Poll: 330ml vs 250ml cans

Which can size is superior?

  • 250ml

    Votes: 8 6.3%

  • 330ml

    Votes: 101 80.2%

  • Pancake

    Votes: 17 13.5%
  • Total voters
    126
Lysander said:
Honestly why are 330ml cans the standard and who decided this would be the case? I have just realised that I always buy Applemetiser in 250ml cans which are a WAY better size, that quantity of drink is just the right amount: 330s are too much, I always end up drinking about 2/3 of it anyway and throwing the rest away - 250 is the optimum, gold-graded, zenith-level drinks-quantity plateau. Switching permanently to 250s would mean less wastage of both drink and alumumum and fewer fat people in this country. What does anyone else think?
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as already said be careful what you wish for.......... some beers are 300ml bottles and yet the prices do not reflect it, indeed Becks takes it further at 275ml.

to me small bottles are a waste of packaging. what is better imo are sealing bottles / cans which you can close once you are done. in general i buy 500ml for carriage if out and about or 2l if am shopping, its cheaper with less packaging over all (and i am a camal it seems, and when i drink i drink a lot)
 
Thekwango said:
it is quite the shame the science hasn't caught up yet. i know they did try supply these drinks in larger plastic resealable bottles, sadly the contents are usually flat as a flat thing that's been run over by a steamroller long before the user ever finishes said plastic bottle. :p
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i havent fact checked but my mate who used to own a food packaging company claimed to be the 1st company in the uk to supply re sealing cans.
 
bigmike20vt said:
i havent fact checked but my mate who used to own a food packaging company claimed to be the 1st company in the uk to supply re sealing cans.
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oh never saw those before.....but cans don't need to be re-sealed (unless they are 1litre cans) 330mls and below should be dealt with in one sitting or one should be suitably ashamed. :p
 
I do like a 250ml original Coke, just right for that hit. But that's once in a blue moon. Beer is my vice, dispensed in reusable glasses from reusable kegs, down the pub. Green credentials, right there
 
Thekwango said:
oh never saw those before.....but cans don't need to be re-sealed (unless they are 1litre cans) 330mls and below should be dealt with in one sitting or one should be suitably ashamed. :p
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it was an energy drink in 500ml cans. (No Fear)

edit seems he was not wrong either it was a 1st (although just to throw the cat in the pigeons we have a new can size to the mix 485ml what on earth is that all about?) (probably wasted volume due to the lid closing mechanism)

www.mirror.co.uk

Britain's first ever resealable can

A new fizzy drink is being launched in Britain's first ever resealable can.
www.mirror.co.uk www.mirror.co.uk
 
Longbow said:
I think you're the type of woman who eats half a Snickers bar and puts the rest back for later.
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those sorts should be publicly whipped then shot with a ball of their own dung. while i think the op is off his nut i don't think he's as bad as those fiends. :cry: :p
 
adolf hamster said:
if only we could create some kind of container that was closable after opening, stop the drink going flat (for people who like being inflated by their drinks) and let you store it for later consumption.

alas, such endeavors are beyond the scope of current science.....
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Doubt it will ever happen. This is why we always buy packs of cans rather than the 2l bottles. Once you open it, it quickly goes flat.
 
TheOracle said:
Doubt it will ever happen. This is why we always buy packs of cans rather than the 2l bottles. Once you open it, it quickly goes flat.
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i havent looked into the value of it, but i noticed soda stream made a bit of a comeback a few years ago. if you only drink the value fizzy drinks i am certain without looking it will never be worth the cost, but it may be worth investigation if you drink a lot of cans and only buy branded stuff. certainly a lot less waste as well as you put the drinks into reusable bottles iirc.
 
bigmike20vt said:
i havent looked into the value of it, but i noticed soda stream made a bit of a comeback a few years ago. if you only drink the value fizzy drinks i am certain without looking it will never be worth the cost, but it may be worth investigation if you drink a lot of cans and only buy branded stuff. certainly a lot less waste as well as you put the drinks into reusable bottles iirc.
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It's not massively cheaper. We bought one a few months back using the Pepsi Max syrup. The Syrup is ~£4 a bottle and is supposed to make 9l so around 27 cans, then add the CO2 cannister on top and it's probably on par, providing you can buy the cans for ~£7 from Iceland type places.

The waste part was a factor for us, as my wife and i tend to have a can at dinner/tea and then if the kids have one, it can easily be 6 cans a day.
 
d_brennen said:
I do like a 250ml original Coke, just right for that hit. But that's once in a blue moon. Beer is my vice
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Agreed with all of this. Very occasionally I'll get an Applemetiser from the supermarket, esp in hot weather. 250ml is all you need to get the initial hit. After that it's just wastage.
 
bigmike20vt said:
i havent looked into the value of it, but i noticed soda stream made a bit of a comeback a few years ago. if you only drink the value fizzy drinks i am certain without looking it will never be worth the cost, but it may be worth investigation if you drink a lot of cans and only buy branded stuff. certainly a lot less waste as well as you put the drinks into reusable bottles iirc.
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When I was typing, my first thought was a sodastream. Had one in the 80s I think. They were great :D
 
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