How old is too old for a juice?

[yOGi805]

I have a couple bottles from a few years ago and I am wondering if they are worth using still. One was kept in the refrigerator the whole time the other was not. Neither were in direct sunlight.


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[Singaw]

Not sure but you can do us a favor... Try them and let us know. If you don't want to try them you can send them to me and I will be the lab rat.

 

[WillyZee]

I'm curious what they are?

pics maybe?

 

[yOGi805]

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[imsoenthused]

Age isn't as big of a problem as expiration. Generally speaking once you're dead you should probably stop vaping.

Seriously though, the most commonly quoted average is two years. High VG content can shorten that, and pure PG tends to last the longest. Assuming it is stored somewhere out of sunlight and at room temperature two years is a pretty good general guideline. Many people find that refrigeration causes the juices flavor to fade. Nothing bad will happen to you from using that one, but it may not taste very good.

 

[DoubleWesternCheeseburger]

i've got some suicide bunny mothers milk that around 7 months old.. vaped some a couple weeks ago and everything was fine, but when i tried again this week.. absolutely no flavor. in my kayfun and igow. not storing them with any special care.. not sure what happened there

 

[yOGi805]

Well, I think they are over two years old. So I may just toss them. There is an expiration on them that states it's expired after 24 months. I thinks it's well past that.


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[imsoenthused]

It's not so much that they go bad as that nicotine does break down(even away from sunlight), and the flavors fade.

 

[catilley1092]

Being that the e-juice is primarily made of food ingredients & these does expire, so would the e-juice.

Would you open a can of food with a date that expired 3 years ago to eat? Maybe if you can answer that question yourself, you wouldn't have to ask.

I can state with 100% certainty that I'd not eat such a can of food, nor vape that e-juice. Maybe if it was frozen all that time, I'd consider, that is if it's safe to vape e-juices that old after freezing. I have seen members here speaking of stocking up & storing about 3 to 5 years worth in the freezer, but I'm not going to worry over it.

What I do is order the same time every month, over time that allows me to have a buildup of 2 of each.

But seriously, I'd consider strongly tossing that e-juice. I wouldn't pass it on to someone else, as wouldn't want to be held liable for anyone getting sick.

Cat

 

[SleeZy]

Well, I think they are over two years old. So I may just toss them. There is an expiration on them that states it's expired after 24 months. I thinks it's well past that.


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You should try the vanilla one, vanilla is the kind of a juice that tastes better with age. Maybe not over 2 years but it's worth a try.
At worst it will not taste anything and the nicotine content will be abit lower than stated.

 

[catilley1092]

Not sure but you can do us a favor... Try them and let us know. If you don't want to try them you can send them to me and I will be the lab rat.

Are you serious?

I'm not using my body as a lab rat for anything. Especially consuming outdated products. I even toss any medicines that's beyond the date on the package (which may be different from that on the personalized prescription label). Usually the label the pharmacy provides is 1 year from issue, but sometimes if dispensed in the original packaging, will be 2 or 3x that long.

In that case, if stored as directed, will use up to the manufacturer's expiration date.

Cat

 

[SleeZy]

Are you serious?

I'm not using my body as a lab rat for anything. Especially consuming outdated products. I even toss any medicines that's beyond the date on the package (which may be different from that on the personalized prescription label). Usually the label the pharmacy provides is 1 year from issue, but sometimes if dispensed in the original packaging, will be 2 or 3x that long.

In that case, if stored as directed, will use up to the manufacturer's expiration date.

Cat

To be fair, the expire date is mostly a guideline. Most food products and the like actually lasts longer than the expire date.
It depends on how they are storaged though.

 

[imsoenthused]

Being that the e-juice is primarily made of food ingredients & these does expire, so would the e-juice.

Would you open a can of food with a date that expired 3 years ago to eat? Maybe if you can answer that question yourself, you wouldn't have to ask.

I can state with 100% certainty that I'd not eat such a can of food, nor vape that e-juice. Maybe if it was frozen all that time, I'd consider, that is if it's safe to vape e-juices that old after freezing. I have seen members here speaking of stocking up & storing about 3 to 5 years worth in the freezer, but I'm not going to worry over it.

What I do is order the same time every month, over time that allows me to have a buildup of 2 of each.

But seriously, I'd consider strongly tossing that e-juice. I wouldn't pass it on to someone else, as wouldn't want to be held liable for anyone getting sick.

Cat

expiration dates, for food products, are guarantees of "freshness" not safeness. I would check that can for visible signs of puncture or rust, make sure it wasn't swollen, and eat it, because I realize what that date actually means...

Edit: My mother remembers back when medicine never had any expiration dates on it, and the huge controversy of them putting them on, since it was just a scare tactic to get people to throw out their perfectly good cough syrup and aspirin, which they had been storing for years and using with no problems, and buy new ones every time they needed them, for fear that they had gone "bad" if they were past that date.

 

[Singaw]

Are you serious?

I'm not using my body as a lab rat for anything. Especially consuming outdated products. I even toss any medicines that's beyond the date on the package (which may be different from that on the personalized prescription label). Usually the label the pharmacy provides is 1 year from issue, but sometimes if dispensed in the original packaging, will be 2 or 3x that long.

In that case, if stored as directed, will use up to the manufacturer's expiration date.

Cat

I retired after thirty years in the military and 2 year old e-juice would be far from the worst thing I have ever put in my body. But I believe for the most part you are absolutely correct, I suppose they put those dates on there for a reason.

 

[yOGi805]

The vanilla is the one that had been stored in the fridge the whole time.


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[GinnyTx]

I'd chunk them, the thought of inspiring mold just doesn't sound good.

it's a sugar, even refridgerated they will grow mold (nicotine doesn't degrade as fast it oxidizes and plastic bottles aren't completely airtight, I heard tell from my doctor friend who vapes you can freeze it, he makes it by the liter, but ? why?).

better safe that sorry I say. But then my kiddos tease me about being "Howard Hugheseyish" (take a micro class and you'll be one too!)*lol*

 

[gevenett]

I have a Vanilla thats about 21 months old thats been kept in a box out of light, its almost black now and I did try it recently as a mixer and the flavor was still quite strong but the color alone puts me off using it anymore as its probably a major coil gunker now.

 

[phnix5888]

Rip strippers has a video on YouTube of this and it's nice to have visuals you should check it out its called juice gone bad.

 

[GolemGolem]

I sell produce for a living, the sell by dates mean nothing there, sometimes the product will oxidize and go nasty a week before the magic date, and most of the time it's better than the bulk of the stuff we give to the soup kitchens.

Being a low-wage worker in the sticks, I can tell you I've been called various terms for female genitalia by the local community for what I won't eat (no rusty cans or animals that have been in the sun for two days please), I do have my standards. Syrup, nicotine, PG, and heat however are all things pathogens do not like.
If I found that stuff in the back of my drawer I'd give it the sniff test, if it passes then taste test, and then go from there. I wouldn't be worrying about the deadly space botulism from your juice.

 

[Uma]

If they've never been opened yet, they're probably ok.