How long can i store E-Liquids at Room Temparature?

[EAddicted]

Hello from a Gaijin in Japan

I have a few Questions and i need to start with this one:

I got a good Offer for 1.500ml of Liquids
but for how long can i store this in a normal Container?

Would Glass be a good choice?

I smoke ca. 20ml. a Week

Regards from a hot Tokyo

 

[Gary13579]

You're better off just buying about half of that. At room temperature, it'll spoil before you get to it. It'll last longer in the fridge or freezer.

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[Jixchel]

Glass would be a good choice just in case of leaching (not too sure if eliquid leaches but better safe than sorry) I have read that about a year is how long you can store them at room temp. Someone much more knowledgeable than I can probably help out more, like those who make their own eliquid.

 

[Scottinboca]

It could last at least a year in room temperature before the nic would start to degrade. The less air and light the better! If you can freeze it that would be best. Glass is a great choice to store it in, as long as it is air tight.

 

[EAddicted]

Arigato Gozaimasu, that was a quick Reply from all of you!

 

[18SixFifty]

I hear people say it goes bad. From personal experience I don't believe this is true. I have bottles of juice that have been around for over three years and stored at room temperature and they taste and vape the same as they did when I bought them. I have yet to hear from one person who says that their personal juice went bad. It's always what they have heard or what they have read. It's always second hand claims and information they read someplace or heard someplace etc. I have seen this topic come up over and over and not once has anyone ever said that their own juice ever went bad.

 

[rondasherrill]

I hear people say it goes bad. From personal experience I don't believe this is true. I have bottles of juice that have been around for over three years and stored at room temperature and they taste and vape the same as they did when I bought them. I have yet to hear from one person who says that their personal juice went bad. It's always what they have heard or what they have read. It's always second hand claims and information they read someplace or heard someplace etc. I have seen this topic come up over and over and not once has anyone ever said that their own juice ever went bad.

I've not heard that the juice goes bad, but I have heard that the NIC will start to degrade at about the 1-2 year mark, depending on how it is stored... Even then, from my understanding, it just makes the NIC weaker, but doesn't actually hurt the juice.

@OP In any case, the general rule of thumb for mass storage is to use the dark amber glass bottles with a good regular(not dropper) lid, and to fill the bottles right up to the lip, to minimize the air in the bottle.

 

[hairball]

I have juice that is 2 years old and still tastes as great as the day I bought it. Store it in an amber glass bottle at room temperature.

No one knows if the nic degrades or not. That's just hear-say for now until testing is done.

 

[V00D00]

This is not based off of fact, but to me, Eliquids are like fine wines. They mature and get better with age. Tastewise, at least.

 

[Jimi D.]

I'm a DIY juice fanatic. Keep the juice in a cool dark cabinet. Do not store them in the refrigerator or freezer. That will just weaken the flavor compounds. I have juice that has been stored since 2011. The nicotine has not degraded since then. Glass bottles are best for storing. Pharmaceutical plastics are just as good.

 

[recidivus]

Without knowing what type of plastic it came in I'd pick up some amber glass (few smaller bottles just for ease of handling) from a pharma supply and put them in there. If you have a basement or room that is cooler than others I'd store them there.

My freshly built DIY box doesn't hold my new amber/cobalt bottles....bah!

 

[YKruss]

My anecdotal evidence...

I still have some Dekang bought in May-June of 2009, stored in the basement, no refrigeration but out of light sources.
The color and taste are the same as more than 3 years ago, IMO.

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Ejuice with flavoring store in a cool dark place with low humidity in an amber glass bottle with very little air in the top of bottle. The 3 things that will degrade Ejuice are heat, light and air. Some have had great luck in freezing Ejuice while others have lost a small fortune. Organic juices will degrade more quickly.
In the headspace/ airspace above the e-liquid, water vapor condenses out onto the wall of the container. This is distilled water with no PG in it. If there is any microbial material in the airspace - which there will be unless the manufacturer filled the bottle in a vacuum or a nitrogen atmosphere - it will grow in the water. This accelerates degradation of the rest of the materials.

 

[AYO_jun]

I havent had a problem with a juice go bad on me. Ive ran out a few times and went in my vape safe and pulled out some old stuff and it has tasted fine if not better

 

[metalbox]

i know heat will make the juice break down

 

[Cheelaysia]

if we freeze it, when it defreezes, will the flavour change?

 

[rondasherrill]

if we freeze it, when it defreezes, will the flavour change?

It won't completely freeze, just get a little thick. PG and VG both have very low freezing points.

 

[Michael Jacobs]

If you watch Grimm Green's videos on youtube you will notice that he grabs full tanks that he says have been sitting on shelves for months and starts vaping them and has no complaints. There is one video however where he complains of an all VG juice going rancid quickly.

 

[Allforv]

I was wondering the same thing. I've heard of people using VG juices for candy and tinctures using various items and heat they say that it doesn't change the taste or texture but I don't know for sure because i wouldn't exactly use my juice for that (they buy straight VG like they are making their own juice.) i have been putting my juice in the fridge and i haven't noticed any changes in color, taste, texture, or anything else i guess i could do a little experiment if i don't go through all my juice to fast.

 

[EAddicted]

Konban Wa,

of course i am addicted to the Nicotine but what is the first to go bad?
The VG, PG, Aroma or the Nicotine?

And Arigato Gozaimasu for all the Replies
Look like that i have to increase my Addiction, more Vaporizing- less Chances for bad Products!