Now is the time to tell me if I should cancel my order and pick up one that has an even lower temp control if you don’t think -11 F is low enough. Thanks for the link, going to read it now.
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Maybe someday, I will get myself a back up so I can just transfer the nic so I can defrost the other 
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I’m not an expert but have read and spoken with many people about this. When I first started DIY, I always broke down everything into glass Boston Rounds. Of late whilst preparing for this prohibition I spoke with a vendor that told me they shipped the nicotine in freezer safe containers topped with argon for maximum freshness. My bottled supply has fared exceptionally well, but I too am not going to purchase a separate freezer, and the cute jugs are definitely freezer space saving friendly. That said I have about 2 liters or so as packaged saved in my freezer. I usually make a point of opening and tasting the product before storing, but in this case I have made an exception and straight away put them away for long storage. It is also nice having the original labeling, sealed bottles for who knows… YMMV
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It’s just a guessing game, and the super low temps (unless you step up to $5,000.00 plus) are very small, so it’s really splitting hairs at this point.
Keeping it in a dedicated freezer, is ALL you’ve got to do. As we’ve discussed, shared freezers can work, BUT, with people going in, and out, in, and out, are not ideal.
But let’s be honest, SOME people leave their NIC sitting out, at room temp !!!
I would never do that, and I have TOO much to risk that. My plan (way back during the LAST NIC crisis), was to load up on gallons, put them in 500ml Wheatons, with Argon, and stock up, untill I ran out of room, JUST to be safe.
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I shouldn’t say this, but that’s what I did.
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My shared freezer now is an auto defrost, my last freezer was a manual frost, so hubby got rid of it, darn it.
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Will do that next time I have extra $ to spend. I just hope this freezer lasts some time before it gives out.
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I remember that thread. I chose to disregard it.
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Gasps, LOL. Is he definitely wrong, though?
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Plastics have come a long way. I agree glass is superior, though.
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Well, I’m sure they told him that, and they may indeed top off their bottles with Argon, but IMO, plastic is still plastic. I was still concerned about air penetration, and leaching into the NIC.
I don’t think if you vape NIC stored in the freezer in plastic would grow you a third arm, BUT, once you start buying gallons and gallons of NIC, it wasn’t real hard to just push to glass, for safety, peace of mind, and an attempt to maximize it’s lifetime.
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Sounds good, hard to believe that plastics is just 1 molecule away from being butter, LOL.
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Can you please post a link of your -45F freezer?
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The specs are wrong (or inaccurate) on the Amazon listing. Once I saw the temps people were actually hitting, I ordered one. Got it, then picked up a second one …
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So what we have will store colder than -11F?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Super Cold- Great For Botanical Extractions
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2019
This little freezer gets super cold! Just three hours after plugging it in, the temp on my regular thermometer was buried past the maximum -20F marker and the digital thermometer read -32.8F. This is a great little freezer for doing botanical extractions. Will keep your alcohol and material super cold to prevent picking up unwanted waxes and lipids in your extraction.
UPDATE - The specs for this freezer are definitely wrong or are for the normal setting. After 24 hours I got a reading of -40.5F inside the freezer on the maximum temperature setting.
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Our company has 4 of these units, they work well for three to five years. They hold temp -15 to -20 without any issue, but expect to replace the unit in under 5 years…
I’m convinced, LOL.
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It’s entirely possible. I think the biggest killer of NIC beyond heat, light, and air, is temp fluctuations. Like what you COULD experience in a NON-dedicated freezer, that is opened all the time.
Just keeping it cold, undisturbed for the most part, is the best thing you can do. NOW, remember, how MUCH NIC you have ALSO comes into play. The more you have, the longer you may have it, so there’s that to consider too.
I’ve been through 1-2 NIC-Pocalypses thus far, and decided to do something about it. Too often, especially in this hobby/lifestyle, whatever you want to call it, we get WARNING signs. Very easy to ignore, and the next thing you know, you’re all jammed up.
Preparing is never a bad idea IMO.
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That’s the review that pushed me over the edge, and I clicked buy now !!!
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