Milk Unit

A milk unit is any easy to use conversion from Imperial to Metric for measuring weight. People who have only used pounds (lbs) don’t have an easy way to understand how much an object my weigh in kilograms. However, most people familiar with pounds will also be familiar with gallons and will also understand what that amount of weight feels like. A gallon of liquid generally weighs around 3.75 kg, so two gallons would be 7.5 kg. This would be know as 2 MUs.

The flight has a strict carry-on restriction of 7.5 kilos. How much is that?

15lbs?

Yeah, but how heavy do you think my bag is?

Feels like it’s 2 Milk Units. You’re good.