15 ml test sample bottles: glass or plastic?

submitted almost 6 years ago by mkweiseMissing One Flavor

What bottles do you all use for your test samples? I got 10 glass dropper bottles with my first order, and need to order at least 100 more to proceed with my flavor testing.

Obviously glass dropper bottles are well suited to the purpose, but cost about 3x as much as plastic bottles. Most plastic bottles come with press-fit drip spouts that are a major pain to remove every time you want to add a drop of something to a sample. So I am considering LDPE yorker cap bottles--has anyone tried those?

Just trying to get an idea of what those of you who mix lots of small (~10ml) samples have found works in practice without costing an arm and a leg...

Comments

8 points

by Apexifiedalmost 6 years agoThe Kingmaker

Why would you need 100 glass bottles? Just rinse out the ones you have. I doubt there's any good reason to have more than 10 samples mixed up at a time.

Personally I buy 10ml bottles from DropperBottles for testing (both PET and LDPE)

1 points

by mkweisealmost 6 years agoMissing One Flavor

Well...I've got about 80 flavors already, plus a few more I want to try. I figure I'll want to keep a single flavor bottle of each handy, in order to easily revisit them as I concoct recipes. Does that make sense?

5 points

by Apexifiedalmost 6 years agoThe Kingmaker

It makes some sense, sure. Or you could just test the flavors over time and keep notes. You're going to want to test them at various concentrations anyway so by the time you add it all up that's a lot of bottles to keep track of. And if by "handy" you mean you mix it up and then reference it 6 months later, you're not getting a very accurate idea of the flavor anymore.

That said; it's hard to have too many bottles :)

2 points

by Mikepimpnigalmost 6 years ago

SKS Bottle and Packaging has natural LDPE plastics for cheap in bulk and quality glass as well

https://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/NATURAL-PlasticBottles.html

4 points

by Apexifiedalmost 6 years agoThe Kingmaker

Just FYI DropperBottles is cheaper, at least for what the OP is asking about. Example: SKS is $22 for 48 10ml bottles while the same 10ml bottles at DB are $15 for 100.

1 points

by Denske203almost 6 years ago

Yeah that's what I said too when I had 80 flavors, just a few more I wanna try. 2 months later and I am at 150 flavors, but dont worry I only want to try a few more.

4 points

by isuamadogalmost 6 years agoRenaissance Mixer

i use glass and rewash them. A few at a time like Apex said. I avoid plastic as much as possible because it is too damn easy and it's my small effort to reduce my footprint.

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by bigtidderalmost 6 years agoSalty Dog

Delabelling is the biggest hassle and time waste when reusing bottles. Another win for glass here.

1 points

by lionhrt9almost 6 years agoMissing One Flavor

I found that also with my label maker so now I use sharpie on recipe testers and sft. Stays on enough for me to tell what it is but when it's clean up time I can scrub the sharpie right off. Just an fyi.

1 points

by bigtidderalmost 6 years agoSalty Dog

So permanent sharpie on label-maker tape? What happens if it gets ejuice dripped on it? Does it smear off?

1 points

by ReMaxxUTalmost 6 years agoTobacconist

I use a Sharpie Rub-a-Dub laundry marker. It's more resistant to juice than the regular Sharpie. Use 90% isopropyl to remove the ink.

Which reminds me: I use Avery 3/4" diameter adhesive labels on the tops of the polycone caps of my glass bottles. Each one is marked with a "steep to" date, which makes it easy to find those bottles in the steeping box that are good to go.

1 points

by lionhrt9almost 6 years agoMissing One Flavor

Sharpie right on bottle. If bottle is clean it will stay enuff for testers. Then when cleaning comes right off with a scrub.

1 points

by Fedorausalmost 6 years ago

My system is a number pasted on each bottle and a dry erase board or spreadsheet with the name of whatever is currently in that numbered bottle. No need to ever remove labels, just change the chart

1 points

by bigtidderalmost 6 years agoSalty Dog

This is a good idea. I'm going to think about switching to something similar due to the number of bottles I need to label. In the past two weekends I have been playing catch-up and there are currently 23 bottles of finished juice sitting on my desk.

2 points

by kvn4almost 6 years agoSir-Mix-A-Lot

I use 15ml glass bottles with droppers.glass bottle outlet is where I got mine

1 points

by AnxiousSessionalmost 6 years ago

Pliers

2 points

by Hate_Feightalmost 6 years ago

I use tissue to grab it, I find that there is enough friction to wiggle it off.

1 points

by syrik420almost 6 years ago

For flavor testing I am using plastic bottles just cause it is easy. Once I get 10 or so recipes I really enjoy, I’m gonna get a bunch of 60ml glass dropper bottles though.

1 points

by St1llFrankalmost 6 years agoThis flavor... This is not my kind of flavor

I use plastic, most of them are (the hard clear type) PET dropper bottles. Some have the tip that snaps on, and other that slide into the bottle. I use a little box cutter as a wedge and the tips come out pretty easily. If the bottle is upright, I put the blade in the seam and wiggle the end of the blade handle up and down. Once you learn the technique It's easy.

1 points

by Kaldausalmost 6 years ago

It really is whatever you are more comfortable with, I have a HUGE collection of different sizes and types, but I make lots of different blends and work with more than just PG/VG e-juice, its fairly easy to clean bottle and reuse them, you also might want to think about using one of the websites that help you keep track of your flavors and what you can make with them, as well as let you make notes on the ones you have. If it is for long term storage you might want to use glass, but there is no reason you cant use plastic, I just personally prefer glass for long term storage. I would be happy to help you out with any problems you might have, but in this case it is just personal preference, happy vaping and happy holidays :)

1 points

by Denske203almost 6 years ago

If you dont want to purchase a hundred plastic ones. Veckith has a 30 pack of 30ml twist top bottles for 11$. They are really sturdy and work well for testing as you can easily open and close the bottle for flavor adding. They are also noticeably more sturdy than other plastic bottles which is why I reccomend them, as it allows me to reuse them. Just a quick wash and your good to go, have had no issues with cross contamination of mixes either. I reuse most of them 3 times before I toss them so it's like 90 uses for 11$.