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To hate the new attached bottle caps

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Hocuspoc · 19/03/2025 19:48

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.

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Hocuspoc · 20/03/2025 16:13

FoxtrotOscarKindaDay · 20/03/2025 15:52

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 16:13

Apologies for double response.

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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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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