Does vacuum sealing for storage interfere with vacuum sealed vials?

[Glp1judd]

I’m gonna start preparing a bunch of boxes for long term storage. I have a good vacuum sealer and thinking that pulling a vaccum on a vacuum sealer vial might f up the seal and/or the vacuum inside.

Am I overthinking this? Also, is adding a desiccant pack a good or bad idea?

 

[scarywood75]

I’m gonna start preparing a bunch of boxes for long term storage. I have a good vacuum sealer and thinking that pulling a vaccum on a vacuum sealer vial might f up the seal and/or the vacuum inside.

Am I overthinking this? Also, is adding a desiccant pack a good or bad idea?

This is how I do it:
- individually wrapped vial in tin foil
- vacuum sealed in 5 pack bags
- each pack contains some dessiccant beams + oxygen remover pack.

 

[bbrewer]

I’m gonna start preparing a bunch of boxes for long term storage. I have a good vacuum sealer and thinking that pulling a vaccum on a vacuum sealer vial might f up the seal and/or the vacuum inside.

Am I overthinking this? Also, is adding a desiccant pack a good or bad idea?

I did this also. I only used a partial vacuum so the vials were not smashed together so hard. I did not add a desiccant but if I had one it could not hurt.

 

[Glp1judd]

This is how I do it:
- individually wrapped vial in tin foil
- vacuum sealed in 5 pack bags
- each pack contains some dessiccant beams + oxygen remover pack.

Thx. Have you opened any you’ve done? Did they lose seal/vacuum?

It seems that under enough vaccuum the vials could become positive and explode at least enough to kill the seal. In theory anyway.

 

[Glp1judd]

I did this also. I only used a partial vacuum so the vials were not smashed together so hard. I did not add a desiccant but if I had one it could not hurt.

Partial vacuum? I think I can set that somehow.

 

[scarywood75]

Thx. Have you opened any you’ve done? Did they lose seal/vacuum?

It seems that under enough vaccuum the vials could become positive and explode at least enough to kill the seal. In theory anyway.

No vacuum loss, they're good, don't worry about that they're made to handle that type of pressure easily.

 

[scarywood75]

I have a lot in this bag, from 4 different vendors, no issue with any of them and some are stored that way for 6 months + already

 

[Glp1judd]

I have a lot in this bag, from 4 different vendors, no issue with any of them and some are stored that way for 6 months + already

That’s great. Thx

 

[stickfigure]

You are overthinking it. If you are using vacuum bag sealer, you are not going to pull a stronger vacuum than present in a vial.
On the other hand, if you are an AC technician pulling a 180um vacuum with a vacuum pump, you should reconsider your approach and stop mixing your work with your hobby.

 

[GimmeABreak]

The only challenge I see is that every time you need a vial you will need to reseal the bag and you could have temp swings in your freezer.

I use insulated food storage containers (thermos) with some desiccant thrown in. It keeps my peps at a rock solid -8.7F and humidity at 5.4-5.5% even with the door opening/closing weekly and the compressor cycling. The 47oz thermos model will hold like 8 kits and keeps them fairly organized. Bonus is it will keep your peps frozen for 12+ hours if you lose power or need to transport them. (I tested it).

 

[normal]

I still have my kits in the skincare or whatever random packaging they came in tossed in the bottom of my regular freezer lmao