How Long Before It Gives?

[Paddy Diver]

Was gonna put this as a poll but decided against it, ya I know its stupid but Im gonna do it anyway....

So just for fun we'll have bets on,
"at what depth will a regular 500ml can of coke implode at??"

A) 0-5m
B) 5-10m
C) 10-15m
D) 15-20m
E) 20-25m

Im going diving tomorrow so I'll take one along and find out but, in the mean time have a few guesses and we'll see tomorrow who's right.

And if anyone was dump enough to try this already dont give it away!!

[Garf]

it wont. It's full of uncompressable liquid. and a regular can is 330ml

[Jay]

I'm with Garf - it might dent at depth but it cetainly won't implode at depth.

[DecoWarrior]

i agree with the other two ive tried it with bags of fluids cartons and pouches, and it has no effect what so ever on those so i would say a can would be the same

[Paddy Diver]

Sorry I ment 330ml.

But there is also gas in the can and a small volume of air, notice how you never get a fulll one so wouldnt that get compressed.

I dont mean implode as such but when the opening pops.

[Woz]

A better question would be one Digger tried:

From what depth do you have to release an empty Panda Pop bottle (with the lid screwed on) to make it explode with a big bang at the surface? Too deep and it goes bang before the surface, too shallow and it just pops up and floats.

[jamesp]

I used to carry a cheap(£20) plastic sekonda watch as a back up back up timer. It was rated to 5 atms, which is apparently watch speak for can wear it in the shower, I always harboured the ambition to fold one. Had one to 52m and it worked fine afterwards, dont feel like wasting the money now!

[Digger]

The Panda Pop bottle was an effective way of making sure the skipper was still awake when we surfaced. There is a depth, and it's remarkably accurate, we very rarely had one which fired too early or didn't fire at all. I think we called it Battleships or something, it was always my aim to hit the boat with it, and see what the bang would do.

Very good at scaring the crap out of surface cover if the skipper's gone diving...

[Mark Griffith]

Originally Posted by Digger

The Panda Pop bottle was an effective way of making sure the skipper was still awake when we surfaced. There is a depth, and it's remarkably accurate, we very rarely had one which fired too early or didn't fire at all. I think we called it Battleships or something, it was always my aim to hit the boat with it, and see what the bang would do.

Very good at scaring the crap out of surface cover if the skipper's gone diving...

Go on whats the relaese depth?
cheers
seadweller

[Paddy Diver]

Well due to unforseen actions I didnt dive this morning so Ill try another day but Im still gonna do it even if ye think nothings gonna happen coz Im a ejit and love messing!