pails, mylar and oxygen absorbers

[crossbow]

I have always bought my own pails, mylar ect. and packed my own supplies, but after seeing Emergence E. site on here, i placed a couple orders, it's cheaper than I can pack the stuff.
Look at the top pail that looks like it has a dent in it, it does have a dent, I have seen it in some of the pails that i done on my own, nothing wrong with it, It just means that the mylar bag has a small leak in it and the the pail has a great seal on it and the oxygen absorber is working good and sucking the pail in, no harm really.

[Lowdown3]

Actually could be any number of things.

Most likely was that the bucket was knocked a little bit in transit. Think about a milk jug. It's designed to "give" a little bit instead of just breaking when it's knocked into something. These buckets while not the same thickness are designed the same way. Their is a reason UPS charges a special $4. per bucket "handling" fee for them- because they are hades on their automated system.

If not the above then the whole "packed at a higher altitude and shipped to a lower altitude" thing. This has been the standard answer of any of the companies that pack in Idaho, UT or WA for years.

Yet we had the same thing come up more than once after shipping via UPS from Florida (very low altitude) to other states when we had a cannery in 98 and 99.

I'm leaning towards the "it got bumped on UPS conveyor belt."

99.9% of the time your product is 100% a-o.k. inside. If your truly worried, pull the lid and check the mylar, the seal will be at the top and you should be able to tell immediately if their is a good seal still.

[crossbow]

Actually could be any number of things.

I'm leaning towards the "it got bumped on UPS conveyor belt."

99.9% of the time your product is 100% a-o.k. inside. If your truly worried, pull the lid and check the mylar, the seal will be at the top and you should be able to tell immediately if their is a good seal still.

the pail was inside a box and the box is perfect, no damage at all, like i said,a few of my own pails look like that from either putting in too many ox absorbers or the mylar has a slow leak and the pail has a great seal.

[Lowdown3]

Keep in mind in a factory producing thousands of buckets every day, they do tend to get bumped around. I know where EE buys from, it's the major supplier to the industry. My gal there has stated more than a few times that they often hire "high school students" to help with the shipping. So in other words, nothing is handled with kid gloves :)

Seeing as the oxygen absorbers go INSIDE the mylar, it would not draw a vacuum on the bucket itself unless as you said the mylar was punctured. Also, most places uses a D1500 CC absorber which doesn't leave much room for error in a six gallon superpail (what they looked like from your pics). Check the mylar's seal and let us know. You can take the lid off the bucket and turn the bucket upside down inside your house. The mylar should drop out nicely. You'll be able to tell if their is even a pinhole in the mylar. Don't worry, it will go back in just as easily just you malform the mylar.