This time of year, we are enjoying our vaping setups
like never before as we can savor our favorite e-liquids while taking in the
warm weather outdoors. While vaping in
the summertime can be exhilarating like nothing else, a lot of us have to be
aware that our setup may be sensitive to the heat, and this includes those e-liquids
that you paid good money for.
So, you will soon find out why it is important to
store out e-juices extra carefully during the summer months in order, of course,
to keep them in great shape all summer long, no matter how hot it is outside.
Why Can Summer Weather Effect Your E-Liquids, and Just What Happens to
Them, Anyway?
Well, there are two factors that are uniquely capable
of damaging e-liquid formulas, heat, and light.
And, of course, during the summertime, the bright sun and high temps can
introduce a lot of these two elements into your precious e-juice collection.
Both heat and light contribute to the oxidization
process that makes the molecules in an e-liquid breakdown at a rapid rate. The result?
Vape juice that has all but completely lost its flavors, and in many
cases, a lack of the nicotine potency that you carefully selected when
purchasing your vape juices. Essentially,
we need to go to greater lengths to protect our e-liquids during this time of
year, since they are especially prone to degrading quickly and thus becoming a
waste of money.
Tips for Protecting Your Vapes During the Summer Heat
Now that you know what can happen to your e-liquids
during the summer season, let’s go over the best tips for preventing them from
being harmed in any way as the days continue to get longer and the temperatures
keep climbing.
Tip #1: Buy Higher Vegetable Glycerin (VG) E-Juices
Believe it or not, the more vegetable glycerin is in a
formula, the less likely it is to be affected by these two highly abundant
summertime elements. VG is more
difficult to break down than PG due to its denser consistency, acting as a sort
of shield to keep the flavor and nicotine in your e-liquids as stable as
possible. Just keep in mind that higher
VG liquids tend to do better with higher output levels due to their thickness,
so you may need to make some temporary adjustments to your device to
accommodate these more viscous e-juice formulas.
Tip #2: Keep Your Products Indoors
One of the worst things that you can do during the
summer is leave your e-liquid bottles outside, or your devices outside with
filled tanks or cartridges attached. There
is a good chance that if you leave them out overnight, when you go to retrieve
them the next day, a lot of damage will already have been done. Remember, we are also talking about leaving
your vapes in a car, where temperatures can actually get hotter than they do
outside. Always keep your vaping goods
inside during the summer, and this includes your devices, which can also
overheat.
Tip #3: Find a Cool, Dark Place for Storage in Your Home
Examples include a cabinet, drawer, or closet. These areas experience the least fluctuation
in temperature and light exposure, and thus they keep your vape juices as
stable as possible. Even on the hottest
days of the year, these areas stay relatively cool so that you do not have to
worry about oxidization occurring rapidly.
Tip #4: Avoid Sunny Windows
We urge you not to keep your e-liquid bottles there a direct
sunlight can quickly damage your cape juices, causing them to become very
unstable and lose their flavor and nicotine potency at a rapid pace.
Tip #5: Use Ultraviolet (UV) Bottles
If you can, keep your e-liquids in ultraviolet bottles,
because they do a far better job of not absorbing light particles from the
brightness of the sun. UV bottles help
keep light out of your e-juices specifically to prevent oxidization (gaining
too much oxygen) from taking effect too quickly.
Tip #6: Avoid Using an E-Liquid That is Simply Too Hot
In the event that your e-liquid does get extremely hot due to exposure to high
outdoor temperatures, wait before vaping it.
If it’s too hot, its consistency will become so thin that it will burn
rather than vaporize. Simply wait until
the bottle is cool to the touch to vape it.
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