To hate the new attached bottle caps

Hocuspoc · 2025-03-19T19:48:29+00:00

Honestly, it is a horrible design - the hanging cap makes it close to impossible to pour out a drink without it getting the liquid into the cap - meaning you need to wipe off the bottle after screwing it back on (if it's say milk or juice). Also makes the flow more likely to go down the bottleneck too. Not to mention trying to drink out of the bottle with the cap still attached and getting in the way. Pretty much you need both hands now for a simple task of pouring out or drinking out of a bottle !! One hand to keep the cap out of the way. Just constantly annoying - I started cutting them off. I never lost a bottle cap in my life - who is this made for? Apologies for the rant, but I am wondering what am I missing here.

WoahThreeAces · 21/03/2025 06:45

Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 13:25

I think some people here are talking about different caps - the click-on ones.

My post is about the screw tops that now hang by a plastic thread and wobble around constantly being in the way.

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Oh my apologies! I haven't come across these, only the water bottle types which click into place so out of the way but still attached. I didn't realise there was another type!

NeverDropYourMooncup · 20/03/2025 21:20

happy2025 · 20/03/2025 21:12

If the lid is bent all the way back it ‘sits’ horizontal to the bottle opening. Completely out of the way, not causing issues. Seals back properly, no leaks. I think it takes a bit of patience to get the hang of it. In the long run it’s well worth it from an eco/recyclying/planet/animal safety pov.

Have to be able to open the damn things first, though. And it doesn't always go back on properly at all.

happy2025 · 20/03/2025 21:12

If the lid is bent all the way back it ‘sits’ horizontal to the bottle opening. Completely out of the way, not causing issues. Seals back properly, no leaks. I think it takes a bit of patience to get the hang of it. In the long run it’s well worth it from an eco/recyclying/planet/animal safety pov.

BeholdOurButterStinketh · 20/03/2025 19:05

SugarPlumpFairyCakes · 20/03/2025 12:30

They're not at all difficult to manage.

It's nice that that's your experience; but an awful lot of people with various disabilities, health conditions and other circumstances don't find the same.

snoopyfanaccountant · 20/03/2025 18:00

Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 17:07

Ah yes, this is another pain...I stopped buying the yeo valley yoghurt for this reason, because I can not eat the whole tub at once, and I used to put the lid back on and in the fridge it goes.
Now no matter what I cover the remainings with the product gets compromised and looses freshness soon.
I also stopped buying my favourite cottage cheese too, because I end up throwing food away - it becomes dry and clumpy without the lid.
Honestly the whole ditch the plastic lids just creates more waste.
I wish if they would at least sell a dedicated lid on the side so it can be reused...
Just stupid.

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You can contact Yeo Valley to get a lid.
I shop in a variety of supermarkets and when some of them stopped yoghurt, crème fraiche, cream, etc coming with a lid, I picked up items with lids elsewhere and kept the lids. I now have a selection of the different lids in the door of the fridge.

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Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 17:07

stoow · 20/03/2025 16:34

I wonder if other supermarkets have seen an increase in waste due to no plastic lids on yoghurt. cream etc? My friend works for one and had to dispose more as on the delivery rollers, the lids get pierced from weight above. Yet never got this problem when the pots had plastic lids. As the lids acted like a shock absorber.

Lidl Deluxe coleslaw has a plastic lid on it.

Ah yes, this is another pain...I stopped buying the yeo valley yoghurt for this reason, because I can not eat the whole tub at once, and I used to put the lid back on and in the fridge it goes.
Now no matter what I cover the remainings with the product gets compromised and looses freshness soon.
I also stopped buying my favourite cottage cheese too, because I end up throwing food away - it becomes dry and clumpy without the lid.
Honestly the whole ditch the plastic lids just creates more waste.
I wish if they would at least sell a dedicated lid on the side so it can be reused...
Just stupid.

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stoow · 20/03/2025 16:34

I wonder if other supermarkets have seen an increase in waste due to no plastic lids on yoghurt. cream etc? My friend works for one and had to dispose more as on the delivery rollers, the lids get pierced from weight above. Yet never got this problem when the pots had plastic lids. As the lids acted like a shock absorber.

Lidl Deluxe coleslaw has a plastic lid on it.

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Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 16:13

Apologies for double response.

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Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 16:13

FoxtrotOscarKindaDay · 20/03/2025 15:52

They are meant to clip back.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/people-realising-those-attached-bottle-060005317.html

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Ok then perhaps there are variations, I can assure there are many where the cap once unscrewed just hangs loosely on the side on a single piece of plastic - longer than in your suggested post, and away from the bottle opening - and you can not make those caps 'stay back' (or click, or really make them 'stay: anywhere). They just hang there and whichever way you turn the bottle sideways to pour out the drink, the force of gravity places the cap exactly below the flow of the liquid. (Unless you hold the cap away with your other hand)

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Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 16:12

Ok then perhaps there are variations, I can assure there are many where the cap once unscrewed just hangs loosely on the side on a single piece of plastic - longer than in your suggested post, and away from the bottle opening - and you can not make those caps 'stay back' (or click, or really make them 'stay: anywhere). They just hang there and whichever way you turn the bottle sideways to pour out the drink, the force of gravity places the cap exactly below the flow of the liquid. (Unless you hold the cap away with your other hand)

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DappledThings · 20/03/2025 15:54

Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 13:28

That's not the cap I am talking about.
I am talking about is about screw on caps that are hanging by a thread and wobbling around the bottle opening.

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Those are still the ones I'm talking about. You can still push them right back on themselves so they aren't pushing against your nose. And you can still replace them by pulling them up a little higher.

FoxtrotOscarKindaDay · 20/03/2025 15:52

Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 13:28

That's not the cap I am talking about.
I am talking about is about screw on caps that are hanging by a thread and wobbling around the bottle opening.

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They are meant to clip back.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/people-realising-those-attached-bottle-060005317.html

People Are Realising How To Use Those New Attached Bottle Lids Properly, And It's Genius

We're lifting the lid (sorry) on this.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/people-realising-those-attached-bottle-060005317.html

Desperatelyseekingreason · 20/03/2025 15:13

MinticecreamwithaCherryonTop · 20/03/2025 14:58

Purchase a bottle of tango, pretty sure they still have the old screw top, then keep it in.

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Thanks for the heads up. Will do 😀

MinticecreamwithaCherryonTop · 20/03/2025 14:58

Desperatelyseekingreason · 20/03/2025 14:41

Did they do any user testing?

I find them hard to open and hard to close so fizzy pop goes flat more quickly ( I guess that sells more product but adds to the recycling mountain). Also they have sharp edges that cut my fingers.

I keep a dedicated snipping tool in my kitchen so that I can completely remove the nuisances then replace it with an old ‘normal’ cap. I made DH turn out the wheelie bin when I inadvertantly recycled it. I will cry when I finally lose/break it.

Purchase a bottle of tango, pretty sure they still have the old screw top, then keep it in.

Desperatelyseekingreason · 20/03/2025 14:41

Did they do any user testing?

I find them hard to open and hard to close so fizzy pop goes flat more quickly ( I guess that sells more product but adds to the recycling mountain). Also they have sharp edges that cut my fingers.

I keep a dedicated snipping tool in my kitchen so that I can completely remove the nuisances then replace it with an old ‘normal’ cap. I made DH turn out the wheelie bin when I inadvertantly recycled it. I will cry when I finally lose/break it.

Boredlass · 20/03/2025 14:09

I rip the cap off as soon as it’s open. They’re extremely annoying

Mielikki · 20/03/2025 14:07

Ursulla · 20/03/2025 14:03

But we have brexited and therefore are no longer at the mercy of those woke Eurocrats in Brussels. Isn't going against that an act of treason or similar?

I for one would be happy to see such charges brought against drinks manufacturers.

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I know you are being facetious but I’m always bemused by people who think that if there is no law to mandate something, then that thing must be unlawful. See it all the time on here.

Ursulla · 20/03/2025 14:03

TooOldForThisShit1 · 20/03/2025 12:37

officially it's called a "tethered cap" and was EU directive to help pollution in the sea. The major bottle producers, such as coca cola etc decided to keep the legislation for the UK as well as their EU supplies.

I'm in the bottling industry 😀

But we have brexited and therefore are no longer at the mercy of those woke Eurocrats in Brussels. Isn't going against that an act of treason or similar?

I for one would be happy to see such charges brought against drinks manufacturers.

MinticecreamwithaCherryonTop · 20/03/2025 13:51

Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 13:28

That's not the cap I am talking about.
I am talking about is about screw on caps that are hanging by a thread and wobbling around the bottle opening.

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Yes, this is the type I was thinking of too. The tops with the annoying bit of plastic to keep them attached. I was wondering what people were meaning when they were talking about pushing it all of the way back, and thought I was overlooking something!😂
The issue with the other click ones is opening them from sealed, without an explosion.

Verv · 20/03/2025 13:50

Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 13:28

That's not the cap I am talking about.
I am talking about is about screw on caps that are hanging by a thread and wobbling around the bottle opening.

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If you pull them back over the opening of the bottle they tuck down the side and out the way.
Unscrew, flip back (which is as far as most people get then poke themselves in the nose) then grab cap and pull it back over the top of the opening so that it lays flat down the other side.

I hate them but this helps.
Apologies if its been said before, havent RTFT

joanofaardvark · 20/03/2025 13:48

DappledThings · 20/03/2025 10:17

This has never happened to me. How is juice getting in the cap? It's upside down when it's closed, then you open it and it's tipped up and pushed to the side.

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I shake it to mix the pulp into the liquid - can’t really avoid doing it unless I want a watery drink with thick lumps at the end!

Mielikki · 20/03/2025 13:39

It’s to reduce littering and ensure that the caps are recycled with the bottle.

Just like captive ringpulls on cans which induced a huge amount of whinging when they were first introduced but now everyone just accepts.

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Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 13:28

bloodredfeaturewall · 20/03/2025 09:57

yabu
I love them. no more dropped cals.
if you push them all the way they don't flip onto your nose.

That's not the cap I am talking about.
I am talking about is about screw on caps that are hanging by a thread and wobbling around the bottle opening.

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Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 13:25

WoahThreeAces · 20/03/2025 08:45

I really like them. I like how they click right back and then I never lose the lid.

I think some people here are talking about different caps - the click-on ones.

My post is about the screw tops that now hang by a plastic thread and wobble around constantly being in the way.

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Deathraystare · 20/03/2025 13:21

Iabsolutely hate them. A number of times, I haven't quite finished a drink. Close the top back on and when I retrieve it from my bag, my newspaper and/or diary is sodden! Last year's diary went mouldy!!!