To leave juice in clearo or not

[pipster]

I have about 12 clearos I rotate, each with different flavors. Some have sat in the clearo for better than 2 weeks before I go back to it. I got to thinking that maybe I shouldn't do this. With the juices in the tank bathing in the metal parts for weeks on end, I wonder how much of the metal components are being leached into the juice? Also, saliva dripping down the drip tip can break down the juice as well, not to mention bacteria. I'm not going to do this anymore. I think i'll narrow it down to 2 flavors running and wash my clearos at the end of the day. Curious, what are your vaping practices when it comes to this?

 

[DavidOck]

I have 8 or 10 going all the time, and have never noticed any issues. I do wash and clean after every couple of fills on each.

Unless you're running tank-crackers, I wouldn't be too concerned about any leaching.

 

[KjAthena]

I have no problem with leaving e-juice in my clearos for weeks...I have 20 tanks all loaded with different flavors... It is my opinion the PG in the juice I use keeps nasties from growing in the juice......now if I was still using plastic tanks my feelings may be reversed as I might be worried about the plastic leaching

 

[pipster]

I guess both the plastic and metal would be a concern. I use both plastic and pyrex clearos. Hadn't really thought of the plastic.

 

[pipster]

I think the flavors are really broken down after awhile in the tanks. I definitely notice it on some of the oldest ones.. they become quite faint/muddy. Probably a lot of flavor loss from extended air exposure too.

 

[AmandaD]

I doubt the metal leaches. A long time ago we had old copper pans that were later on shown to leach metal. Newer copper pans are now coated so that this problem doesn't exist! I leave juice in my clearos for weeks...which may or may not be bad Don't forget that VG and PG are bacteria inhibitors also.

 

[pipster]

I end up dumping what's left in the clearo when I can no longer taste what it is, and they all seem to get there at some point.

 

[DavidOck]

The clearo is sealed, so air exposure is limited to what's drawn in as we vape.

And there is some carmelization that happens when vaping, that can "muddy" the liquid. Some flavors do it faster than others. You'll notice the liquid starting to darken. That's one of the reasons I clean every couple of fills.

 

[KjAthena]

I clean and dry burn or recoil every time I fill a tank...my clearos are kept in a candy box (yeah I know kinda redneck but it works) so they are not in the light...I have never had a juice loose flavor from sitting