Out of date juice
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Most likely yes. Might affect flavor or degrade nic content though
I've had juices turn pretty dark on me that still taste fine, I don't think that's the be all end all indicator of whether or not a juice has gone bad. Just my experience, YMMV.
'Best before' dates on eliquid are generally 2 years after manufacture. Why ? No-one knows because no tests have ever been done on what the difference is between 1 yr old liquid and 5 yr old liquid....
I've vaped homebrew after 4 years and it's been fine. I've also vaped 1 year old liquid that had no taste at all.
There is the potential for the nicotine to oxidise and lose potency and there is the potential for the flavouring to degrade and change but other than that i know of no reason not to vape 'out of date liquid'.
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If it tastes ok then vape it.
I've vaped homebrew after 4 years and it's been fine. I've also vaped 1 year old liquid that had no taste at all.
There is the potential for the nicotine to oxidise and lose potency and there is the potential for the flavouring to degrade and change but other than that i know of no reason not to vape 'out of date liquid'.
TLDR;
If it tastes ok then vape it.
Maybe. But if a juice that was a nice light color when it was fresh has turned dark brown after a year or two in storage, I just can't bring myself to vape it.
Maybe. But if a juice that was a nice light color when it was fresh has turned dark brown after a year or two in storage, I just can't bring myself to vape it.
Mine go dark within a couple3, 4 months, if they’re going to change. If they suddenly change after that, afterstaying the same for some time, I’d be suspicious.
Maybe. But if a juice that was a nice light color when it was fresh has turned dark brown after a year or two in storage, I just can't bring myself to vape it.
Can't blame you there, I think I would feel the same way if a juice SUDDENLY turned a dark color because I'd had it on the shelf for a year. But for the most part, since I don't make enormous batches of e-liquid, mine change pretty gradually over the first couple of months, and I don't have them around long enough to see what happens after a year or two.
Yeah, this has never happened with anything I've made myself. But it has happened with a couple of vendor juices I stocked up on early on. Funny thing is that others of roughly the same vintage, stored in the same cupboard, were just fine.
Anyway, I'd decide based on condition; what it looks like, smells like, and tastes like; not some utterly arbitrary date printed on a label.
it will be fine ive vaped juice a couple of years out of date, but itbwas homebrew with no nic.and tasted a lot better than it looked
I had a gallon of PG go bad once, smelled like vomit... generally if it isn't chunky and still smells good it should be fine.. I vaped some cactus juice the other day that was 2 years out of date, it was fine.
It's almost certainly fine. Expiration dates are completely arbitrary. I've seen bad ejuice, like truly bad, as in carrier liquids have gone rancid, and it tends to get really dark like tar and smell nasty. Judging by the color, it's not entered the nasty realm yet. Worst case scenario here is that the taste won't be to your liking, or it won't have the nicotine hit you're after. It's not going to make you sick or anything. Worth trying at least.
Couple months should be fine. Not like milk where the aroma gives it away.
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