What is the Best Way to Store E-Liquids?

[Stehle]

I have heard "put in fridge!" to "don't put in fridge!" or "try to store in a cool, dark dry place.". Which I do believe, so that being said I would like a few more opinions from those forum members in the know.

I'm down here in Florida and its very hard to find a cool, dark dry place with a constant cool temperature. Anyone who lives or visits here knows this, so can you help this southern boy out?

Thanks in advance!

[CaSHMeRe]

us southern boys need to stick together !!!

my juice stays hidden under my mattress, along with a shotgun, shotgun shells, and a bass pro fishin hat

[olderthandirt]

I appropriated a couple of Tupperware containers, she hasn't said anything, yet, and keep it all in the back of the fridge. So far so good....

[jonnyb]

I also keep mine in the fridge.a friend of mine kept a bottle in his truck in the heat and sun for a month and he told me it had a stale taste.so i would go for the fridge.

[GrimmGreen]

most of my juice just stays in the computer drawer. Lately i have been putting un opened bottles of my "reserve" stash in the fridge.

[emsmom]

Ask Sun about keeping liquid in the frig! Sun lost hundreds of dollars worth of juice keeping it in a regular frig. It went rancid after 3 months! Could even see that it was bad, it got all cloudy, if I remember the details correctly. I am in AZ so know what you are talking about. Leaving it out at room temp is not an option. I have found a compromise that seems to be working. I keep mine in a wine frig set at 60 degrees. The little frig actually shorted out, so I now put a fresh ice pack (gel block) in it every night which seems to keep it at the 60 degree temp. I also put my juice in sealed glass canning jars which helps keep any air out. I have juice that is 6+ months old (over Sun's 3 month time frame) and is still just fine, though I didn't start using the wine frig until it started to get hot here. Good luck, think this is still a very open question.

[Stehle]

Originally Posted by emsmom

Ask Sun about keeping liquid in the frig! Sun lost hundreds of dollars worth of juice keeping it in a regular frig. It went rancid after 3 months! Could even see that it was bad, it got all cloudy, if I remember the details correctly.... Good luck, think this is still a very open question.

Seems I'll need it! I think that was the "don't put in the fridge!" story I heard by a friend of a friend that read Sun's post.

CaSHMeRe's assessment of the situation:

"us southern boys need to stick together !!!

my juice stays hidden under my mattress, along with a shotgun, shotgun shells, and a bass pro fishin hat "

I'll have to count as a "no way suh", but I like the way he thinks!

So, so far we have 3 yays and 2 nays when it comes to fridge storage, (at least under 60 degrees), that is.

Thank you all for your input!

Any and all members that may also have experienced storage dilemmas, good or bad feel free to chime in on this! Thanks!

[megumi]

I have been keeping mine in a nice box and had no problems. Then I read this thread and decided maybe I should keep them in the fridge. The next day the juice was thick (not like frozen) just thinker in substance almost gooey. Taking them back out for a few hours made them liquid smooth again.

So I guess I will leave mine out and hope they last. I like the idea of juts putting the extras that maybe I don't use that often in the fridge and use later.

Megumi

[Antebellum]

I keep mine in the fridge, except for the rotating three or four 30 ml bottles I'm currently using. The liquid does get thick and gooey in the fridge, but letting it sit outside over night fixes that. I live near Atlanta - we don't do "cool and dark" so well.

[Sun Vaporer]

Originally Posted by emsmom

Ask Sun about keeping liquid in the frig! Sun lost hundreds of dollars worth of juice keeping it in a regular frig. It went rancid after 3 months! Could even see that it was bad, it got all cloudy, if I remember the details correctly. I am in AZ so know what you are talking about. Leaving it out at room temp is not an option. I have found a compromise that seems to be working. I keep mine in a wine frig set at 60 degrees. The little frig actually shorted out, so I now put a fresh ice pack (gel block) in it every night which seems to keep it at the 60 degree temp. I also put my juice in sealed glass canning jars which helps keep any air out. I have juice that is 6+ months old (over Sun's 3 month time frame) and is still just fine, though I didn't start using the wine frig until it started to get hot here. Good luck, think this is still a very open question.

That is correct, Emsmom, I did lose hundereds of dollars by putting it in the refig. It went rancid after 3 months. The e-liquid was from Totally Wicked, Puresmoker, E-smokeytreats, and JC. The reason why I lost it was that the tempeture was to cold in the refig at 40 degrees and the refrig is not a dry envoirment with the door opening and closing.

I have e-lquid that I have stored in my closet that is almost a year old and is still as good as when I got it. The key is Cool, Dark, and Dry place. I do not post this to tell people anything else put my experience. If you feel for some reason that the refig is the place for your e-liquid---then go for it. I can only tell you is my first hand experience with loosing e-liquid.


Sun