Reusable pint glasses

[Hugh Jass]

Looks a really good idea but I don't think I'll be partaking as I rarely use the main bars, I hate the lager they serve there. Pints tend to be from either the Cider Bus or Brothers Bar.

[neff]

1 hour ago, MattDavies__ said:

Stick one of these in your pocket and you're good to go 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CarryAround-Fold-Coffee-Carrier-Drinks/dp/B00UJD3D2K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460622794&sr=8-1&keywords=beer+carrier

 

Couple of years back, when St Austell were running the Cornish arms on site they were giving these away whenever you asked for a beer carrier. Damned useful - I think I managed to acquire two or three of them which have then been to every glasto since!

[mikegday]

I wish these had the Glastonbury logo like the Pilton Party ones

Edited April 14, 2016 by mikegday

[Filthy]

I suppose if they had the logo on then you'd lose loads as souvenirs which misses the point 

[Michaelgball]

Fantastic idea. they might be a bit awkward when buying for a group of friends or whatever.. I like to buy a couple of myself to save bar trips. Larger 2-pint cups would be nice

[Yokel Again]

Good stuff - works great at Latitude. 

[stuartbert two hats]

33 minutes ago, Filthy said:

I suppose if they had the logo on then you'd lose loads as souvenirs which misses the point 

I don't see the issue with losing any as souvenirs. £5 doesn't seem like a nominal fee, it seems like a reasonable price for such a cup.

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I don't see the issue with losing any as souvenirs. £5 doesn't seem like a nominal fee, it seems like a reasonable price for such a cup.

the problem would be, tho, that they'd need many more cups at the start of operations, to account for the ones that get snaffled away - because the system is going to need all of the cups for the wash and re-use part to work.

It's not insurmountable, but things get more complicated if it's not just a cups operation but is instead a cups & souvenir operation.

[glasto-worker]

21 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I don't see the issue with losing any as souvenirs. £5 doesn't seem like a nominal fee, it seems like a reasonable price for such a cup.

at Latitude its built into the system that many will never be returned and they even have a collectors edition - but its a massive operation and very difficult to get the stock to match demand - I know when it was first tried at Latitude there was some years where we had to go back to using paper cups - the reusable cups were in stock but they could not reach that bar that night and I can imagine Glastonbury will also encounter problems.

[Bisque]

I'm going to say it... Sounds like a bit of a pain to me.

I always stack up my cardboard cups & keep a couple in my back pocket when not being used.

A nice lady I was chatting to gave me her plastic Glasto backstage cup last year. I just threw it in my tent & kept it as a souvenier, never bothered using it as it would have been a ball ache to carry around. It's currently in my kitchen filled with stolen salt & pepper from various fast food restaurants. Looks nice though.

Edited April 14, 2016 by Couchy

[The Nal]

Its a great idea. Saves people having to go back to the bar for a refill of Tuborg when they can just scoop a pint out from the longdrops with these things.

[Bisque]

1 minute ago, The Nal said:

Its a great idea. Saves people having to go back to the bar for a refill of Tuborg when they can just scoop a pint out from the longdrops with these things.

Probably more potent stuff too

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, Couchy said:

Probably more potent stuff too

Tastier and cleaner aswell.

[Bisque]

I'm going to say something else. I've used the cardboard cups to wee in when I've not been able to make it to a toilet. Not ideal but I always dispose of the contents in the proper way, do it extremely discreetly & make sure I don't use that cup as part of my stack, if I'm paying attention. I would never do it in a crowd for example

[balti-pie]

12 minutes ago, Couchy said:

I'm going to say something else. I've used the cardboard cups to wee in when I've not been able to make it to a toilet. Not ideal but I always dispose of the contents in the proper way, do it extremely discreetly & make sure I don't use that cup as part of my stack, if I'm paying attention. I would never do it in a crowd for example

 you terrible person 

[shuttlep]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

the problem would be, tho, that they'd need many more cups at the start of operations, to account for the ones that get snaffled away - because the system is going to need all of the cups for the wash and re-use part to work.

It's not insurmountable, but things get more complicated if it's not just a cups operation but is instead a cups & souvenir operation.

wouldn't this help the steel industry. If they had to make more every year. 

[sloseph]

23 minutes ago, Couchy said:

I'm going to say something else. I've used the cardboard cups to wee in when I've not been able to make it to a toilet. Not ideal but I always dispose of the contents in the proper way, do it extremely discreetly & make sure I don't use that cup as part of my stack, if I'm paying attention. I would never do it in a crowd for example

are you only pissing out 1 pint at a time? or do you line up a few cups if your tank feels a little full?

[maelzoid]

I went to a small festival last year that was operating the 10p deposit system. Naturally, the kids got into it and saw it as a lucrative pocket-money making scheme. I'm not proud to admit that I actually wound up charging 5p a cup to these kids for my empties. In my head, I was teaching them something about commerce, but really I was just being a drunken dick.

[cdm22]

It could really do with a clip or something so you don't have to carry it around all day when not using it. Other than that, a great idea!

[6t6o6m]

I like the idea if they easily accessible. I was going to bring with me plastic pint glasses for drinking at the tent but would much prefer these.

[JoBalls]

My only issue is that it's only at 10 of the bars on the whole site... Surely it needs to be an all or nothing thing?

[eFestivals]

29 minutes ago, shuttlep said:

wouldn't this help the steel industry. If they had to make more every year. 

- I guess, tho I think it perhaps needs a bit more going on to save it. 

 

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, JoBalls said:

My only issue is that it's only at 10 of the bars on the whole site... Surely it needs to be an all or nothing thing?

it would be better if it was all bars, but other bars will be happy to fill your stainless steel cup I'm sure.

 

[evilduck]

A french festival I go to that does deposit plastic cups also sell something like these to hold your cup:

 

Could be useful at Glastonbury too!

[Hugh Jass]

4 minutes ago, evilduck said:

A french festival I go to that does deposit plastic cups also sell something like these to hold your cup:

 

Could be useful at Glastonbury too!

Anything over half full and that becomes a disaster waiting to happen surely?