http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei...&vback=Results

Pretty cool...

 

I just heard about this the other day at work. We immediately went out to the vending machine and picked up a Diet Coke and some Mentos.

 

THAT'S FUNNY!!! Some people have WAY to much time on there hands!!


~Nick

 

That's pretty cool Some people just have too much time on their hands though.

 

I'm not sure if it was worth $100 in soda, but it was a cool video.

The mentos trick should work with any carbonated beverage

 

I'm thinking they opted for Diet Coke because it's not sticky after it's sprayed everywhere.

Regular carbonated beverages have sugar, sticky.
Clear diet beverages usually have fruit juice, sticky.

Or, they were doing a little product placement, and it was all set up and funded by Diet Coke™ and perhaps Mentos™.


phox

 

I think phox is onto something


~Nick

 

Must call broker and buy shares in these two companies. Once this get's out I want to be rich.

Now the question is; can you get the lid back on before it spews. That pressure would have to go somewhere

 

Being that I hate diet soda, it looks like a good use for Diet Coke.

 

Only in America.

I wonder how many rehersals they had!

 

My buddy Branden would CRY seeing this...........he LOVES diet coke!!! I think that stuff tastes like butt........so on with the experiments!!!



~Nick

 

: OK, so me being me, I had to try the Diet Coke and Mentos thing.(kinda the slow season here at work) What a serious disapointment. $3 and it only went about 3.5ft in the air. Maybe I didn't use enough Mentos, maybe the soda needs to be warm. I don't know but I am not spending anymore money on it to find out. Amazingly this is not the only thread here on such subjects, and there is some really nifty ideas in the other.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...ghlight=mentos

 

The little show I saw on Bubba's site convinced me that you will not have the time to get the cap back on. As soon as the mentos went into the pop it spewd.

And I think I have an idea on how to get more height from the spew. Shove a long wire rod through the mentos so that when you put them into the pop bottle you can shove them all the way to the bottom. That way they get more contact with the pop, less foam at the bottom of the jug than the top. Oh, and use 4 or 5, angle the bottle away from you ,and duck!!

 

I'm waiting for a report of a kid drinking 4 cans of d.coke and eating 5 Mentos. BOOM!

 

I don't know how but it seems like this little experiment became an instant attraction. One of the guys on the morning news show did this one, then he also drank some diet coke and ate some mentos. He just said he burped a lot. Hmmmm I think some mentos and pop could be put on the list soon...