Sending eliquid by mail

[oplholik]

I have been wondering about this, as every once in a while I make a 50-60ml, 6mg bottle of eliquid and send it to the daughter in law. I've always answered no to the questions asked about the contents being a liquid, or hazardous. Will they allow it if I answered yes it is a liquid, and it's nicotine eliquid? Just what are the limits to shipping this?

 

[Eskie]

Wow. I misread your title as Sending liquid by email.

If you're talking USPS, pack it properly (a little bubble wrap or whatever) identify it as a liquid, and no, it is not a hazard. Apparently there are some Byzantine regulations now being enforced about nicotine solutions of over 40 mg (or something like that, I'm still confused by the exact cutoff as well) must be shipped as some sort of Class X Hazmat, which USPS will not handle but UPS ground will. However, this does not apply to juices typically shipped at 24 mg or less. So unless you're making your daughter 50 mg juice, I wouldn't sweat it.

Besides, you're not a vendor so they really aren't going to chase you down. I do think noting it is a liquid is appropriate as if for any reason it does leak, you're going to have to explain why you checked no on the "is this a liquid?" question.

 

[retired1]

Technically, since the nicotine content in the e-liquid is well under the threshold defined by DOT and FAA, there should be no issues if you truthfully declared what was in the contents. Probably be best to be truthful than getting into hot water with the USPS for lying about the contents.

 

[oplholik]

Wow. I misread your title as Sending liquid by email.

LOL! I wish it was that easy.

 

[Katdarling]

Wow. I misread your title as Sending liquid by email.

And then there were two........

 

[sofarsogood]

I mix 400 ml at a time for a brother who lives in another state. I use a sturdy bottle bought for the purpose, put it in a padded envelope and mark the package as liquid so it's put on top of the pile instead of the bottom. No problems.

 

[JCinFLA]

I ship any liquids in plastic bottles only, and I do check yes at the post office. There's no extra cost, nor any specific class of mail it has to go by.

Their domestic mail specs. say caps on liquid containers are to require a mininum number of turns to close them. But that's no "biggie", since every cap on any bottle I've used for eliquids...has always fit that requirement anyway. I just seal the bottle(s) in a sturdy ziplock type baggie, then bubblewrap, too. Small (3-15mL) bottles I ship in a bubble mailer. Larger sizes I box for shipment.

 

[oplholik]

Thanks for the info everyone, appreciate it.