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Functionally it makes sense. Pringles chips being in a can instead of a bag means the chips can travel farther without being damaged or broken.

shagie 2y ago
They're also low pressure inside. This makes it possible to take them to otherwise difficult places. https://cferenac.blogspot.com/2010/06/toilet-paper-and-pringles.html https://cferenac.blogspot.com/2010/06/toilet-paper-and-pring... > The second time—they struggled with potato chips. You see, they had packed regular potato chips in small bags, like Lays. It turns out when you’re at 15,000 feet, the air pressure makes the bags (and the chips) explode. Just picture climbing one difficult step at a time, in freezing weather, under the most treacherous of conditions, and having little bombs going off in your backpack. Terrifying. Not to mention the chips were impossible to eat. Pringles, on the other hand, are vaccuum packed. They keep their shape, and as Jamie says, “They have great karma because they’ve been spooning inside the can since they were made!” Most bags of potato chips that I've seen show near failure at about 9000 feet. Specifically related to shipping them... My Worst Load Ever: Hauling Oregon Potato Chips to Texas - https://www.dat.com/blog/my-worst-load-ever-hauling-oregon-potato-chips-to-texas https://www.dat.com/blog/my-worst-load-ever-hauling-oregon-p... > I got loaded, and it was time to sign the bill of lading. Everything looked normal at first until I read that this load cannot be exposed to elevations higher than 6,000 feet because the bags of chips may pop. That would result in a carrier claim. I didn’t like that at all, especially because I didn’t know — and had never needed to know — anything about measuring elevation. --- Late edit about Pringles on Everest - https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/playing-with-moon-rocks-and-duct-tape-at-the-dinner-table-2/ https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/playing-with-mo... > I managed to take a large plastic jar of cough drops, empty it into another jar, and cut it down to a size that would hold the vials. Some padding and duct tape and we were good to go. In the mean time, Scott found two lids from some Pringles cans (a major food item) and he created a large circular holder with the Nugget in the middle. He held the pieces together while I applied duct tape and presto, we had a Nugget Containment Device. (I'm certain that I read that story on HN long ago... but I can't find it)

shagie 2y ago

They're also low pressure inside. This makes it possible to take them to otherwise difficult places. https://cferenac.blogspot.com/2010/06/toilet-paper-and-pringles.html https://cferenac.blogspot.com/2010/06/toilet-paper-and-pring... > The second time—they struggled with potato chips. You see, they had packed regular potato chips in small bags, like Lays. It turns out when you’re at 15,000 feet, the air pressure makes the bags (and the chips) explode. Just picture climbing one difficult step at a time, in freezing weather, under the most treacherous of conditions, and having little bombs going off in your backpack. Terrifying. Not to mention the chips were impossible to eat. Pringles, on the other hand, are vaccuum packed. They keep their shape, and as Jamie says, “They have great karma because they’ve been spooning inside the can since they were made!” Most bags of potato chips that I've seen show near failure at about 9000 feet. Specifically related to shipping them... My Worst Load Ever: Hauling Oregon Potato Chips to Texas - https://www.dat.com/blog/my-worst-load-ever-hauling-oregon-potato-chips-to-texas https://www.dat.com/blog/my-worst-load-ever-hauling-oregon-p... > I got loaded, and it was time to sign the bill of lading. Everything looked normal at first until I read that this load cannot be exposed to elevations higher than 6,000 feet because the bags of chips may pop. That would result in a carrier claim. I didn’t like that at all, especially because I didn’t know — and had never needed to know — anything about measuring elevation. --- Late edit about Pringles on Everest - https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/playing-with-moon-rocks-and-duct-tape-at-the-dinner-table-2/ https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/playing-with-mo... > I managed to take a large plastic jar of cough drops, empty it into another jar, and cut it down to a size that would hold the vials. Some padding and duct tape and we were good to go. In the mean time, Scott found two lids from some Pringles cans (a major food item) and he created a large circular holder with the Nugget in the middle. He held the pieces together while I applied duct tape and presto, we had a Nugget Containment Device. (I'm certain that I read that story on HN long ago... but I can't find it)