How the Five Compare on the Numbers
Four of these five publish a measurement in both unit systems, which ought to settle everything and does not. On one listing the two halves convert cleanly in either direction. On one they do not convert in either direction. On the other two the metric half is correct and the inch half has been rounded differently each time, and on one of those the size row disagrees with the maker’s own bullet.
The fifth publishes no metric for its dimensions at all, only round inches, with a gram figure for the tea rather than the tin. Every one of these is a multipack, so three of the five have their dimension figures filed as a carton, and on one of those three the carton triple is the measurement of a single tin out of fifty.
What the table cannot show is that two of its columns are the same tin. Both TRISCO listings publish a diameter of 7.5 cm and a height of 9 cm, and between them they turn that one height into three different inch figures. Nor can it explain the Suclain package triple, which is 2.13 by 2.13 by 1.57 inches for a purchase of fifty tins, and is exactly the measurement of one.
The One Pair That Converts
Five Point Four Centimeters, Both Ways
Suclain publishes 2.13 inches as 5.4 centimeters and 1.57 inches as 4 centimeters, and both hold up. Run them forward and 2.13 inches is 5.4 centimeters; run them back and 5.4 centimeters is 2.13 inches. The metric figures are the round ones, 5.4 and 4, so the tin was drawn in centimeters and the inch readings are the derived half.
That matters because this is the only listing of the five where a reader can convert in either direction and arrive where the maker did. It also labels both figures, giving a diameter and a height rather than two bare numbers, which is better than the row on three of the other four. Fifty tins arrive, of 2 fl oz each, weighing 2.62 lb in total.
A Carton That Is One Tin
Because the purchase is fifty tins, Suclain’s dimension figures are filed as a package, and that triple reads 2.13 by 2.13 by 1.57 inches. Those are the exact figures the maker publishes for one tin, right down to the repeated diameter. Fifty tins of that size do not fit inside one of them, so the carton slot here holds a single item rather than a box.
That is a useful accident. It means the only figures on the listing describe a tin, which is more than can be said for the two listings on this page whose carton triples sit between a bullet figure and a field figure. If you want one tin’s size, read the Suclain triple and ignore the word package attached to it.
One Tin, Three Inch Heights
The Bullet Says One Thing and the Row Another
TRISCO’s six piece listing publishes a bullet that converts properly: the canister is 9 centimeters high, written as 3.54 inches, and 7.5 centimeters in diameter, written as 2.95 inches. Both of those are exact. Then its size row reads 3.74 inches high by 2.95 inches across, and its height field carries the same 3.74.
So the diameter agrees everywhere on the listing and the height does not. One slot says 3.54 inches and two slots say 3.74 inches, for a tin the maker measured once at 9 centimeters. The bullet is the figure with its working shown, so that is the one to use, and a reader going by the row alone is reading a number the maker’s own sentence contradicts.
The Same Tin, Rounded Differently Next Door
TRISCO’s twelve piece listing is the same tin by its own description, in the same tinned steel with the same double sealing lid and the same 8 oz capacity. Its bullet gives the diameter as about 3 inches with 7.5 centimeters beside it and the height as about 3.6 inches with 9 centimeters beside it, and it has no size row at all.
Those two inch figures are the metric rounded up rather than converted, and they are not the figures the six piece listing published for the same measurements. Put the two listings together and one 9 centimeter height has been written as 3.54 inches, as 3.6 inches and as 3.74 inches. The centimeter figure is the only one that is stable across both.
When the Conversion Fails in Both Directions
Two and a Half Inches, or Six and a Half Centimeters
WOPPLXY puts both unit systems in the size row itself, which looks like the best practice on this page: 2.5 by 2.7 inches with 6.5 by 7 centimeters beside it, repeated in its first bullet as a diameter and a height. The trouble is that the two halves do not meet. Convert the inches forward and 2.5 inches is nearer 6.4 centimeters; convert the metric back and 6.5 centimeters is nearer 2.6 inches.
Neither half is the source of the other, so both have been rounded to one decimal independently and the pair cannot be reconciled. Its dimension figures are filed as a carton at 2 by 3 by 2 inches, which matches no published figure. Note too that the title calls these square tins and black while the first bullet gives a diameter and the second names a matte white coating.
Round Inches and a Gram Figure Instead
Tlence publishes no metric for its tin at all. Its size row reads 6 by 3.5 by 3.5 inches, its third bullet repeats the same three figures with each axis labeled, and all three dimension fields carry them. Round inches with nothing in centimeters anywhere is the signature of a measurement actually taken in inches, which makes this the only native imperial set here.
It does publish one metric figure, and it is about the tea rather than the tin: a capacity of 23 oz described as holding more than 75 grams of loose leaf. That is the only statement on this page that connects a container volume to a weight of tea, and it is a more useful number for a tea drinker than any of the diameters.
Which One Fits Your Kitchen
The buyer who wants a figure that survives conversion. Suclain is the pick. It publishes 2.13 inches as 5.4 centimeters and 1.57 inches as 4 centimeters, both exact, both labeled. Fifty tinplate tins of 2 fl oz arrive with sealed lids and a wide mouth, weighing 2.62 lb in total, and the maker asks for them to be dried before use.
The buyer storing a serious amount of one tea. Tlence gives you 23 oz per tin and says it holds more than 75 grams, across six tins of 6 by 3.5 by 3.5 inches. Its lid is a rotary seal closed by a one third turn, which is the only mechanism described on this page in enough detail to picture. Tinplate, with an inner pocket, a sealing film and a sealing strip.
The buyer who reads the bullet rather than the row. TRISCO’s six piece listing publishes 9 centimeters high and 7.5 centimeters across, converted correctly to 3.54 and 2.95 inches. Treat the 3.74 inches in its row and its height field as the odd figure out. Six tins arrive with a pen and twelve stickers for labeling, and the maker asks for a warm water wash.
The buyer who wants twelve of the same tin. TRISCO’s twelve piece listing is the same tin in bulk, 7.5 centimeters across and 9 centimeters high by its own bullet, at 8 oz each, weighing 1.21 lb in total. The inch figures it prints beside those, 3 inches and about 3.6 inches, are rounded up rather than converted, so work from the metric.
The buyer who needs square tins that line up. WOPPLXY is the only square tin here, twelve of them at 8 ounces, in tinplate with a sealing lid. Expect its figures to need interpretation: 2.5 by 2.7 inches and 6.5 by 7 centimeters do not convert into each other, and the listing calls them black in the title and white in a bullet.
What We Could Not Verify
Six questions went looking for a figure on these listings and came back without one.
- Whether the TRISCO tin is 3.54 inches high as its own bullet says or 3.74 inches as its size row and height field say.
- Why the same 9 centimeter height appears as 3.6 inches on one TRISCO listing and as 3.54 inches on the other.
- Which WOPPLXY figure was measured, since 2.5 inches and 6.5 centimeters are not conversions of each other in either direction.
- Whether the WOPPLXY tins are black as the title says or white as the second bullet says, and whether a square tin has the diameter its first bullet gives it.
- A weight for the TRISCO six piece set or for Tlence, neither of which publishes one in a field or in any bullet.
- A gram figure for Suclain, TRISCO or WOPPLXY, where only one listing of the five translates its volume into a weight of tea.
