I made the mistake of ordering nic in the Summer about 3 years ago. I've never repeated that mistake since. It was so nasty. It looked like horse piss, and smelled worse. Now I always make my annual purchase in late Fall or Winter.
It doesn't matter who you order from, I'm not endorsing anyone in specific. Just make sure you order now. Since Vape Clarity burned down I had to try a new source. That's always a little worrisome, but because my order was shipped during a particularly cold week it arrived here looking like pure clear PG.
Stock up now folks! Thank me in August when you don't have to order nasty Summer Nic.
Wise words!
Just curious, did you find an adequate replacement for Vape Clarity? I had hoped they would come back from their fire.
I had a time deciding who to go with when my VC supply finally got low. Ordered from Nicotine River, and after they flubbed and resent, the Chemnovatic is crystal clear and titrated correctly.
I went with Liquid Barn. It seemed to have a fair rep here. I haven't used it or titrated it yet, so I can't speak to the quality. I was just so happy to see crystal clear nic when I transferred it into smaller freezable containers.
I got the chemnovatic from nic river about 2 months ago and it was tan/brown and smelled like an ashtray. I must've gotten a bad batch.
I lucked out i guess. At first they sent it in VG base, but it was fine other than that. Quickly shipped a replacement out.
CarolinaXtracts is always a great choice, highest quality if have ever purchased, comes professionally packaged and will almost never go bad on you whether it's summer time or winter time
I bought half a liter from them, was pink colored. Tasteless and titrated correctly, but I just didnt like it not being clear.
And like you said, packaging was on point. That was the highlight of that deal lol.
I'm a newbie at this DIY. Can I ask what should the nic look like. I see some talking about bad juice and colorations. I am not in the know on these things. I do have (2) 150ml and (1) 250ml bottles of it on the way. One is 100mg and the others are 48mg. Ordered from NR, I hope I did right. I live in AL where our summers are torturous...:-)
You want your nic to be clear. Keep it stored in a freezer and itll extend the shelf life. If you leave it outside of a freezer it starts to turn yellow/amberish. Once it gets to that point it gets harsher and harsher
I'm just waiting for Nude to ship my fucking order. I've been waiting a month now.
Honestly, you should just ditch them. They are unreliable and their customer service is absolutely terrible.
I switched to vapertek and never looked back.
To be honest, that's no one's fault but your own. Harsh words, I know, but we've warned against NN over and over and over again.
It's my fault a company sold me a product and won't ship it? While I probably could have done a more recent search on the company (a lot of issues seem to be relatively recent) I hadn't heard of that many issues before and they sell nicotine salts that I wanted. It's not like I'm buying uC clones from a shady dealer on eBay; I'm buying a controlled substance from a large nicotine vender.
Has anyone ordered Nic from Liquid barn they have the new Pure CNT Nicotine and Salt Nic was thinking about ordering from LB for my next Nic purchase. Also how is the VG and PG from LB?
I'm a new born newbie, I'm only in the early stages of collecting mixing paraphernalia, haven't started ordering any liquids yet. Also live near Phoenix AZ, so it if heat effects nic., I'd better buy in winter/spring.
Have a few questions: Generally speaking, what is the shelf of unopened and opened liq. nic.?
Does unopened nic. need to be broken down into smaller glass bottles if it won't be opened for a while? (If I hypothetically buy 2 500ml bottles, I'll only open one to start)
I'm not sure how much nic. I'll be using every month *mixing for 2, not even sure what size bottles to pick up for breaking down nic. so this new info adds another wrinkle.
OP, not trying to high jack your thread. After spending some time lurking in this subreddit I'm hesitant to start my own threads with what might be lame questions.
All good questions, worth considering.
It is hard to specifically cite the shelf-life of liquid nic since it can be affected by multiple factors. The three important ones we can address are light, heat, and oxygen.
I buy 100mg PG in .5L and break that down into 4 120mL (125 actual) amber bottles. 3 of those go into freezer. I used to keep all my nic in a freezer, but it was kind of pain in the ass to deal with like that. I have an "active" bottle that I just keep in a low shelf. The amber glass should eliminate any breakdown from light, and keeping it low should keep it relatively cool. I haven't done any titration testing to see if a bottle losses potency in my cabinet before I use it all, but it seems fine down to the bottom.
I don't worry too much about the oxygen. I know some people will do weird things with argon to keep oxygen out of their bottles, but I believe that's overkill.
The frozen nic seems to maintain its potency over several years. My last order was 2 Winters ago, and the last bottle from that batch is still good.
Thanks for the info, your method seems vary reasonable.
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I might be over estimating how much nicotine we'll need in a year. How much mixed juice - mg per ml of nic do you think you go through a week, if you don't mind me asking?
I mix in batches of .5L (4 recipes x 125mL) and that lasts me around a month. So I guess around 125mL per week. I don't think that will be useful for you to know though, because everyone vapes a little differently. You might vape a lot more or a lot less than me.
Good idea it couldn't hurt although I have never had any issues luckily. I normally order from LB or NudeNic and have had great experiences with both. I do quite like the NudeNic armor v2 bottles for my situation but I have been wanting to test out their armor v3 additive nicotine to see how much longer it actually lasts but I normally am pretty consistent with how much nic I use so it never sits more than 6 months to begin with before its getting low and i'm ordering new.