[UK/europe] Bottle headache.

submitted over 9 years ago by D1STURBED36

atm its working out to be about £1 per 30ml amberglass bottle.. Which is a fucking rip off. I have tons of china plastic bottles (didnt realize its from china, fuck you amazon) but the neck is really small which makes easy mixing awkward.. and buying funnels is £5+ shipping, for ones that probably dont fit.

colouredbottles.co.uk can go suck a dick, awful website (why does a dropper pippete cost double the price of the actual bottle?) and looks fairly sketchy, so i dont trust the quality either.. £1 per bottle after shipping.

Naturallythinking.com - about £3 cheaper.. which is still roughly £1 per bottle + there pippetes suck (ive had the same style from an amazon order)

Amazon - Never. Again. I got 10 AWFUL amberglass pieces of shit that leak like fucking crazy (all of them are covered in juice, the pipette sucks.. you can suck up like 3 drops..)

Am i just not gonna find cheaper bottles that dont suck? Or is there another solution im not thinking of? I want to simply take a bottle and squeeze ingredients in with no mess, no fuss (so no pipettes and crap)

Ideally id like to not spend £20 on more fucking damn bottles, so a solution for all these plastic ones would be good, atm when VG is poured in it'll cause a bubble and over flowing and mess.

Am i just overthinking this?

Comments

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by KITTENKRUSHAover 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

I love these
can confirm that the nozzle fits inside plastic bottles and vg flows almost freely, it takes a little squeeze. I dont know how I ever lived without these. These are available at walmart FOR A DOLLAR(dunno if that's near you) in the kitchen supplies area.
Also, I bought these boston rounds from amazon (60ml). they're not perfect, ive had 3 out of 12 that leak when shaken, but only leak a little. dropper can suck up 70/30 without issue.

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by itchyearover 9 years ago

He/she said Europe/UK. There is no Walmart (thank god). And the currency is not dollars.

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by KITTENKRUSHAover 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

TIL Europe has Yet to be forcibly penetrated by wal-mart.

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by Serbathover 9 years ago

http://www.asda.com/

Was bought by walmart ;)

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by johnstone1690over 9 years ago

well for amber bottles i use Baldwins in the uk its free delivery over £20.. Baldwins!...best quality have found so far.. i also use the 500ml syrup bottles from baldwins for my pg/vg

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by itchyearover 9 years ago

https://www.ibottles.co.uk/

100ml HDPE Boston bottles with nozzle top for PG and VG when mixing.

Standard LDPE 30/50ml LDPE e-liquid style bottles for mixing into. I've never messed around with glass, dripping or using tanks, it's not worth the faff. Glass pipette bottles are just posturing, standard plastic bottles work just fine.

It's possible the necks might be a little narrow to casually drip concentrates into, but that's DIY and the Boston bottles make the PG and VG a doddle. They're cheap and excellent and I've never had any issues.

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by Silba93over 9 years ago

I've got the same problem, also from the UK mate... haha

I get over this by really fucking carefully pouring the vg/pg/juice from a height above the bottle, it comes out really fast but the diameter of the flow of vg/pg/juice gets smaller, small enough that if i dont fucking move i can pour 30ml in 5 seconds or so. If i move i kill a new born.

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by maniacpsychoover 9 years ago

I keep a 250ml Boston round with a nozzle top full of VG, solved all my problems

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by MingeBreathover 9 years ago

I use a 50ml glass beaker to mix my liquids in. Stir it up with a milk frother and then pour it into my bottles. I can get the liquid into my bottles no problem without a funnel (8mm hole). The beakers go for about £5 on eBay.

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by awa37635yfpUfJr2v72Aover 9 years ago

100ml HDPE Bottle 20mm Twist Top x50 = £18.50

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by chebarisover 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I get all my bottles from ampulla.co.uk. I buy their glass sirop bottles with polycone caps. The glass is thick and the bottles have a wide mouth making mixing a breeze. The supplied polycone caps are thick and substantial and leak proof - NB they're not child-proof. It's also good value at 29p per 30ml bottle. Only downer is that shipping is expensive-ish.

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by soulBitover 9 years agoMixologist

I keep my nic, VG and PG in these bottles: https://m.fasttech.com/products/2081400

And mix into these: https://m.fasttech.com/products/1583205 Or these: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161562066694

An old squeezy ketchup bottle is great for dispensing VG in large amounts when you're doing 100ml 80/20 mixes