip or run down the sides. Over time...

Originally asked by Russell Steen on Stack Exchange (outdoors) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Some years ago I had the same problem. But, while shopping at my grocery store I looked at the olive oil options. Several came in small plastic bottles (maybe 3 oz), and since they were 'real' olive oil bottles had the funky no-drip top. After using up the original oil I've just refilled as necessary. Look around at your local supermarket.

Full answer by Jon Custer: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/11697 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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