Do you prefer plastic or glass bottles?

[Kaisen]

I see merits to both plastic (typically LDPE) and glass bottles.

Plastic is easier to dispense, usually with a small orifice tip and squeeze the bottle. It's probably safer (and cheaper) to ship as it won't break as easily as glass.

But we know that some liquids/flavors, and maybe even nicotine, will interact with plastics (cracked tanks?). And long-term storage/steeping has me concerned about leeching plastic chemicals into the liquid. Is this a concern to you?

Glass bottles are usually better looking, and the built-in squeeze-bulb droppers are fairly convenient for dispensing. No worries with the liquids reacting to glass. But the glass bottles are more expensive, heavier, and costlier to ship. So they're typically included with premium liquids that carry a premium pricetag.

So which do you prefer, plastic or glass?

Would you pay extra for glass? If so, how much?

Thanks!

 

[firephly]

I prefer glass due to the possible chemical leaching aspect and also everything tastes best out of glass. I guess I'd pay an extra buck for glass bottles.
also some of the plastic bottles they put juice in are so hard it's difficult to squeeze it out.
Why do you ask, are you making e liquid to sell?

 

[Thunderball]

I feel better using glass myself. Im a DIYer and I do my test mixes in plastic and keep the juice in them for a week or so to test them out every few days ( these are new mixes never tried).

With that said, the leaching thing bothers me a bit so I have about two dozen 30 ML amber glass bottles for the juices that I vape on a regualr basis. These have the glass droppers you have mentioned and are ALMOST as convenient as plastic. The amber color also keeps the nic from oxidizing and makes for better raging when in my book shelves.

Also you can store nicotine in the freezer in special treated plastic amber bottles for a year and a half, but in glass you can store them for up to 5 years. So that tells you something.

If I were say, going on a camping trip, I would put my juice in a plastic bottle just for convenience and safety.

My take on it anyway..

Great question though.

 

[sangmort]

Glass for sure, it's usually only a $1 extra. ~

 

[Thunderball]

BTW, you can get 12 30ML amber boston shpe glass bottles with glass drippers for 12 bucks on either Ebay or Amazon... I forget which one I ordered from.

 

[State O' Flux]

Cobalt blue 50 ml glass from eBay for storage... and transfer to plastic squeezies for a day or two's worth of juice at a time.

 

[Thunderball]

Cobalt blue 50 ml glass from eBay for storage... and transfer to plastic squeezies for a day or two's worth of juice at a time.

Whats the best deal on those cobalt bottles Flux ? You have a link ?

 

[KjAthena]

Glass with glass drippers...worth extra couple of $$ per 30 or 60 ML

 

[State O' Flux]

Whats the best deal on those cobalt bottles Flux ? You have a link ?

Gimmy a few... I'll see if I can find the guy... amongst all the other guys. ;-)

Addendum: I think it was this guy. 36 Pcs 30ml Cobalt Blue Euro Dropper with TE Caps | eBay

What ever quantity you want... 12 to skies the limit I'd imagine.

 

[EleanorR]

Glass bottles . . . and my favorite vendor doesn't charge extra for them.

 

[TreVader]

glass, if they have a dropper. The Force Vapors gives you stuff that i have no idea how they expect somebody with a dripper to use. I had to move it to plastic bottles to use it