Pepsi Cans at Walmart

Well, either way, I thought that due to the cheaper price cans were
somehow less sturdier than in other stores.

Thanks for comments.

I would also not recommend holding the cans by the plastic rings. They
can fall out. Sure, you can get them back on, which has probably been
done at some point in the store. But that causes the ring to get
stretched out and become even worse.

I've seen enough exploding soda cans to know that it's not just
walmart.

Just a suggestion to you - hold the cans at the bottom, not by the
plastic ring, that way they shouldn't separate from the ring.

I for one would like to see the elimination of the plastic rings on
cans. They cause too many wildlife problems such as getting stuck
around animals necks, and being ingested by fish.

If I buy sodas with the plastic rings instead of in the 12-pack boxes,
as soon as I get home I remove the plastic rings and cut them up into
small pieces, then I put them in the plastic recycle bin. That way no
animals get caught in any of my plastic rings. It would be nice if
everyone cut them up prior to trashing them.

it would solve the issue of birds getting choked to death in the
plastic rings.

If this was a one time issue, it may have been a manufacturing flaw
with that one plastic holder.
If it were a consistent issue, I can see a complaint. These things are
mass produced on the cheap, so I can see one not holding up now and
then.

Interesting information on this topic at this site:

http://tinyurl.com/l34y8

My friend works in quality control at Ball (they make aluminum cans as
well as aerospace products).

He showed me once how tricky it is to make cans just thick enough to
be sturdy, yet not use too much metal. He developed an artificial
intelligence system to inspect each can as it flew down the line. It
was pretty cool. They use electrical capacitance to check the
thickness of the can.

Anyway, my thinking is there is no way to make cans thinner for
Walmart to save a fraction of a penny. It is possible the can
maufacturers have developed a more uniform product over the years, and
have been able to make the cans slightly thinner. I still can't see
Walmart contracting with a can producer to make a thinner product just
for them.

Maybe the difference is in the plastic carrier, which most likely has
less quality control than the cans.