Some news just makes you smile, and this is one of those weeks. Capri Sun is releasing a giant version of its famous foil pouch, and it's headed to Walmart shelves, according to MSN. The Big Pouch holds a whopping 24 fluid ounces, which is a serious amount of juice by any measure. It lands on September 21 and will run you around six dollars.

Let me get the confession out of the way right now: I remember when Capri Sun was the crown jewel of the school lunchbox. If you showed up with one of those pouches, you were briefly the most popular kid at the cafeteria table. My granddaughter Jess will tell you the pouch hasn't aged a day, and I'd say she's right. That little silver pillow with the tiny straw has been one of the most recognizable packages in the grocery store for decades and the basic design has barely budged. When a design works, it works.

Which is exactly why a GIANT version is such a delight. Same idea, just supersized, the way movie theater candy went from normal bags to buckets during my lifetime. Everything gets bigger eventually. It's practically a law of nature.

Now, as a tech writer you might wonder why I'm covering a juice pouch. Fair question. But I've spent forty-plus years watching product design, and I'll tell you, the Capri Sun pouch is genuinely clever engineering. It's lightweight, it doesn't shatter, it ships flat, and it takes less material than a rigid bottle. There are water bottles that cost ten dollars that haven't solved packaging as elegantly as this thing did generations ago. Technology should work for you, and the pouch always has, quietly doing its job without needing an app or a firmware update. Refreshing, in every sense.

Six dollars for a jumbo pouch is real money, but for that much nostalgia in one package? I've certainly spent money on sillier things. And if your local Walmart doesn't have them on September 21, give it a beat; big retail launches have a way of arriving unevenly store to store.

One gentle word of advice from someone who has cleaned up after many a juice-related incident: a giant pouch of sugary drink is a bigger spill waiting to happen. The original pouch was designed for small hands and modest portions. Hand a jumbo version to a six-year-old on a couch and you are living dangerously. Maybe save this one for the backyard.

Will I buy one? Of course I'll buy one. I've watched every tech revolution since 1984, and I'm not about to miss the juice pouch revolution. I'll report back on whether the big one pours properly, because if the pouch's whole genius is its straw, the logistics of a giant straw situation matter. Some things deserve a thorough hands-on review and dear reader, this is one of them.