Shelf Life of Juice

[Andrea Mills]

I was wondering if anyone has any experience or suggestions/ideas on the shelf life of e-juice. If stored in a dark, cool place for 12 months, would it still be okay to vape? Could it /should it be frozen to improve shelf life? We went through 3 hurricanes and things can get pretty, pretty fast iffy if you run out of supplies.

 

[Bunnykiller]

depends on the liquid... some go nasty after 3 months, while others start tasting good after 3 months and with some NETs they start really developing after 9 months... Ive vaped liquids that were over a year old and were wonderful...

 

[smkfree]

All the ones I have say good for 24 months. exp. date is usually 2 years.

 

[Andrea Mills]

Bunnykiller, thanks! What's NETs? When you say "go bad", do you mean just the taste or do you mean "bad" as is "unhealthy". My main concern is the nicotine fix, taste is secondary. I would drink crappy coffee as long as it has caffeine in it.

 

[Andrea Mills]

All the ones I have say good for 24 months. exp. date is usually 2 years.

Gonna have to check mine. 2 years sounds pretty good to me!!!!!

 

[Bunnykiller]

NETs are naturally extracted tobacco... real tobacco is soaked in VG/PG/PGA ( everclear) to get the flavor and used in the juice... and as far as bad, it developes a bitter taste ( most of my experiences)... as far as going rotten that would take years to occur... but then that would depend on the flavorants etc used in the juice.

 

[Andrea Mills]

NETs are naturally extracted tobacco... real tobacco is soaked in VG/PG/PGA ( everclear) to get the flavor and used in the juice... and as far as bad, it developes a bitter taste ( most of my experiences)... as far as going rotten that would take years to occur... but then that would depend on the flavorants etc used in the juice.

That's good enough for me to start stocking up!

 

[Bhoot]

Personal experience
G2 vapor Gillian's island and ruthless vapor. Don't steep at all. All pre steeped.
Suicide Bunny. Steep minimum 2 weeks. RY4 even longer.


Bhoot

 

[Rsunderl]

Hi Andrea and welcome to the forum!

Mostly, it's about the flavoring. You'll know by the taste. We don't know yet the shelf life of nic in juices as no one has stored it for extremely long times. It does weaken, but just a tiny bit after a year in the freezer. Higher temps hasten that, but again, it's only a bit. Keep it away from heat and sunlight, and you should be good for a long time - at least a year or more.

Hope it helps and Happy Vaping!

 

[Valeriya]

Would like to know this as well.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

If I am just not enjoying the flavor, I pass it on within the month of using it. Basically, I haven't experienced shelf life issues.

 

[Thrasher]

Tampa bay here so I know the deal lol

When I was buying premade juice I started ordering a couple extra bottles and dropping them in the back of the fridge, every few months I rotated them out with new ones. They were not to be used unless absolutely necessary and if they were opened for any reason they were replaced asap.


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[Ryedan]

I was wondering if anyone has any experience or suggestions/ideas on the shelf life of e-juice. If stored in a dark, cool place for 12 months, would it still be okay to vape? Could it /should it be frozen to improve shelf life? We went through 3 hurricanes and things can get pretty, pretty fast iffy if you run out of supplies.

Andrea, I have never heard of bought juice that went bad in a year. I have heard of people vaping juice that was two + years old and it was good. I have vaped one year old juice with no issues.

I keep my mixed juice at room temperature and out of sunlight. I store my nicotine base in glass bottles in the freezer and I think that will last for at least a decade. I would not store mixed juice in a fridge or freezer as I've read that has possible issues from people I trust enough to feel they know what they're talking about.

 

[Racehorse]

I dump everything after a year. I don't care to vape anything older than that, whether safe or not. I don't eat anything out of my freezer that's over a year old either though.