Why this bottle carrier earns its place
Ten bottles in one lift is the whole point of a carrier like this. Bottles moved loose get picked up three or four at a time by the neck, which is how necks get chipped and how a full bottle ends up on a tiled floor. Held in a carrier they travel upright as a single unit, so a restock run from the store to the bar or the servery is one trip instead of three, and nothing has to be set down halfway to get a door open.
Plastic is the sensible material for something that spends its life on a store or cellar floor: it wipes down, it does not corrode where drinks get spilled on it, and it takes being dropped the last few inches onto concrete without complaint. The venting is what keeps it usable over a season. Water from a wash runs straight out instead of standing in the base, and air moves through so the carrier dries between runs rather than sitting damp under a counter — which matters more than it sounds anywhere sugary drinks are being carried.
