# Unrealistic weights for liquids in plastic bottles

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**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [November 7, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unrealistic-weights-for-liquids-in-plastic-bottles/7798 "2014-11-07T22:34:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThinkInvisible](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thinkinvisible/32/313_2.png) [@ThinkInvisible](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkInvisible)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unrealistic-weights-for-liquids-in-plastic-bottles/7798/1 "2014-11-07T22:34:34Z")

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0.A SDL, Experimental 9b31058 (Windows 8.1)

I was playing as a new character (no ‘home base’ or vehicle set up to drop items in) with fairly low strength, and I only had a few pounds of carry weight left because the shelter I spawned in actually had some stuff in it. While looting a house, I picked up a plastic bottle of mayonnaise and was suddenly overencumbered by several pounds. Upon closer inspection, the bottle - which ‘holds 500ml of liquid’ - weighed 8.1 pounds. A quick google search reveals the density of mayonnaise to be around 0.03287 pounds/cubic inch, and 500ml is 30.5119 cubic inches, meaning the mayonnaise itself should have weighed (0.03287 \* 30.5119) around 1 pound. Also, by comparison, a gallon jug of vinegar weighs 8.8 pounds (this is much more accurate).  
Either that plastic bottle weighed 7 pounds by itself or this is a bug.

Weights for most bottled items seem to be very inaccurate. A plastic bottle of mustard is 5.61lbs, a plastic bottle of honey is 5.6lbs; plastic bottles of water and salt water are actually just over half the right weight at 0.6lbs (500ml of water weighs 500g; 500g is around a pound, not half a pound.)

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**Author:** ![Mshock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mshock/32/1346_2.png) [@Mshock](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mshock)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unrealistic-weights-for-liquids-in-plastic-bottles/7798/2 "2014-11-08T00:20:18Z")

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Thanks, some people ( including me until today) do not know that weight is multiplied by charges. Going to fix.

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**Author:** ![Taika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@Taika](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taika)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unrealistic-weights-for-liquids-in-plastic-bottles/7798/3 "2014-11-15T19:06:18Z")

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In Version 74e5b81, the same seems to be true for dried rice (14.34 pounds for 16 charges) and powdered egg (45.30 pounds for 100 charges).