For long term storage of nicotine, we all agree that freezing is the way to go. Yet now that I'm researching which type of freezer to buy, my brain has been overloaded, and being new to DIY doesn't help.
Chest or upright: I see medical freezers with front doors and super fine temperature controls, and think "this is it!", but then I read that basic chest-type freezers are supposedly better than front door types because they keep contents at a more constant temperature ("cold air sinks" is a good argument there). Since I won't be opening and closing the thing too often, I wonder if either type will really be better than the other?
Auto defrost or manual: I see a lot of back and forth on this. I understand that temperature changes can cause freezer burn on food, but how much would auto defrost impact nicotine, if at all? From what I've read, the temperature variables are from some sub zero number to just 32 degrees. That's still frozen, but are those ongoing variables enough to substantially degrade the quality of the nicotine over time?
I wonder, because if the nic is bottled and sealed- most of it at it's point of origin, with smaller quantities being broken down into smaller bottles over time- and each bottle wrapped in dark bubble wrap, then placed in a sealed box, how badly do I need to be spinning my wheels over this? I'd greatly prefer to not have to bother defrosting a freezer 1-4 x yearly. Especially since I'd be disturbing the nic to move it elsewhere, temporarily. I'd be exposing it to another temperature variable in the process, so what would be the point?
So, with all that being said-
What type of freezer did you decide on and why?
Chest or upright: I see medical freezers with front doors and super fine temperature controls, and think "this is it!", but then I read that basic chest-type freezers are supposedly better than front door types because they keep contents at a more constant temperature ("cold air sinks" is a good argument there). Since I won't be opening and closing the thing too often, I wonder if either type will really be better than the other?
Auto defrost or manual: I see a lot of back and forth on this. I understand that temperature changes can cause freezer burn on food, but how much would auto defrost impact nicotine, if at all? From what I've read, the temperature variables are from some sub zero number to just 32 degrees. That's still frozen, but are those ongoing variables enough to substantially degrade the quality of the nicotine over time?
I wonder, because if the nic is bottled and sealed- most of it at it's point of origin, with smaller quantities being broken down into smaller bottles over time- and each bottle wrapped in dark bubble wrap, then placed in a sealed box, how badly do I need to be spinning my wheels over this? I'd greatly prefer to not have to bother defrosting a freezer 1-4 x yearly. Especially since I'd be disturbing the nic to move it elsewhere, temporarily. I'd be exposing it to another temperature variable in the process, so what would be the point?
So, with all that being said-
What type of freezer did you decide on and why?
