figured out why my at work experience differed from at home...

[EDDIE D]

killavanilla is my current favorite flavor, at home it's the bomb, smooth delicious vanilla. lately my experience at work, maybe the last week or so, hasn't been as pleasureable. but today, this was my first awful experience with my "indoor cigarette."

okay, so i'm chilling in my car during break. one of the perks of the e-cig is enjoying it in my car. never smoked analogs in my cars due to the stench. anyways, the flavor was burnt and awful tasting really bad today.

i immediately was blaming the atomizer. i was blowing it out and retopping (i'm a dripper) but nothing was helping. i swapped to my backup (another 510 riva) and it was good for a couple drags, added more liquid so it wouldn't dry and then it too started tasting like crap.

so, thinking about it later tonight at home. using my 30ml bottles for topping, i have brown dropper bottles for the go in my little case, and i noticed my killavanilla is red/brown but the colored glass on my carry bottle is brown, hiding the color. checking out the color, which i remembered earlier in the day as clear sparked in my mind. i compared the colors and was puzzled why my to go killavanilla was not the main stock bottle's color. so i sniffed it. wow, it was obviously pungent with some nasty chemical smell.

next, i checked out my rathe mtn dewey. at home the main stock was yellow but the portable was red/brown like how the killavanilla is supposed to be. and now i was like, oh ....., my fluid is rancid.

i'm in nw florida, it's winter here but i guess the car temps are warm enough (50s/60s) with the car heating higher to fry the fluid. damn, i didn't think it would happen. wasted 5ml of each flavor 'cause i left the stuff in the car.

so, in conclussion for us e-cig noobs, definitely keep your e-juice in a cool/dark place.

eddie d

 

[Ardeagold]

I suspect the car gets hotter than that during the day. Much hotter. If it's a dark car, then even hotter.

I think that at around 75ish in a dark car with the windows up, the interior temps can reach 120+ in a very short time if it's sitting in the sun.

So even at 50-60 F, I'd think a car sitting in the sun for hours would reach the high 80's to 90's for a period of time.

That's why there's such an uproar about dogs in cars when it gets warm. And here...70 is getting warm!

 

[Jmitchelliv]

True story. I think I remember hearing someone else on ECF talk about the nic in your juice actually breaking down from exposure to extreme heat and sunlight. I might also suggest that you pick yourself up some brown or cobalt blue glass bottles from somewhere like US Plastics. In my experience they stand up a little better to the elements.

 

[DonG]

possibly the material the different bottles are made from? You said the bottles at home are clear....something else to consider at least. maybe try a small clear bottle for portable and see how it does. That would also let you monitor your juice for visual color changes.

 

[No Brag]

Thats good to know. I started vaping in Oct. and here in Nebraska it has stayed cool most of the time. That plus I keep my juice with me and not in the car, I haven't had that problem. It is good to know for next summer when the temp will get real hot here.

 

[EricB]

This thread reminds me that I need to get a small lunch box & a freezer pack to leave in the backseat of the car for when out and about down here in Florida.