Mentos Gum Containers

I love these little bastards , the containers not the gum



The other day I think of yet another use for them , 2 cr8 plugs for my sherpa fit nicely


Ive been using them for a few years for fire Vaseline cotton ball starter containers , full sized bic lighters , coax adapters for my hand helds and other misc junk



Wrap them in electric and or duct tape to have some on hand .

Is this considered "recycle" as well?

I do similar things with plastic containers and glass jars I get. Don't through them a way,,,,,

Yeah these have been about the most useful sized container Ive came across for travel/pack size .I used to use Altoids boxes alot but these have replaced them for the most part.

great idea! i got to get me some of those.

Altoids Eclipse Mints

These are tin cans, last almost forever!!

mento's are in plastic= WILL last forever. Ever been to a landfill?

This illustrates one of my (many) problems: I see a neat container: a pump, squeeze bottle, plastic jar and think," Jeez, this could be just what I need someday..." and I put it in a storage tub (which is now full of neat containers).

Best use so far: Squeeze mustard container with twist top is the world's best chainsaw oil bottle, at any cost.

So now I've gotta buy this goddamn gum...

And then there's 35mm film containers....

Alas, nearly extinct due to digital.
(Yeah, I love my digital more than the $3000 bag of film cameras)

What I meant is that those tin cans would last almost forever going through many cycles of opening and closing.
Also, I thought they would have better chance against many heavy blows, banging and abuse in a tool box.
That is where I use them.
I am not too familiar with Mentos packages but I figured they are made of plastic.
As such, I think they would not last as long as tin cans would in the way I use them.
At least that is what I think,,,.

I think you'd be surprised...

With that said, the smaller Altoids tins are my preference too.

Those look great, better than the M&M tubes that I've been using to hold my spare valve stems and remover tool

After I put up that smart assed comment I had second thoughts that was where you were coming from. I think that maybe the "hinge" on the Mentos tube might fail over time. However, I don't think it would keep the cap from snapping on. Also unless you smash them with something very heavy I don't think you would crush one.

I use that for Q-tips when traveling.

That's a large container; you must have big ears!

Do the Pepsi and Mentos combo and you will have the need for more Mentos and then you will have more containers.

I have been using an empty Emerald Nuts canister for traveling with cigars. It is a fairly solid cylinder that will take some abuse.

After going through thousands of 35mm plastic slide boxes, I am left with but one or two unused ones. They make great containers for small parts.

Of course there is always the empty prescription pill bottles from the drugstore.

The dollar store had 6 packs of small plastic containers, a tad smaller than a film container. 6 for a buck....!