How do you store your E-Liquids?

[WifeyCO]

I wonder how you store your e-liquids? I have read that a cool, dark place is the right place. Is the refrigerator ok for storing (in zip lock bags)? I don’t want my food to smell like my e-liquids. How long do liquids last before losing their flavor? I like a heavy VG formula, if that makes any difference.
I also am confused about steeping. If I put my e-liquids in a zip lock bag in the frig, will they steep that way and how long will it take?
Thanks in advance for your ideas and help.

 

[WaynesWorld]

I steep & store my e-liquids in a cabinet in the TV stand ... No special temp, just out of direct sunlight and away from high smelling items (Seasonings, etc) As far as the refrigerator, couldn't really tell you for sure, it slows down spoiling --- then again it may slow down the steep too? I learned how to steep from a you tube video @ ZVapor.com. He has a video for about ANYTHING you might need in the Vaping world. His steeping technique worked GREAT for me! Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAPpDSqPdc&list=PLXc-wl9xGDADnqk8N0cIKM34NBHQZHncG&index=54 Happy vaping

 

[Cormkev59]

I store mine in the medicine cabinet. I believe the goal is to keep them out of sunlight and at room temperature. Since I don't make my own juice I don't steep, but I have noticed some juices get better a couple weeks after I purchase them. I think to steep you have to take the tops off to let air in bottle.

 

[xtcnrg]

Mine are in my basement in my room, not much light down here and its always cool

 

[OBDave]

I've got a toolbox-style organizer from Home Depot (it's a "extra deep" style that seems to be intended for nuts and bolts) for about $15 - it sits on top of my fridge, tucked back under the cabinet above the refrigerator, gets pulled out once or twice a day for the wife and I to do routine maintenance/tank filling. While it's not completely protected from light or temperature fluctuations, it's mostly shaded and generally cool (I don't have any kind of climate control in my apartment but I could punt a football into the ocean from my front porch, so nature regulates temps to a degree, 50 degrees = freezing and 80 = unbearably hot around here). I've got a couple VG-heavy blends from back when I started vaping again almost a year ago that I pulled out to use a week or two back before they got too old, they seem to have survived the last 9-10 months up there just fine, so far as I and my atomizers can tell...

 

[Katya]

Cool dark place--not in direct sunlight. You may put them in the fridge is your place is very hot; I'm in California and I just keep them in a box in my closet.

For long storage, you can freeze them in dark glass bottles.

Steeping is overrated. Try your juice when it arrives--if it's good, vape it. If it's bad, stick it in a drawer and wait a couple of weeks. It may get better, it may get worse. If it has a strong odor, like alcohol or perfume, leave the bottle uncapped overnight--the offending molecules should evaporate!

Good luck and happy vaping!

 

[Rat2chat2]

You've already gotten your question answered but I just wanted to welcome you to ecf. It is just wonderful to have a place where people actually want to help you. Helped me so many times. Happy vaping.

 

[Ripshod]

The wife ain't too happy with my choice of a fridge drawer for storage, and even less so with my unmixed flavors which live in the cutlery drawer (cool and dark with frequent agitation).

 

[gt_1955]

Cool dark place--not in direct sunlight. You may put them in the fridge is your place is very hot; I'm in California and I just keep them in a box in my closet.

For long storage, you can freeze them in dark glass bottles.

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Hi all

As I live in Australia where we cannot buy nicotine based juice, we have to import nic base from overseas. Storing in dark glass bottles in the freezer is very effective for long term storage. I have some RTS which I bought over 2 years ago, and it is still as good as the day I bought it.

For juice that has been mixed, I store in a normal room. Hope this helps.

 

[glointhedark]

I just throw my eliquids into an old purse that has zippered compartments. For steeping, I just leave them be in the purse. We are currently using eliquids from Mt. Baker Vapor, and they put a "born on" date on the labels, so I tend to use the oldest eliquids first. The eliquids I am currently using are right on the table next to my computer.

 

[1ceCreamMan]

I store mine in the bottom drawer of my vapestation

 

[Sskeens413]

I store mine in plastic tupperware boxes. The juices that need steeping I store on top of a shelf in my laundry room b/c its the hottest room in the house. Usually 85+ degrees in there. A warm garage would be equivalent lol I've found that the warmer temp helps it steep faster. Steeping is simple. Leaving cap on, shake well then put it away in a dark place and let it sit. I give a healthy shake then remove cap and squeeze (plastic) bottle 10-20 times to circulate air within the bottle everyday & taste it every other day b/c I steep in a warmer room. A lot of people just set it and forget it!
Streathing is steeping with the cap off. It's a combo of steeping and breathing. A streath is needed if your liquid has a perfumey or alcoholy odor. Otherwise it tends to mellow flavors quiet a bit. I never leave my bottles completely uncapped. I usually remove cap, remove the nipple top on a plastic bottle and replace top cap with just a couple turns so it has breathing room. That helps keep dust out, and what not.
A fridge may help your nicotine last longer, but I would also think it would thicken the liquid, and slow down steeping. I would be afraid of flavors from things in the fridge carrying over into my liquid tho.
As others have said, for long term storage.... Freeze it!

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[Stringplucker]

I've got an old cigar humidor box that was my grandfather's...I store them there.

 

[MamaKida]

I used to keep mine in the top cupboard in my study. I'd be careful keeping them in medicine cupboard, especially if it's in the bathroom - our bathroom is hot and humid enough to grow orchids in, so not exactly the best space to keep ejuice for long, but good for steeping.

 

[WifeyCO]

Thanks so much for you help. I am going to move them out of the frig and into a closet.

 

[Kellin]

Right now I have them in a tackle box which is working pretty well, but I just ordered in an acrylic nail polish display|organizer for the 10ml bottles and I'm looking for a similar style for larger bottles - I'm hoping it makes them a little easier to find and sort (by age). All our vaping stuff is in the den in a liquor cabinet (complete with pull out shelf) we repurposed.