Large to small containers

[englishmick]

I just pour from the large plastic bottle into the smaller glass bottles. I sometimes get drips down the sides of the bottles but that's what paper towels are for. I do it in a large plastic tub so nothing gets away.

When I started doing it I used a funnel. It seemed like more trouble than it was worth. First you have to hold the small bottle and the funnel which was a pain. And when you take the funnel out of the small bottle the funnel drips anyway. And it was hard to get the level in the small bottle all the way to the top with a funnel. In the end I gave up, just poured from bottle to bottle and lived with the occasional drip.

I also started out using goggles and gloves and so forth. Now I let it drip on my hands and wash up when I'm done. I'm sure if you soaked your hands in the stuff for 20 minutes it would be bad news, but a few small drips didn't give me any grief.

 

[Str8vision]

Is this the type of bottle you are recommending?

If you Freeze 32oz(1L) of Nicotine Base in a Single Bottle, then to Draw Off Nicotine Base when you needed it, you are going to need to Thraw the Entire Bottle ever time you want some.

Yes, those are the correct caps. In my case, I chose to use smaller 120ml bottles for the reasons zoiDman points out. Filled to the neck, 120ml Boston round bottles actually hold around 125mls of liquid nic. I make NETS (for more than one person) and will go through 125ml of 100mg nic in about three months time. Whenever I need more nic from the freezer I just grab a bottle and let it warm to room temperature before opening/using it.

I also used large, heavy duty, stackable, semi-clear plastic storage trays to organize the bottles in. This not only organizes the bottles it also helps protect them and serves as a containment in the unlikely event a bottle should ever get broken. Each tray holds thirty or so 120ml bottles and the trays stack one on top of the other (two deep) on the shelves in my upright freezer. This can be quite handy for anyone stockpiling a large quantity.

 

[JCinFLA]

I have to say I never gave any thought to "long-term cold temp" durability. Two years now, in a household side-by-side (freezer side), and no catastrophic failures yet.

Have you heard/read of any issues?

I haven't heard/read of any specifically with nic base stored in plastic bottles. However, I have had a few plastic containers in my side-by-side freezer part...that have cracked or split when in there just a year or slightly more. They didn't do it because they were full or I hadn't allowed for potential expansion either...because they weren't even full. Since that happened, I don't put anything in my freezers in plastic bottles or containers. I use Ziplock type freezer baggies for solid food items that don't come in their own container or bag already and glass for anything liquid or semi-liquid.

I do have a large stash of various HDPE and PP bottles, and other things, that I bought from a plastics company that caters specifically to the scientific, medical, and educational fields. The specs on them have to be very stringent, and they show the temp. tolerance ranges for them. For freezing... the bottles are fine to use at temps. way below what any freezer I'd ever have could achieve. But, I still don't use any of them for my nic base freezer storage. I guess I'm just overly cautious, but I'd rather be safe than sorry later with it.