Comments on: Can you send soda cans in the mail?

Question: Can you send soda cans in the mail?

romakimmy — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:47:56 -0800

ShippingFilter: Can you send soda cans via snail mail without them exploding en route? Any special packaging required? Please help me liberate some captive Dr Pepper from Milan...

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:15:59 -0800

i successfully shipped dr. pepper from WashDC to germany in the summer a few years ago. i just put them in a regular cardboard box with crumpled newspaper. it was shockingly expensive and took nearly a month, but they arrived just fine and were well appreciated.

By: milovoo

milovoo — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:54:37 -0800

Another shipping carbonated things thread.

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:25:52 -0800

You might wanna ask the folks at Pop the Soda Shop, a quirkly little soda place here in phx which ships soda all over the world.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:55:56 -0800

IANAPostman but...I would think that temperature would be the big problem, as opposed to shaking. I wouldn't send soda during winter. If you pack it welll, I wouldn't expect the cans to get ruptured. It would take an awful lot of shaking to make them burst on their own. I also would be sure to send them alone, or at least not packed with important papers or something that could be damaged if they do explode.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:25:06 -0800

Why not in winter? I'd think that heat would be the explosion danger. But then, if they freeze I guess they'll expand and rupture too. And cargo in a plane gets awfully cold. A passenger jet at 30K feet has a heck of a lot of climate control keeping everyone warm. In fact, once I bought a laptop online and when it arrived, it was so cold that it was actually covered in dewdrops. I had to dry it out before turning it on. A little nerve-wracking! But it was all right in the end.

By: NotMyselfRightNow

NotMyselfRightNow — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 01:50:36 -0800

Yup, it's not a problem at all. I ship soda transatlantic on a regular basis (usually 36 cans per box) and have never had a problem. Crush-onastick got it right--just make sure you put in some crumpled up newspaper or something similar to pad it a bit.

By: romakimmy

romakimmy — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 05:01:22 -0800

Much thanks ya'll. And phoodz, your link has been dully bookmarked for future Dr Pepper cravings.