I've been saving mostly my glass tincture style bottles. I have no idea what to do with them however. Thoughts please?
what do you do with your empty bottles?
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Yeah, I just refill the small ones by decanting my either DIY juice from larger bottles for travelling or just mix in them... they're useful to have around
If I had them (they're too nice to end up in a landfill) I'd use them for juice experimentation. 
Mixing several complimentary flavors to come up with my own Franken-vapes.
Mixing several complimentary flavors to come up with my own Franken-vapes.
Considering that it would appear at least some companies are switching from glass to plastic (to keep prices down), I am glad I have kept my glass eye dropper bottles. I use them to put the juice that comes in plastic bottles now into.
i use both glass and plastic for my DIY juices. the halo bottles are cobalt blue with marked ml eyedroppers. i also like the 10 ml plastic bottles with needle tip spout. these are perfect for new DIY recipes and great for filling kayfuns and dripping.
Havent actually started DIYing yet (thats next paycheck) but I still have all of mine just because I figured I could use a syringe and fill em with something else later..
That and Im hyper paranoid about my cats getting anywhere near this stuff so they go nowhere where the kitties live in my house (which includes the trash can as they like to climb in there and dig things out all the time!!).. Got a bunch of the plastic ones with the dropper tops but this last order I put into Killer Juice I spent the extra $4 and got all of mine in glass bottles with droppers so I should be set for a bit hehe..
That and Im hyper paranoid about my cats getting anywhere near this stuff so they go nowhere where the kitties live in my house (which includes the trash can as they like to climb in there and dig things out all the time!!).. Got a bunch of the plastic ones with the dropper tops but this last order I put into Killer Juice I spent the extra $4 and got all of mine in glass bottles with droppers so I should be set for a bit hehe..
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I got my Killer Juice orders in glass dropper bottles too, for when I start mixing. I must say though, I'm really fond of those needle tipped plastic bottles....so easy to fill my little mini clearos. The glass eyedroppers are kinda big for those. I was shopping for their discount juices on Killer today, and along with the specials, got some premixed unflavored and a few flavors, so I can't wait to try that out. Then eventually I'll go for doing the separate nic/PG/VG and flavors to really save money.
I keep mine as well. The 30 ml plastic ones are often found in my kitchen, filled with flavored oils, vinegar, citrus juice and sauces. Sometimes when you just need a splash of a certain flavor, they are perfect! I keep the others for DIY or for sharing mixing a little of this and that to make something that may be great or no so good.
I save them for DIY! I'm slowly working through my store bought stash and really kicking myself for the ones I pitched.
Before I did DIY, I wish I'd have saved more of them for the PITA bottles from fancy vendors who go for style over utility like The Standard. If you get a bottle that for some reason doesn't work for you (you don't like plastic, it doesn't have a way to fill a tank, etc.) you can always dump it into one of your empties that does work and label it with a sharpie.
Before I did DIY, I wish I'd have saved more of them for the PITA bottles from fancy vendors who go for style over utility like The Standard. If you get a bottle that for some reason doesn't work for you (you don't like plastic, it doesn't have a way to fill a tank, etc.) you can always dump it into one of your empties that does work and label it with a sharpie.
Local B&M uses dk blue glass bottles with eyedropper tops for their house juices. Interesting thing is they put the base flavor in the bottle then add the mixer. No shaking, & basic white labels with handwritten/form info. I didn't like the glass bottles so switch them into some plastic bottles I had gotten but saved the bottles for diy. I haven't decided if I'm gonna remove their labels or use them for refills, if they wont offer a discount for bringing the bottle back then I'm just gonna make them give me a new bottle every time. (shrug) I mean, after all, if I'm paying full price either way why not get more bottles until I'm happy?
So the ones I have I'm saving, the glass ones & the ones I get from another B&M that gives me them fancy smacy needle tip plastic bottles.
So the ones I have I'm saving, the glass ones & the ones I get from another B&M that gives me them fancy smacy needle tip plastic bottles.
Brilliant!
I hadn't even thought of that and I hate the plastic bottles that some e-liquids come in. Strange that it hadn't even occured to me to just squeeze the plastic bottles contents into the glass bottles that we've been saving. I don't necessarily mind those plastic bottles with the needle tips as they're easy to use to fill my tanks, but some juices we've bought have a really fat tip and the last time I tried filling one of my tanks with one of those fat tipped bottles it ran down the chimney and all over my shorts before I even noticed that I had missed the side of the tank and was pouring it down the middle.
We've been saving them as we want to experiment with our own flavors and if all our stars line up correctly, to eventually try to start a small local business of selling our eliquids to the local vape shops and then if everything works out to move on and expand. Of course everybody has pipe dreams so...
In any event we do plan to use our glass bottles to try mixing our own eliquids and I've been wanting to try experimenting using the bottles to make wind chimes, adding things like colored sand into the bottles to see if it will change the tones and of course hoping that a nasty wind storm doesn't swing them around so violently that they end up smashing up and dropping glass all over the patio.
Now I'm off to move some of the eliquids from the plastic bottles we have into some empty glass eye dropper bottles. So much more convenient for me to use the eye dropper bottles when I wish to empty out a tank that I'm tired of the flavor instead of having to finish it off before changing flavors.
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I chuck mine in the recycle bin at work.
I dont DIY, no need to horde old bottles.
I dont DIY, no need to horde old bottles.
I clean and save all the glass bottles that we get. My daughter's boyfriend has gotten her and my grandson started building and painting collectible models, and they just grabbed one of the glass bottles to fill with water for use when they need just a drop or 2 of water to thin out their paints.
I also make sure to have a couple of cleaned plastic bottles on hand for emergencies. The boyfriend's dog got hold of one of his eliquids and made a hole in the plastic bottle - luckily he uses 0 nic, so no damage to the dog, but the bottle was unusable. I had a couple of plastic bottles to give him, so he was able to salvage the rest of the eliquid.
Having been raised by parents who grew up during the Depression, I have an advanced case of "I may be able to use this again".
I also make sure to have a couple of cleaned plastic bottles on hand for emergencies. The boyfriend's dog got hold of one of his eliquids and made a hole in the plastic bottle - luckily he uses 0 nic, so no damage to the dog, but the bottle was unusable. I had a couple of plastic bottles to give him, so he was able to salvage the rest of the eliquid.
Having been raised by parents who grew up during the Depression, I have an advanced case of "I may be able to use this again".
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