I housed my mice in sterlite containers Walmart had on sale around Christmas time or just after. They had green lids and were clear, very clear, almost like glass. They were about 22"x11"x16", the 55L or 58Quart size. I just cut a large hole in the lid, covered with 1/4" hardware cloth (wire mesh...though aluminum screen would work just as well) and secure them with ducttape. Ducttape isn't that great, but others have recommend using screws and washes instead. For the water bottles, I wraped th em with wire and hooked the ends just over the lip of the edge of the container, with the bottle inside. The mice can climb this but can't get past the lid nor did they chew through the frame of the hole (ducttape seemed to keep them from doing this even though it always pealed partly off the screen.
I did have a mouse or two escape..how, I don't know unless they managed to find a way to squeeze under the tape without losing all their fur or under the lip of the container. I found them not far away each time so none went missing. Counting helps 
. There was a time I didn't put lids ontop of my mice containers at all, till they learned how to jump and I saw they can jump 14"-16" straight up. Buggers.
Anyhow, the cage size I used was good for breeding groups of 1:3 to 1:5 though I found I had alot of pinks die due to food competition with fuzzies and hoppers as the females didn't synch their pregnancies. Alot of times when one group of babies was close to weaning age, there would be pinks being born and every age between. But since I didn't need pinks, only adults, I didn't mind if I lost a few here and there.
Another kind of cage I used before was much larger, closer to 85 or 90L and I had a kind of waterbottle that attached via a bolt to the side. I just drilled a hole big enough for the bult and fashened the attachment on the outside. I put a layer of ducktape around the hole then poked a hole th rough that for the bolt so there was no edge for the mice to chew. The fact the bottle sat into a clamp which was held by the bolt, ment I didn't have to undo the bolt every time I cleaned and filled teh bottle. IT even had a little floating yellow duckling inside to make it easy to check the water level. Only draw back is this sort of bottle is much more expensive than a cheapo round shaped bottle. I think I paid someting like $9 CDN. The regular bottles cost me about $2 CDN. ANyway, long story short, sterlite containers are good for mice, just have to make sure the lid is secure and there are no edges from mice teeth to get at.
