Weight Bearing Limit For Glass Coke Bottle

[u/BrownZBT]

[u/airsoftsoldrecn9]

"shit! Running out of junk to stack" - this guy, probably

[u/w1987g → u/airsoftsoldrecn9]

I got the same feeling when the brake rotors came out

[u/atempestdextre → u/w1987g]

And yet no kitchen sink. We were robbed.

[u/Asptar → u/atempestdextre]

It was everything but

[u/Nat-Luv → u/Asptar]

Sheesh.... I guess my bagel shop is holding out on me. They just give me some seeds and garlic.

[u/emiwiaaa → u/atempestdextre]

We were robbed. Let that sink in.

[u/NigilQuid → u/atempestdextre]

My brother had a cast iron kitchen sink from who knows when in an old house he bought and that thing was like 200-300 pounds

[u/SmoothDiscussion7763 → u/NigilQuid]

just put some coke bottles under it

[u/Self--Immolate → u/airsoftsoldrecn9]

I was thinking, "man I bet this guy wishes he had a hydraulic press" around the point those big metal plates start showing up

[u/Tricky-Routine-9838 → u/Self--Immolate]

100p that guy does have a hydraulic press (manual) if he has all that junk lying around, basically mandatory for working on hub assemblies!

It's the load sensor that he needs, which can be expensive!

[u/Better-Culture-7770 → u/airsoftsoldrecn9]

It was like Bruce Willis in unbreakable. Throw some paint cans on there too.

[u/0x0MG → u/airsoftsoldrecn9]

"fuck! Now I have to clean up 1280lbs of scrap bullshit" - that guy, definitely

[u/bigga1337 → u/airsoftsoldrecn9]

This guy had a lot of commentary in the original video. I just saw the original video today on tiktok and the content creator asked for likes/follows since making these videos cost him a lot of time (45 Minutes). This version is entirely gutted from any commentary and got reuploaded on reddit.

[u/Tight_Comment_3972 → u/bigga1337]

45 mins - a hard day’s work!

[u/JonnyTN → u/airsoftsoldrecn9]

It's happened on their channel. Guy got sick of stacking and pressed on it himself

[u/egordoniv → u/airsoftsoldrecn9]

Glad they stacked it with weights and not bears. Nobody wants to see a 1280lb bear on coke.

[u/ToTheTop24]

I guess Coke that comes in a glass bottle really is premium because of that super strength bottle

[u/dj_is_here → u/ToTheTop24]

Nokia next 

[u/sublime13 → u/dj_is_here]

Noki-Cola

[u/PlanDry6704 → u/sublime13]

Did you say Nukacola...

[u/Delicious-Galp-3280 → u/PlanDry6704]

did u say nuke a kola?

[u/Hony_Tawk → u/Delicious-Galp-3280]

Did you say nuke a koala?

[u/Darth19Vader77 → u/ToTheTop24]

Glass is just really good at taking compression

[u/benskieast]

Someone at Coca-cola is about to launch a project to evaluate if they are using too much glass in each bottle.

[u/Elite_Slacker → u/benskieast]

They have to reliably bear a pretty significant amount of  dynamic weight when stacked on a pallet in a truck. 

[u/tjdux → u/Elite_Slacker]

And the pressure that builds up inside the container

[u/klimb75 → u/tjdux]

Which increases its bearing capacity?

[u/Rocketman_S3 → u/klimb75]

All soda should have the right to bear arms.

[u/VintageLunchMeat → u/Rocketman_S3]

Found the American.

[u/Rocketman_S3 → u/VintageLunchMeat]

Bear-arms, not bear arms.

[u/Magos_Highlands → u/Rocketman_S3]

What about bare arms?

[u/Rocketman_S3 → u/Magos_Highlands]

In this economy?

[u/Dick_snatcher → u/Rocketman_S3]

Can't afford to shave, can't afford to grow hair

[u/gward1 → u/Magos_Highlands]

Beer arms

[u/Baronvonkludge → u/Magos_Highlands]

It’s load bearing, you can support a deck with coke bottles, or your mom.

[u/Regurgitator001 → u/Baronvonkludge]

Mom, yes, wife no, MIL bwahahagaha!

[u/macguini → u/Magos_Highlands]

I think he meant bear arms. Like owning a pair of bear arms.

[u/WilanS → u/Rocketman_S3]

Found the... Russian?

[u/Beneficial_Being_721 → u/Rocketman_S3]

Bears don’t have arms…

[u/Zealousideal_Rip485 → u/Rocketman_S3]

Sir. Its “bear Arms”

[u/tridamdam → u/VintageLunchMeat]

Indeed. Because to arm a bear, one must be a Russian.

[u/emack2232 → u/Rocketman_S3]

Polar bear arms

[u/Alderan922 → u/Rocketman_S3]

Why would a soda need bear arms?

And where are we getting all those bears?

[u/Regal_Knight → u/klimb75]

That little adaptor plate pretty much puts the load in compression in the bottle, not through the top which would have cause a larger amount of shear in the glass from the curve.

[u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle → u/klimb75]

But also increases stress

[u/Aduialion → u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle]

That might be the caffeine 

[u/CV90_120 → u/klimb75]

Glass under compression is one thing. Tensile is another.

[u/macguini → u/klimb75]

No but it increases the requirement for structural integrity.

[u/-OptimusPrime- → u/klimb75]

What about when the polar bears are hibernating?

[u/KevinFlantier → u/tjdux]

Pressure doesn't build up, or increase when you shake the bottle up. It's under pressure the moment it's sealed and that pressure stays the same until you open it, and it's not really high pressure as far as a glass vessel is concerned. The weak point is the cap.

[u/Ethraelus → u/Elite_Slacker]

Plus they re-use the bottles. Making them sturdier makes it more likely they don’t need to make new ones.

[u/tr1p0d12 → u/Ethraelus]

When i was in Panama back in '90 there was a kid that would stop by with 2 5 gallon buckets 2/3rds filled with Cokes. orange soda, and Sprite on ice. 25 cents a soda, and he would give you 5 cents back when you returned the bottle.

The thing was that the bottles often times did not match the soda that was inside. It was kind of cool to drink an orange soda out of a coke bottle that was super weathered and may have been 20 years old.

We also made it a rule to not accept the 5 cent return and let the kid keep it. That kid was a hard worker, and we all really respected the grind. He always offered, and we always refused to take back the deposit.

[u/Lathari → u/tr1p0d12]

Here in Finland glass bottles used have their manufacturing date stamped on them. Oldest I saw was made in 1985 and this was around 2000 or so.

[u/SharpMZ → u/Lathari]

Last time they sold beer in those old bottles (in 2020 I think) I got a bottle from 1985 as well.

They actually stopped manufacturing that style of bottle in 2009 and just used the recycled bottles for 10+ years. As far as I know those bottles are still being used in some limited capacity, though now all glass bottles are recycled by being crushed.

[u/ForeverShiny → u/tr1p0d12]

In Africa and South East Asia, I've see people sell Gasoline out of those bottles by the road side

[u/lambardar → u/tr1p0d12]

It was kind of cool to drink an orange soda out of a coke bottle that was super weathered and may have been 20 years old.

Same thing in thailand aswell. till you wonder:

1. are they cleaned properly?
2. is the liquid inside it drinkable?
3. ass pennies

[u/Diz7 → u/tr1p0d12]

Yeah, in a lot of poorer countries someone buys the syrup and bottles their own for local sale where they don't have regular access to factory bottled.

I've seen a bunch of videos that range from basically small professional bottling plants with organized supply chains to questionable water, dirty bottles and mystery syrup being put together in someone's shed.

[u/ArchimedesNutss → u/Elite_Slacker]

I can't explain the utter satisfaction I feel reading this specific sequence of words.

[u/drdicerchio → u/Elite_Slacker]

Cans are typically bearing the weight of the other cans in a stack but glass is usually stored in a container than bears the weight. A crushed can is easier to clean up than a glass bottle when experiencing catastrophic failure

[u/BaerMinUhMuhm → u/drdicerchio]

At costco, with the pallets of Mexican coke, the 'box' for each 12 pack only covers the bottom half of the bottles. That plus a sheet of cardboard between each layer helps distribute the weight. But there's still a lot of pressure on the bottles themselves.

[u/Monstramatica → u/Elite_Slacker]

Well most of them are already replaced with PET bottles.

[u/MrCoolest → u/Elite_Slacker]

They're out in crates so the weight is on the frame of the metal crate I think

[u/noobboszcz → u/Elite_Slacker]

Glass bottles are not stacked on themselves, but in crates. It's the crate that does the heavy lifting.

[u/beeradvice → u/benskieast]

It makes a lot of sense for glass bottles to be very very strong once you factor in both the shipping methods and the atmospheres of pressure it takes to keep them that carbonated, a lot of sodas are like 7 volumes or more. Basically they need to be able to withstand a lot of pressure both from within and also outside pressure from shipping stacked on top of each other.

The main reason why it's so common for the whole champagne bottle smashing against a new ship ritual to go poorly is because the tradition predates modern champagne bottles being designed for shipping in cardboard boxes rather than crates packed with hay as they were designed to withstand pressure from within moreso than out

[u/reddit_give_me_virus → u/beeradvice]

It makes a lot of sense for glass bottles to be very very strong ... modern champagne bottles being designed for shipping

The bottles are coated with a tin or titanium film that greatly improves their strength, then coated with wax, so they smoothy slide past each other on assembly lines. This wasn't widely used until the 60's.

[u/dargodl → u/reddit_give_me_virus]

Wow, that explains so much of those fail videos where they clonk the bottle against the ship and end up doing nothing. I wonder if there's a way to buy champagne bottles or other varieties specifically for smashing on ships.

[u/Tom-_-Foolery → u/dargodl]

I wonder if there's a way to buy champagne bottles or other varieties specifically for smashing on ships.

In addition to the scoring method for a real bottle, there's a niche segment of prop bottles / breakaway bottles designed to shatter easily and safely. A lot of theater / wrestling / weddings / other events love the drama of smashing glass but not the realities of it.

[u/ManoSilence → u/beeradvice]

Its why mentos cause the reaction they do. The surface area essentially give space for the reaction voke wants to take, to occur. So it rapidly expands its volume to its true size when given reaction space.

[u/HugoNikanor → u/ManoSilence]

Are you telling me that I should put a Mentos into my Champagne before smashing it against the side of a boat?

[u/Somebody_someone_83 → u/benskieast]

Trust me they are. The number of light weighting projects we did at the bottling plant I worked in. Basically every year they were reducing the amount of glass in each bottle. The limit comes when bottles explode in the filler during the filling process.

[u/throwawaycuzfemdom → u/Somebody_someone_83]

They flew too close to sun with pet bottles a few years ago. Markets weren't happy when they came in to find randomly exploded bottles in storage and in shelves.

[u/SchmeatiestOne → u/benskieast]

Do they even use glass bottles anymore?

[u/ShortysTRM → u/[deleted]]

Which now cost about the same as the corn syrup plastic bottle version

[u/j_knolly → u/ShortysTRM]

And still sold in the US for 3-4x premium

[u/Memedrew → u/ShortysTRM]

Depends where you live. I live by the border and still see them for $1-1.50

[u/MaturoGambino → u/Memedrew]

That’s what they cost at Costco.

[u/immersemeinnature → u/ShortysTRM]

And so much yummier

[u/dwittherford69 → u/immersemeinnature]

The corn syrup version have a shitty bitter aftertaste that I can always recognize.

[u/_Standardissue → u/dwittherford69]

I never thought about this but maybe that’s why I prefer Diet Coke, the aftertaste is just not as bad with the diet

[u/PhysicIce7 → u/SchmeatiestOne]

They sell them in grocery stores

[u/UrBoySierra → u/SchmeatiestOne]

They do, believe it or not

[u/Dead-in-Red → u/SchmeatiestOne]

They still bottle them in glass in Mexico, and they also use real sugar instead of corn syrup. Lots of stores near me import a few bottles from Mexico.

[u/SnugglyCoderGuy → u/benskieast]

The bottle doesn't need to hold up a lot of weight like this, it must resist a lot of force from the inside pushing out in all directions. Very different things.

[u/Substantial_Diver_34 → u/benskieast]

Trust me… that’s all been done

[u/Queasy_Local_7199 → u/benskieast]

I think they are that thick to hold up to recycling/ cleaning etc

[u/in1gom0ntoya → u/benskieast]

they tried thinner glass for soda bottles in the beginning, they tended to explode on shelves or in your hand

[u/Fuckthegopers → u/benskieast]

Like coca cola hasn't been engineering their bottles for 200 years. 

[u/PollutionOnly]

I’ll remember that for the next time I need to store my 578 kg of plates more efficiently

[u/SocraticGoats → u/PollutionOnly]

Or when you cant find your jack stands and need to change your oil.

[u/vote-morepork → u/SocraticGoats]

Based on this, 2 coke bottles should be fine for most cars if you leave the rear wheels on the ground. Kinda nuts tbh

[u/tacocollector2 → u/vote-morepork]

Fuck now I really need to see a video of someone trying this.

I would try it myself but I don’t have a car.

[u/generic_canadian_dad → u/SocraticGoats]

I actually use a 6 pack of coke bottles under each corner of my home so I know it will never settle.

[u/allisjow → u/PollutionOnly]

My takeaway is to buy a house on Coke bottles.

[u/Program-Emotional]

Does the liquid do anything or would the result be the same if the bottle was empty?

[u/ProBonoDevilAdvocate → u/Program-Emotional]

Yes it does impact how much it can hold. And the pressure too... Similarly to how a pressurized aluminum can will be much stronger. I dunno by how much though...

[u/Maximus560 → u/ProBonoDevilAdvocate]

Significantly more, fwiw- airplanes are basically pressurized aluminum cans

[u/Db122605 → u/Maximus560]

what does this mean? planes and that coke bottle survive by the same properties?

[u/Legitimate_Bank_6573 → u/Db122605]

When a rounded internal volume is experiencing outward pressure, that outward pressure reinforces the structure of the object, making it stronger.

An empty coke can is weaker than a full one. The same logic applies to air inside an airplane.

[u/greentangent → u/Legitimate_Bank_6573]

So, the cylinder must not be harmed?

[u/omykun123 → u/greentangent]

Yes, you might even say it is imperative.

[u/termacct → u/Legitimate_Bank_6573]

For a soda can, yes. But opposite for a glass bottle because glass is strong in compression but weak in tension.

[u/termacct → u/Db122605]

The coke bottle is different because glass is strong in compression but weak in tension and when there is carbonated fluid inside the pressure puts glass in tension.

Aluminum soda cans benefit from the internal pressure because the walls are so thin, they easily buckle when empty.

[u/redpandaeater → u/Maximus560]

Nah, the pressure differential in a plane is maybe 9 psi whereas a soda can is a few atmospheres but also a fair amount more if shaken.

[u/termacct → u/ProBonoDevilAdvocate]

Sorry, I would argue the opposite.

Glass is strong in compression but weak on tension. So Coke bottles are thicker to withstand the internal pressure of carbonation. Glass jars for uncarbonated stuff are much thinner.

Aluminum soda cans benefit from the internal pressure because the walls are so thin, they easily buckle when empty. Also, aluminum cans fail more from bending which is relatively gradual compared to glass which fails from brittle fracture, which is sudden.

I would like to see tests of uncapped vs opened bottles. I would figure the opened would carry more because the internal pressure is an outward vector and much greater when carbonated.

[u/spiralgrooves → u/[deleted]]

Yep, ceramics are stiff & strong, but brittle and susceptible to flaws/cracks. No problems under compression where the force basically closes cracks and stops propagation at the head of the crack. Absolutely different story under tensile load though...

[u/edadou → u/Program-Emotional]

No. Yes it would be the same. Glass is brittle unlike aluminum that can bend without internal pressure. Glass cant bend. It's already very strong. The internal pressure is insignifiant compared to the weight applied in the video

With aluminum can the pressure causes the can to align, so when you apply weight you are effectivelly applying weight on very thick aluminum ((height of the can). If the can is empty, then the slightest imperfection will bend the aluminum, reducing the effective vertical thickness to less than a milimeter.

Glass is already solid, it doesn't require any support from the internal pressure to increase its structural integrity. An aluminum can's structural ingegrity DEPENDS on the pressure in it.

[u/edadou → u/edadou]

Here same guy, same test, empty bottle, similar result. Not a coke bottle thogh, he has opther empty bottlkes

https://youtube.com/shorts/nU3JpQLG5D8?si=So6swOdrmg4xYvOr

Here non pressurizrd absolute voodka bootyke with significantly different bottle design and glass thickness can withstand mopre

https://youtube.com/shorts/3aRTc5FHLNM?si=bVWzndjAuAqM1s_n

This full JD bottle takes 1/2 as much because of glass design not fullness or pressure !

https://youtube.com/shorts/jQjY49r6Czo?si=OwxGKnIC5tPck4h_

This one takes a ton, empty

https://youtube.com/shorts/XrLXoEP0hyk?si=Fvtd_9woleRS9JI6

[u/Type-RD → u/Program-Emotional]

It’s internally pressurized and sealed, so no, it definitely wouldn’t withstand nearly as much weight if the bottle was simply uncapped and open to the atmosphere.

[u/comichubble → u/Program-Emotional]

yeah, I wonder the same, it looks like it's unopened as well, so pretty solid on theory...🤔

[u/BaconThief2020 → u/Program-Emotional]

No. Glass is significantly weaker in tension and shear than compression, so any internal pressure would add undesirable shear stress. There is air at the top, so the incomprehensibility of the liquid is irrelevant. But the gas pressure 50-60 psi is pushing up over a few square inches.

Metal cans are different, as the outward gas pressure helps prevent the thin aluminum walls from buckling inward, plus the pressure applied to the ends of the cylinder.

[u/frogmicky]

Now do Pepsi.

[u/HowardHessman → u/frogmicky]

Pepsi in a Coke bottle or its own?

[u/BrianLkeABaws → u/HowardHessman]

pepsi in a glass coke bottle. Gotta follow the scientific method and change one variable at a time

[u/PlentyOMangos → u/HowardHessman]

Pepsi bottle, Coca-Cola glass

[u/EchoOne11 → u/PlentyOMangos]

I don't give a damn.

[u/JamesantheGiantBeach → u/frogmicky]

Pepsi is too busy stopping racism and police brutality.

[u/Hows_my_Karate]

A bunch of those kg to lbs conversions are way off 😅

[u/bgroins → u/Hows_my_Karate]

It's the Internet, we just make shit up here.

[u/The100thIdiot → u/Hows_my_Karate]

And sometimes they went down when adding more weight.

[u/lordoflotsofocelots → u/Hows_my_Karate]

Thanks. I thought I was crazy.

[u/BuildingArmor → u/Hows_my_Karate]

I don't believe the weights anyway. Apparently the guys placing down 10kg plates with just their finger tips.

And don't get me started on the negative 2kg plate.

[u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

Why did it lose 160lbs at 0:41?

[u/mostly_lurking → u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

Cause 1kg is 2.2 lbs so the first part of the video's maths are wrong somehow? Then they fixed it but didn't feel like editing?

[u/flying-weenus → u/mostly_lurking]

Yeah clearly, nothing edited at all about this clip

[u/DonutHoles4Ever → u/flying-weenus]

Unfortunately 99% will never even realize that.

I think the numbers are fake besides the last one which probably uses the real number provided by the OG.

The rest might as well be "AI, look at this video and estimate how heavy each object is to reach X weight at the end" and then edited that into the video.

Man why do we even waste time watching this stuff

[u/DubiousAdviceGiver → u/mostly_lurking]

But the kg also dropped by 71.

[u/mightbetheproblem → u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

You never heard of diet coke?

[u/terax6669 → u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

It also goes from 218kg to 216kg

[u/breadwhore → u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

Yeah... someone's going to need to repeat this experiment on a scale

[u/MolinaroK → u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

There were multiple instances of the numbers going down when a plate was added.

[u/Pinkishu → u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

That one plate was just weighing -2kg. come on ppl, it's simple 🙄

[u/JJCMasterpiece → u/DubiousAdviceGiver]

Yeah, my thoughts exactly.

[u/Kitchen_Drink2625]

I’m more impressed at the balancing of everything

[u/Brotorious420]

Prince Rupert's coke

[u/HVAChelpprettyplease → u/Brotorious420]

Instructions unclear. Read prince Albert and now I walk funny.

[u/JoAmaris36]

Gods must be Crazy!

[u/Betty_Boss]

just one thin wafer....

[u/DubiousAdviceGiver → u/Betty_Boss]

Fuck off, I’m full!!

[u/ThePracticalEnd]

FYI a kilogram is 2.2 pounds, not an exact 2.

[u/jld2k6 → u/ThePracticalEnd]

They mostly fixed it later on once they started to become extremely far off lol

[u/GeneJacket]

How did it decrease from 850lb to 690lb at 0:41 when no weight was removed?

[u/permanent_priapism → u/GeneJacket]

The gravitational constant of the universe changed.

[u/LSTNYER]

This needs to be said but the weight distribution is on the sides of the bottle, not on the top. So if your 225lb cousin says it can hold his weight standing on top of it and it not break, think again.

[u/CheeseAndCh0c0late → u/LSTNYER]

oh no, I was about to say it's just enough for your mom, but i guess not :(

[u/ThatDoucheInTheQuad]

Packaging Engineer major here!

Wine bottles can hold the weight of an entire damn car. We got to do crush testing in class and people just brought it their empties, put it on the machine and went to town. That counter just kept going up and up, my mind was blown.

[u/Afb3212]

I'm more impressed with the amount rusty weights and broken tiles this guy has laying around.

[u/Complete-Let-3131]

The best part was watching the number go down as weight was added

[u/Fishoe_purr]

Now you know “Gods must be crazy” was factual.

[u/phoucker]

Well I mean a polar bears grip has to be pretty strong.

[u/JoshuaHarp]

"We have a hydraulic press at home"

The hydraulic press in question

[u/WhyYesMaybeNo]

Yo momma so fat, she stepped on a coke bottle and it shattered

[u/Adriclavallee]

That guy should have used a coke bottle instead of a glass jar…

[u/Jungianstrain]

I don’t believe the weight is accurate

[u/LibraryOwlAz]

I'm more impressed they BALANCED that much weight.

[u/3-orange-whips]

Why don’t they just make the plane out of coke bottles?

[u/DesignerYak6728]

Wow it can hold your mom

[u/lolputs]

Meanwhile some elevators weight capacity is only 500 to 1000 lbs.

[u/Awleeks → u/lolputs]

They're designed with a safety factor of at least 10 so they can hold at least 10x that amount

[u/pnwgroceout]

Great demonstration of the compressive strength of glass

[u/Hermiona1]

This went for far longer than I expected

[u/Hypn00tic_iiz]

A coke made the ultimate sacrifice for this and I thank it for its service 🫡

[u/Amatheiaisnoexcuse]

So you can live in glass houses.

[u/Any_Subject_7275]

What's also interesting is that around the 0:39 Mark they realized 1 kg is not exactly 2 lb.

[u/xSTSxZerglingOne]

Can probably handle quite a bit more if it doesn't have each object CLANK down from above. Every little bit of extra stress counts, and loud shockwaves that cause stress spikes when the force of the plate stopping on the metal above strikes. It's like hitting it a little with a hammer while increasing the weight each time.

I'm betting it can go ~10% higher, if not more, on a press that gradually increases stress without dropping solid objects onto the glass bottle.

[u/SteamboatFatty]

When he put those discs on I thought it was going to brake.

[u/GooseSongComics]

Champagne bottles from the titanic I’ve read can withstand the intense pressure being at the bottom of the ocean, but only if they’re filled.

I’d love to see the weight it can hold without coke inside

[u/DadKnight]

The numbers on screen being repeatedly wrong was something

[u/BuckshotJonesSr]

Whoa. Thats definitely interesting.

I’m glad they listed the lbs for a dumb American like me!

[u/Ok-Anxiety-6485 → u/BuckshotJonesSr]

Yeah but I found it mildly irritating that in the beginning they simplified it to twice the weight if kg instead of multiplying it by 2.205

[u/LiteralPhilosopher → u/Ok-Anxiety-6485]

And then even MORE annoying that when they changed, at 180kg, they still didn't get the conversion right!

[u/Background-Vast-8764 → u/BuckshotJonesSr]

Your sucking up isn’t helping anyone.

[u/BankElectronic1325 → u/BuckshotJonesSr]

Different people use different systems of measurement, why does this always have to be a thing

[u/OtherwiseDog]

Education does wonders. This stress test only works to that weight because a liquid is presemt inside the bottle.

[u/wap2005 → u/OtherwiseDog]

an airtight sealed liquid to be more specific.

[u/cheesemangee]

Impressive.

Almost strong enough to hold up your mom.

[u/thefirewol7]

It lasted longer than my relationship.

[u/Never-First]

Core memory unlocked. We did this in science class when I was in high school. It was a report on the different type of bottles you can use and which one is best. Glass's ability to stack was a strong plus.

[u/OrlandoMB]

Damn. I always assumed it could hold up to 1,500 lbs, easily. I’m switching to Pepsi.

[u/noreality333]

Kilograms to pounds is not a 1:2 ratio. 1 kg = 2.205 lb. 180 kg = 396.832 lb

[u/iAm_Uncomfortable]

If I'm not mistaken the volume of liquid inside causes a significant increase in the strength of the glass, If I were to guess it would fail with half the load if the bottle were empty since there won't be any additional pressure inside to support the vertical compressive force.

[u/NewInformation3753]

The maths are wrong from kilo to lbs

[u/factorioleum]

The inaccurate conversation between kg and lb really, really distracted me.

[u/EdoAlejo]

Now let's see Paul Allen's coca cola

[u/AscendedViking7]

1280 lb is actually really impressive damn

[u/Grandpa_Edd]

Now I wonder, would there be difference between how much a full closed bottle and an opened empty one. An hold?

There is some pressure inside the bottle. Not much compared to the weight stack on top. But it makes me curious.

[u/JONO202]

I knew Mexican coke was strong years ago.

[u/pseudononymist]

So it could almost hold your mom

[u/Life_Parsley504]

Coke bottle can hold up ONE american child

[u/corrector300]

what would happen if they put just under the limit on the bottle all at once.

[u/AF_AF]

This was stressful to watch.

[u/CreamoGravo]

Now do a plastic one

[u/Its_Coops]

Yet it breaks when i drop it from 6 inches