{"id":133279,"date":"2017-04-17T13:29:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T19:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/those-leaky-crest-flip-top-lids.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T19:29:19","slug":"those-leaky-crest-flip-top-lids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/those-leaky-crest-flip-top-lids.html","title":{"rendered":"Those leaky Crest flip top lids"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is almost quintessentially a #FirstWorldProblem<\/a> , but I post it only because I'm cursed these lids for years. If you create pressure in the tube by squeezing it to get toothpaste out, it will<\/i> continue oozing out even afterward, and, since the cap does't close well, you get a mess, either on the counter or inside the lid for the next time you open it.<\/p>\n

What this mostly tells me is that Crest executives don't actually use the product, otherwise this would have been solved in 2009, when the new lids were introduced.<\/p>\n

(Why don't I just change brands? Because I prefer the Crest flavor, and I know which product has the combo of ingredients \/ features I want without the ones I don't want. Toothpaste aisles at supermarkets are freaking annoying.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nCrest Has a Terrible Leaking-Toothpaste Problem – The Atlantic<\/a><\/span>
\nThe mess made me appreciate good toothpaste-tube design.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This is almost quintessentially a #FirstWorldProblem , but I post it only because I'm cursed these lids for years. 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