Ikea flip top bottles

giftgrub

Came across these today...

http://m.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/art/30213552/

They seemed solid enough, they are clear though

there seems to be mixed views about them on other sites....

rameire

http://www.alpack.ie/Glass_Swing_Top_Bottles/Default.334.html

Check out alpack.ie for them then 43.91 for 20

http://www.alpack.ie/Glass_Beer_Bottles_Swing_Top__Crown_Finish/Default.292.html

Brown bottles here
41.73 for 25 brown swing 750 ml bottles

Location is sandyford Dublin.
Just thought I'd give some variety.

BeerNut

giftgrub wrote: »

They seemed solid enough

I'd be worried about whether they're up to spec for carbonated drinks.

sharingan

BeerNut wrote: »

I'd be worried about whether they're up to spec for carbonated drinks.

They looked flimsy enough to me when I saw them first hand.

And pricy by comparison with online.

BaZmO*

The thing I thought when I saw them first was that they might be suitable for homebrewing, but on further inspection they seem very flimsy. Personally I wouldn't trust them.

rubadub

As they are 1L they would usually need to be thicker to handle the same pressure as a smaller bottle, so you cannot just eyeball it and say it looks the same as my small ones.

I used schweppes glass 1L bottles before. I did have one explode outside but it was very pressurised, the cap was almost round.

flanaganred

I have a well carbonated beer four weeks in the IKEA bottles so far so good!

giftgrub

I'd be using it for cider....

ian_m

Wouldn't risk it.

Lovely Bloke

I've used them with success too.

Khannie

BeerNut wrote: »

I'd be worried about whether they're up to spec for carbonated drinks.

They're not. I'm 90% certain it implies this on the label that comes on them. I suppose if you're going for a beer level of carbonation it might be OK. I wouldn't use them with cider though.