Does cold ruin E-Juice?

[StormFinch]

I freeze my back stock of nic base because I had 2 years worth when I was vaping 18 mg and am now at 12. Nic starts losing it's potency around 24 months. It will probably a long while before I get close to pulling my next bottle out to de-thaw. Here is the info I follow; http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ask-veterans/134237-bottle-help-freezing-nic-juice.html#post2126610

 

[Liv2Ski]

I freeze my back stock of nic base because I had 2 years worth when I was vaping 18 mg and am now at 12. Nic starts losing it's potency around 24 months. It will probably a long while before I get close to pulling my next bottle out to de-thaw. Here is the info I follow; http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ask-veterans/134237-bottle-help-freezing-nic-juice.html#post2126610

Correct StormFinch - I have read that article along with other data. Freezer storage in my opinion is an option and theoretically will slow some degradation but the degradation in a sealed airtight bottle out of sun in minimal. I reccomend the cool dark place since many vapers have families and most don't have an out of the way little used freezer. I believe the risk of a glass bottle of 100mg/nic in a busy fridge that has the potential to get broken or dropped on the floor is not worth the reward of about a 2% loss in nic potency three years from now. I am not disagreeing with you and if I had a freezer that I knew no one would be pawing around in I would use it. I was just pointing out that the chemical we are using is dangerous at the 100mg level and think that for most people a locked dark cabinet is most likely the best option. Happy holidays and many big clouds to you for the new year

 

[StormFinch]

Correct StormFinch - I have read that article along with other data. Freezer storage in my opinion is an option and theoretically will slow some degradation but the degradation in a sealed airtight bottle out of sun in minimal. I reccomend the cool dark place since many vapers have families and most don't have an out of the way little used freezer. I believe the risk of a glass bottle of 100mg/nic in a busy fridge that has the potential to get broken or dropped on the floor is not worth the reward of about a 2% loss in nic potency three years from now. I am not disagreeing with you and if I had a freezer that I knew no one would be pawing around in I would use it. I was just pointing out that the chemical we are using is dangerous at the 100mg level and think that for most people a locked dark cabinet is most likely the best option. Happy holidays and many big clouds to you for the new year

Sorry Ski, didn't mean to make it sound like I thought you were disagreeing, and I definitely see where you're coming from. I guess I'm lucky that I've got a second fridge that only holds overflow from the main one, and that's mostly soft drinks. I also never buy 100 mg, it just makes me too nervous. I had a bottle of 60 mg that developed a small leak in transit and had base on my hands before I knew it. Before I got to the other end of the house to wash my hands it was pretty obvious that I'd absorbed it and had a nice nic headache for awhile afterward. I now open high nic content packages in the kitchen!

Happy holidays to you as well.