How long does e-juice keep?

[Rab D]

It's five weeks today since I started vaping, and I've gathered quite a collection of opened, tried-once-and-didn't-like bottles. I'm keeping them in a cupboard at the moment as they may improve with steeping. But is there a point in time by which they should be thrown out? Any pointers from more experienced vapers would be welcome.

 

[TreoTahoe]

Ive heard that they are good for 1 year from mixing date

 

[Bikenstein]

I think it will depend on the juice and the products it was made from. I have some blueberry menthol from Lucky 7 Vapes that is highly unvapable after 3 months. The menthol has an extremely strong bitter taste. My wife vaped it when I first bought it in March but now it's ready for the trash. I also have a bottle of Bavarian Cream flavoring from WL that has gone bad at 3 months. Others are fine or better than they were. Personally, I don't plan on buying or mixing anything I won't vape in a 2 to 3 month time frame, excluding pg, vg and nic mix.

 

[mwahle1]

I have had many juices (stored unopened and in a dark cool place) for well over a year and they always seem as good as the first day I bought them.

 

[young gotti]

i have a menthol and a ry4 for well over a year, not stored in a dark place, caps left off sometimes....didn't notice anything bad and vaped them until they were gone

 

[Oiisu]

Oldest I have vaped was 7 months old and it was probably the best juice I've had

 

[Zanaspus]

VG, PG, and nicotine have an extremely long shelf life. Throw them out when you no longer like the flavor and are sure you never will.

 

[Rab D]

Thanks for all the replies, appreciated. I'll keep them another couple of months, see if the flavours are more to my liking, and if not pass them on if still vapable. Taste is so subjective - and the flavours of e-juice are so diverse compared with cigarettes!

 

[lmets]

I must admit I've never even thought about this.

I have 30+ bottles stored away that I keep meaning to give another chance, some of which must be over a year old now.

I think it might be time to dig them out.

 

[tnash]

I'd say a year if stored in a dark place and unopened. If opened they will turn darker sooner and don't know how long they would last.

 

[treehead]

It's five weeks today since I started vaping, and I've gathered quite a collection of opened, tried-once-and-didn't-like bottles. I'm keeping them in a cupboard at the moment as they may improve with steeping. But is there a point in time by which they should be thrown out? Any pointers from more experienced vapers would be welcome.

I think a good rule of thumb would be:

~Uncapped (exposed to air): Don't keep open longer than one month, I've had a banana juice (that was amazing) turn to cheese, it was pretty gnarly...I've never had a juice change flavor that bad on me. It tasted stale (I vape a tiny bit after shaking to see if it was maybe the bottle), and just...plain wrong on so many levels. It was literally strawberry banana smoothy, with a dash of lovely nacho cheese *gag*. It may have been the dairy flavoring, but the banana seemed to be the culprit. No 30ml bottle of juice (no matter how much ethyl alcohol is in it) will need to steep open for a month, heck I'd say 2 weeks is pushing it honestly.

~Capped: I'd say 6 months, I have an "in vino veritas" Virgin Vapor bottle (which is aqua di gio wine), which is too high to drip, thus it's been sitting in my droor (with the occasional shake and smell), and just last week, around the 7 month mark, it tasted a little condensed. It wasn't bad, it was just like that beer/soda you drank the next morning, flat, and slightly "syrupy" tasting. It was just a little stronger and thicker, so I rinsed the bottle out and threw it in my juice graveyard backpack (it's almost full! ).

I'd treat juices the same way you treat...maple syrup (may be a weird example), which almost doesn't go bad ever when sealed, however you'll get that thick "skin" sometimes on a good multi-month old bottle, just toss it if it's been months, and doesn't smell right. After that banana/dairy juice, I really think in some cases, it can be bad for you.

Hope this helps!