This HAS to be posted some where already, but I can't find it. My question is: How long will 100 mg Nicotine Liquid last if stored in a cool, dry, dark place? Is nicotine best stored in PG or VG. I prefer VG since my juice is high VG. Does storing it in a freezer cause it to last longer or degrade faster? Or does it really degrade at all? I would imagine if properly stored it would last around 2 years. I am going to stock up on nicotine just in case something bad happened in the world of vaping. I would rather be prepared and have it and not need it than need it and not have it. I plan to build up my stock and rotate it to keep it fresh. If this is a sticky some where, please, let me know. Thanks.
How long will nicotine last if properly stored?
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Freezer is the best. According to Wizard Labs if stored in small amber glass bottles with minimum airspace, in the freezer, it should last indefinitely.
Yep, indefinitely.
Now I've had a 60mg batch sitting in the tool box in my room. It's 4 or so months old & I personally can't tell any degradation. It's a 60vg/40pg blend in a 120ml bottle. Ymmv
Light heat & air are the enemy. Reducing exposure to one or more should increase shelf life.
Essential Depot (supposedly who WL gets their pg/vg from) said glass wouldn't help either & freezing wasn't necessary. As printed on the gallon jugs a best by date of 1 year.
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Yep, indefinitely.
Now I've had a 60mg batch sitting in the tool box in my room. It's 4 or so months old & I personally can't tell any degradation. It's a 60vg/40pg blend in a 120ml bottle. Ymmv
Light heat & air are the enemy. Reducing exposure to one or more should increase shelf life.
Essential Depot (supposedly who WL gets their pg/vg from) said glass wouldn't help either & freezing wasn't necessary. As printed on the gallon jugs a best by date of 1 year.
Faxed in on the Mojo Wire
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I have nic, pg based in the freezer in 4oz amber bottles since 02/2012 and it is still clear, and odorless, no degradation at all. I expect it will still be good at 2 years. PG based nic is said to be better for storage than vg based, but only slightly so.
One well-known long-term ECF member has had VG nic-base in his freezer for 3.5 years and feels it will last at least 10 years.
I have enough for at least 10 years in the freezer and went to town to keep the air out of the bottles too. (Overkill by some people's accounts) But not taking any chances.
I have enough for at least 10 years in the freezer and went to town to keep the air out of the bottles too. (Overkill by some people's accounts) But not taking any chances.
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Im not sure it is overkill but rather in-affective, If you want the extra mile vacume pack the bottles with seal a meal. Takes very little preasure for air to leak past a rubber band
I put it in 60ML amber glass bottles in the freezer. It should last for years....
To keep air out of the bottle, fill as close to the top as possible, and then store it in a bottle with a poly cone cap. The only air what can hit the liquid is at the surface. The only thing air is going to do is turn the nic in color. It will not affect the quality.
Lol ... 4 ply poly run by dual elastic exerting a ton of force against the glass. Ain't no air getting in today or in 10 years. I'll pass on the vacuum pack, inferior setup compared to what I have, since no track record exists on separation of vac-pack plies under freezing condition for a decade and longer, and the defective machines which have rendered them. It's all over the net. No thanks ... but hey, do your nic-base any way you like.
Couldn't care less what anyone's predictive assessment of it is ... I take no chances, don't ask for opinions either, just present what I have on the go. You pack up your nic-base any way you like.
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I don't know if you took what I said incorrectly or personally, but I only passed a statement directly from Wizard Labs. Of course you can store your nic any way you want. So do I. WL gives their bottles a shot of argon before sealing the cap, which displaces oxygen.
So you shouldn't leave room for expansion? Or does it not expand when frozen? I just know when I freeze anything else, I have to leave a bit of room at the top for when it freezes...
In the Pic above, what is the white material over the top of the bottles?
In the Pic above, what is the white material over the top of the bottles?
PG or VG will not expand when frozen, so fill the bottle leaving very little air space. It's best to use a amber, or cobalt colored glass bottle with a ploy cone cap. Wizard Labs says this is all that's needed. They are the experts, not me. 
If you lay your bottles on their side all of the air will be in a bubble and it won't be possible for any air to get through the cap, unless it leaks.
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