Juice got hot in the mail box

[patrickmurphy]

It's in the 90's today and today is the day the juices came. The poor things sat in the mailbox for maybe an hour. The mailbox is in the sun and the box got like an oven. The juice bottles were hot to the touch. I've read so much about storing and steeping in a "cool, dark place" that I'm wondering now what, if any, damage might have been done to the juices.

Surely this happens all the time, though. Mailboxes are frequently in the sun. Juice orders must occasionally get hot like this.

Have any of you had a similar experience? Was the juice okay?

 

[RIMP]

I had a similar experience and the juice tasted awful I live in Florida. I ponied up for a P.O. box. Best investment. $40/year. I don't worry about when my liquid will arrive now Sorry for your experience.
RIMP

 

[kellie]

It was in the 80's to day and my juice sat in the mailbox till 4pm and my mail comes at 10:30am. My juice is fine. I hope yours is ok too

 

[Porphy]

It's in the 90's today and today is the day the juices came. The poor things sat in the mailbox for maybe an hour. The mailbox is in the sun and the box got like an oven. The juice bottles were hot to the touch. I've read so much about storing and steeping in a "cool, dark place" that I'm wondering now what, if any, damage might have been done to the juices.

Surely this happens all the time, though. Mailboxes are frequently in the sun. Juice orders must occasionally get hot like this.

Have any of you had a similar experience? Was the juice okay?

The best answer to this is dependent on the flavorings in the juices because those are what is being effected by the heat. I've noticed the natural extractions are more prone to this type of spoilage after long exposure to heat opposed to the artificial flavorings. The VG tobacco line should be fine as well as most of any of the blends with PG in them. The only ones I would worry about are the 100% VG sweet flavors as most of those are naturally extracted flavorings (Banana Slurry, Very Berry Blueberry, Strawberry Cooler are the ones I would really worry about) the rest should be fine.

 

[patrickmurphy]

Thank you, Porphy. I'm less worried now that I read your answer, although probably half my order was 100% vg and the rest were "fruity", but I got none of the ones you mentioned (there was Mountain Berry and Pineapple Pulp in my order though). I put them all in a dark, cool box and haven't opened them (I read somewhere about oxidation starting when they first get opened). I guess I'll know when I try them. I just hope that an hour is not considered "long exposure".

 

[Panky]

They should be fine. I missed the mailman one day and they sat in the heat for a bit but I didn't have a problem

 

[Porphy]

One hour is fine. My wife leaves these juices in the hot car all day and brings them in, lets them cool, and they are good to go.

 

[bmwjen]

I'm in Houston.......it's hot as what down here.......I leave juice in my car all day while i'm at work.........never had a problem. Then the ones in my mail box sit until I get home at 8pm.........still never had a problem. I vape at 24mg, AVE (PG) or menthol stuff & haven't experienced a flavor loss

 

[vi3tl2ice]

i recently got covtella juice (100% vg) in the mail and it sat there for hours. it was about 100+ degrees that day. the consistency of the juice was like water. after loading a DC with it, it had good flavor, good throat hit, no vapor.

 

[WyattDerp]

I'm in Oklahoma and it has been in the 100's all week but thankfully my mailbox is 1) three feet away from my front door, 2)the mailman comes around 9 am and 3)my mailbox is in the shade. So na na na na boo boo. That is all.

But in all sincerity, I hope your eliquid made it okay. Peace love and chicken grease.

 

[bjannr]

I always keep a few small bottles in my work bag. I work midnight shift, so my car is parked in the sun all day. There are times when I forget to bring in my work stuff, so a few of my juices have been exposed to sun and heat. I don't know what it does to the nicotine content, but I haven't had any taste bad or turn funky colors. I will say that there have been various vendors, and PG/VG mixtures included in my car juice.

 

[Critter Man]

Had a bottle of tobacco (not tobacco inspired) flavored VG show up very badly spoiled during a heat wave. I suspect it sat in a hot vehicle without shade. That *could* have brought the temperature up to 130 or more and it *might* have lasted a while. Tested it on a known good atty and got horrible burnt plastic taste. The liquid itself even smelled awful. Cleaned the atty, primed with a good liquid and all was fine in the world.

 

[patrickmurphy]

Update: I've tried a couple of the sun-sitters and so far, so good. Gorilla was perfect. I probably wanted to panic because of everything I went through to get it, LOL. From now on, I'm staking out the mail delivery - at least in hot weather.

 

[Religion]

Arizona hit a record 118 degrees yesterday. My juice survived the post truck and post box. In fact, I think it even helped steep it a little. (All VG)

 

[jifjifjif]

I think that as long as its not days and days in hot hot weather, we are all good.

 

[texasstar]

In AZ it does get hot! I get the juice from the mail box and put it in the frig for about 30 mins to cool it down. But don't order any menthol crystals..they melt into water .

 

[Uncle Willie]

I've left bottles out in a hot truck and discovered that the liquid does not seem to degrade or putrify in any way .. in fact, since it tends to make the thicker liquid more watery, I intentionally heat ..

 

[pmoraldo]

The best answer to this is dependent on the flavorings in the juices because those are what is being effected by the heat. I've noticed the natural extractions are more prone to this type of spoilage after long exposure to heat opposed to the artificial flavorings. The VG tobacco line should be fine as well as most of any of the blends with PG in them. The only ones I would worry about are the 100% VG sweet flavors as most of those are naturally extracted flavorings (Banana Slurry, Very Berry Blueberry, Strawberry Cooler are the ones I would really worry about) the rest should be fine.

crap i just ordered some very berry and strawberry cooler last nite and they're getting shipped to my home mailbox here in AZ where the temp are well over 100 Wish i would have read this last nite cuz I have a PO Box I could of shipped to but my street address is more convient

 

[pmoraldo]

In AZ it does get hot! I get the juice from the mail box and put it in the frig for about 30 mins to cool it down. But don't order any menthol crystals..they melt into water .

good to know thnaks

 

[jkoppk]

My mailbox was black and if I missed the mail man my juice would be hot to the touch and a few sweet flavors went bad.Because of my work schedule I can't always be home when its delivered so I painted my mailbox a reflective silver.Guess what,now on the hottest days if my juice sits in the mailbox it's only warm and nothing went bad after that.Only bad thing is my wife still .....es about it a few times a week!!