Posted by Dean H on December 9, 2009, 2:43 pm
> I don't like it because:
> 1) It is more complicated than the nozzle and straw.
> 2) That complexity costs performance. The nozzle and straw work better
> and more reliably.
> 3) cap, nozzle, straw = 3.7 grams of plastic (0.3 to be saved in
> Tiago's mayo jar).
> so called Smart Straw = 17.2 grams of plastic
> That's 13.5 grams of plastic times how many units that they
> manufacture? Made from our precious resources, or shipped across the
> ocean from a commie sweatshop? Freighted hither and yon to
> distrubutors who then freight it all some more? And then it's all
> garbage forever.
> All that waste because people don't save mayonnaise jars full of WD-40
> straws.
And furthermore...
it's not really because they care about you, the poor soul who lost
his straw.
It's to save them two steps.
With the nozzle and straw they had to:
a) Insert the nozzle.
b) Place the cap.
c) Tape the straw to the can
With the Lazy Straw, they just snap it on and done.
Plastic saves labor costs jobs...
Posted by fran...123 on December 9, 2009, 3:57 pm
> I don't like it because:
> 1) It is more complicated than the nozzle and straw.
> 2) That complexity costs performance. The nozzle and straw work better
> and more reliably.
> 3) cap, nozzle, straw = 3.7 grams of plastic (0.3 to be saved in
> Tiago's mayo jar).
> so called Smart Straw = 17.2 grams of plastic
> That's 13.5 grams of plastic times how many units that they
> manufacture? Made from our precious resources, or shipped across the
> ocean from a commie sweatshop? Freighted hither and yon to
> distrubutors who then freight it all some more? And then it's all
> garbage forever.
> All that waste because people don't save mayonnaise jars full of WD-40
> straws.
And furthermore...
it's not really because they care about you, the poor soul who lost
his straw.
It's to save them two steps.
With the nozzle and straw they had to:
a) Insert the nozzle.
b) Place the cap.
c) Tape the straw to the can
With the Lazy Straw, they just snap it on and done.
Plastic saves labor costs jobs...
********************************
wait a moment and step back. I don't know what kind of oil cans you have
hanging around there are a bunch of ones which screw off and you pour in
liquid. some you turn upside down and make the metal bottom pulse in and
out, some have a pump devic, some are plastic with a little spout which
turns 90 degrees. I have one with what is almost like two of the beloved
straws end to end attached to the refillable pump resevoir. To go
ecologically correct on the straw without considering the disposo concept of
the pressurized can. Maybe I will get another straw on a pump and put a
light liquid like wd40 in it as the other one has marvel mystery oil in it
from a metal can with a screw on lid.
How about the wasted soap and hot water because someone had to wash their
hands after holding the straw into the can while reaching a tight spot but
the straw popped out of the little hole?
It is all about your time., time spent hunting for the glasses so you can
see enough to find where the blasted straw went. They had the wd 40 with
the smart straw and some other brand in a mostly white can and the old
technology but a more sculptured can. I got one of each.
Posted by Dean H on December 10, 2009, 1:51 am
"fran...123" keeps counting:
> How about the wasted soap and hot water because someone had to wash their
> hands after holding the straw into the can while reaching a tight spot but
> the straw popped out of the little hole?
> It is all about your time., time spent hunting for the glasses so you can
> see enough to find where the blasted straw went.
I save a lot of time and make a lot of garbage with disposable latex
gloves.
Posted by XR650L_Dave on December 10, 2009, 9:27 am
> I've got a mayonnaise jar full of WD40 straws...
> -- T
So that's where they go!
Dave
Posted by The Real Bev on December 12, 2009, 12:52 am
XR650L_Dave wrote:
>>
>> I've got a mayonnaise jar full of WD40 straws...
>
> So that's where they go!
I think you're on the right track. We all know that safety pins metamorphose
into coat hangers, a large number of which will, if left alone in the dark long
enough, consolidate into a bicycle; surely there is a similar process at work
here...
If a mayo jar is designed as the ultimate resting place of WD40 straws, what
effect does throwing out your mayo jars as soon as they're empty have on straw
migration? Has the recent imposition of recycling on glass and plastic jars
caused a decline in the straw population?
Where is Al Gore when you need him?
--
Cheers, Bev
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> 1) It is more complicated than the nozzle and straw.
> 2) That complexity costs performance. The nozzle and straw work better
> and more reliably.
> 3) cap, nozzle, straw = 3.7 grams of plastic (0.3 to be saved in
> Tiago's mayo jar).
> so called Smart Straw = 17.2 grams of plastic
> That's 13.5 grams of plastic times how many units that they
> manufacture? Made from our precious resources, or shipped across the
> ocean from a commie sweatshop? Freighted hither and yon to
> distrubutors who then freight it all some more? And then it's all
> garbage forever.
> All that waste because people don't save mayonnaise jars full of WD-40
> straws.