Mine comes packaged sealed in a bottle, sealed in a plastic bag with a gas in it, sealed one more time. I throw all that in the freezer and believe (with no proof) that it will last virtually forever with minimal potency loss. I have heard of people who have stored it for 2 years without significant loss. I believe the degrading factors are light and oxygen.
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yea you can get over two years if stored properly in glass bottles(with no air in the bottles) in a cool dark place.
Where is the best/cheapest place to order nicotine solution? I'd be looking for an all VG solution.
I think the best bet is to keep it in glass bottles with minimum air on top, in a freezer at the coldest temperature you can and it might do a decade with the caveat that some of the nic will be gone. Can't give you reference links, this is just what I remember from the reading I've done.
Looks like wizard is backed up again no orders for the next week. Hmmmm maybe I need to plan another order.
So if you use it after 18 months, it won't hurt you, right? It just might not be as potent. But nicotine that has lost a bit of potency would be better than not being able to get any at all, wouldn't it? If I thought the hammer was coming down and the gov was going to make it impossible to get fresh, I wouldn't mind having a stash of slightly weakened nic on hand. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.
One more question...when ordering, are you supposed to order a stronger solution than the final product will be rated at? If I wanted to make a 24mg liquid, would I have to order 24mg solution or something stronger?
It's pretty funny the amount of business sites like this are getting. Shows you that the DIY ecig community is much larger than many would expect. I can't believe how busy these forums are at all times of the day and night!
Ill be buying a couple years supply of pre-punched cartos before April.Dont really have any plans on juices as of yet other than a 500ml bottle from one supplier that I was going to buy anyway.
So pre-mixed ejuice lasts much less time than unflavored? How should the flavored liquids be stored for longevity? I'm really not interested interested in DIY, but I'm quite freaked out right now.
The addition of your flavoring will dilute your unflavored nic juice. If you NEED a final mix to be 24 mg and cant handle a bit lower you do need to order higher.
Most people purchase much higher simply because it does end of being less expense. The other reason is that they wish to use a pg/vg mix that they cant get by ordering their base at the mg level they desire
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Correct Jude. Also, if you want to cover all your bases, PG lasts longer than VG so get your nic in PG.
Myfreedomsmokes has it for the same price as wizard labs but offers larger bottles and it also comes in amber glass bottles so better for storage
I found the nicotine concentration over time data for nic base in PG that MadVapes put together. It's here. They only went out 4 months, but that's a good start. As expected, refrigerating your nic is best. Note, this was done with nic base, not juice, but I would expect similar results there.
More info on storage of juice. Check the second link for discussion about juice in a fridge.
I'm not a DIYer so I have more gear and juice on the way than I planned - batteries.. delivery devices and lots of juice to taste. I'm still in sample size tasting mode mostly. Have found a few better than excellent to me juices that I'm also stocking up on.. just in case.
Thanks bigsmike, i was going to do it , but it takes me forever-dumb computer.
Check the First link for good info on freezing nic, from Kurt the chemist. Plastic bottle for long term storage....Not good.
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