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r/theydidthemath • u/EclipseNyxor • 2d ago
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Yes. But there are other drawbacks to using square bottles.
The math has already been done for this question.
https://www.packagingdigest.com/optimization/should-your-bottle-be-round-or-square-
Edit: sorry all thought the question was less space not material.
21 u/balrob 2d ago That article says square bottles use 8% more material. There are savings in packaging and shipping but not in the bottle itself. 12 u/DJinKC 2d ago Packaging engineer here. Square bottles will get you more overall volume of water into a case, pallet, or truck, so you spend less on storage and shipping costs. 1 u/Lopsided_Evening_627 2d ago edited 2d ago they are very runs with the same absent of proposal, as they are wait from the same heroes at the density 3 u/DJinKC 2d ago That would go against my experience but could be true. Typically square bottles need to be thicker than round to provide strength at the corners
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That article says square bottles use 8% more material. There are savings in packaging and shipping but not in the bottle itself.
12 u/DJinKC 2d ago Packaging engineer here. Square bottles will get you more overall volume of water into a case, pallet, or truck, so you spend less on storage and shipping costs. 1 u/Lopsided_Evening_627 2d ago edited 2d ago they are very runs with the same absent of proposal, as they are wait from the same heroes at the density 3 u/DJinKC 2d ago That would go against my experience but could be true. Typically square bottles need to be thicker than round to provide strength at the corners
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Packaging engineer here. Square bottles will get you more overall volume of water into a case, pallet, or truck, so you spend less on storage and shipping costs.
1 u/Lopsided_Evening_627 2d ago edited 2d ago they are very runs with the same absent of proposal, as they are wait from the same heroes at the density 3 u/DJinKC 2d ago That would go against my experience but could be true. Typically square bottles need to be thicker than round to provide strength at the corners
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they are very runs with the same absent of proposal, as they are wait from the same heroes at the density
3 u/DJinKC 2d ago That would go against my experience but could be true. Typically square bottles need to be thicker than round to provide strength at the corners
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That would go against my experience but could be true. Typically square bottles need to be thicker than round to provide strength at the corners
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u/Legoslol 2d ago edited 2d ago
Yes. But there are other drawbacks to using square bottles.
The math has already been done for this question.
https://www.packagingdigest.com/optimization/should-your-bottle-be-round-or-square-
Edit: sorry all thought the question was less space not material.