Pulling vials out of freezer to label them; talk me down

[QueenMuntha]

I don't know about the rest of them but you will probably degrade your reta with a freeze thaw cycle. The vials will likely condensate on the exterior which will complicate labels sticking unless allowed to thaw and dry. I vote no.

It really Ain't That Serious, Folks.

 

[BNLFL]

QR code on the thermos outside with a link to blog/excel/something with the inventory of what's inside would solve your problem. Well, one of your problems lol.

Too much work. I just look at my spreadsheet, or I pop the lid and look at the top of the vials.

 

[mtomm]

I guess taking out my kits and looking at them

I had to do same thing when I got my Nimbot, had a number of vials in the freezer that needed labels. Pulled the case out, attached each label and back in the freezer, only took a couple minutes max. Slapped the label on, each back in its snug little cushioned slot, back to sleep in the freezer.

So I guess taking out my kits on occasion and lovingly caressing them is a no go?

 

[RetCurious]

Too much work. I just look at my spreadsheet, or I pop the lid and look at the top of the vials.

I throw them in a bag and label the bag.

 

[Stace_wow]

I started to panic because when I first started all this, a sharpie was my only labeling system, and I didn't wanna get all confused in a couple months, and with the alcohol wipes, the sharpie comes off the glass, so I grabbed a vial outta the freezer, and dried it then tried to stick a label to it. It wouldn't stick lol. I thought the same as you too, do I thaw then re-freeze? My solution was to write on a piece of paper what they were and store that in the hydrapeak.

I dont have some massive stash (YET) so I will prelabel the next ones maybe. (my next order will fill out one hydrapeak alone, so I may just put them in their with the COA and where they came from. Seems like so much work when I'm mainly buying/using Tirz only.) I do like @BNLFL cap sticker labels...

 

[Flash-BCR]

I throw them in a bag and label the bag.

Nice!...Do you have CoAs for all of those?.... 😎 👍

 

[kj4otu]

Too much work. I just look at my spreadsheet, or I pop the lid and look at the top of the vials.

Too much work? More than printing out all those little labels? Maybe. I'm an IT guy, so the qr/spreadsheet thing is just another blip in the radar for me lol.

 

[Collo4sho]

Wait until winter and take them outside to label them........... I'm just bull-jivin. I say yes. Do it. Now. Lol

 

[RetCurious]

Nice!...Do you have CoAs for all of those?.... 😎 👍

You bet, give me a minute with Photoshop...

 

[ThatNextGril]

I had to do same thing when I got my Nimbot, had a number of vials in the freezer that needed labels. Pulled the case out, attached each label and back in the freezer, only took a couple minutes max. Slapped the label on, each back in its snug little cushioned slot, back to sleep in the freezer.

This is literally the same thing I did. For the last 6 months I've kept everything in the fridge until I get the COA, then I label and store in the freezer in the cushioned little slot in the zippered case. But for the older frozen kits where I hadn't labeled, I just did this and as the labels were all printed and ready; it was maybe 2 minutes tops per kit to label and stick in the case and pop back in the freezer.

 

[winiki]

this thread is crazy, i bought full grams for several peps and little tubes called cryovials from the Amzon to aliquot them into 100-500mg parts to avoid the freeze thaw. I always label though, some of the stuff we get will retire your butt permanently if mistaken for the wrong thing, especially oxytocin and ivermectin.

 

[HouseCat]

Who wants a free NIIMbot?

Hey friend 😂

 

[Airborne Daddy]

My massive stash is in my even-more-massive chest freezer. Stuff I'm likely to need to get at in the next year is on a shelf near the top, stuff I won't need for years is at the bottom.

I got a NIIMbot on prime day. I'm obsessed with it and am labelling things all over the place.

I never labelled my individual vials. I bought three kits at a time, packed them into thermoses that hold thirty vials, labelled the outside and inside the lid of the thermoses, and chucked them in the freezer. When I couldn't fill a thermos with the same batch, I packed in things with different colored caps, and labelled what color cap meant which thing.

I want to label my individual vials. It would be so cool that, any time I pulled a vial, it said what it was, what it came from, the amount in it, the batch number, and when I got it. I can do that with any kits I have coming; but I have a decade's worth of stuff in the freezer and I want to do it.

But those are packed into thermoses that have never been opened, dessicant packs on top. For every set of vials, it will mean opening it, dumping out the vials, putting the labels on, repacking them into the thermos dessicant back on top, and close it up. I'm guessing that'll take 5-10 minutes each, during which time they will warm up and then refreeze.

I think this is absolutely fine and I am being silly. I ALSO simultaneously think this is going to be putting them through a freeze-thaw cycle and I'll lose potency for no good reason except that I wanted to label things after the fact.

Somebody tell me it's fine, calm down. Or tell me it's NOT fine, don't do it, everything will be ruined forever.

Its fine but i wouldnt. I dont label every vial just the first in the row. For example in a kit if mots c is gold ill label the first "mots c...30u=5mg" and the other 2 gold i dont label. Then theres 3 purple reta ill label the first. 3 tirz, label the first. Works but its bitten me in the ass too if you throw out the marked empty. I leave it there when empty as its my directions.

 

[randompersonrandom]

Wait until winter and take them outside to label them........... I'm just bull-jivin. I say yes. Do it. Now. Lol

Jesus Christ, why didn't I think of that????
Ok, thread over, though please feel free to stay for cookies and fellowship. This solves ALL my issues. Except the issue where I have a compulsion to label around 300 vials, but I can "solve" that by doing it, just now til winter.

 

[eidos]

Here's what I put on my vials and what the atmosphere is like during such hard work.

 

[HouseCat]

Here's what I put on my vials and what the atmosphere is like during such hard work.

Late night eyes: at first I was like “eidos is putting kids to work labeling peptides! Standing up for the age-old right of children to work!” 😂🤣😂

I love labeling! But the round stickers I have that are lovely muted hues are for 10mls, so I hand cut them down to size. It’s more than a little mad 😜

 

[Flash-BCR]

Late night eyes: at first I was like “eidos is putting kids to work labeling peptides! Standing up for the age-old right of children to work!” 😂🤣😂

I love labeling! But the round stickers I have that are lovely muted hues are for 10mls, so I hand cut them down to size. It’s more than a little mad 😜

What size labels are you using?...I have some rounds offa Amazon that are .4"....

 

[HouseCat]

What size labels are you using?...I have some rounds offa Amazon that are .4"...

LOL that would be wiser!

When I was buying compounded, almost all my vials were 10mL, so I got these lovely muted color labels which were a perfect fit at 0.75” Then when I got into gray and realized most everything comes in 3mL vials…well, I have 25 sheets of these, and the colors are chic! So I just take it one kit at a time, like a little craft meditation. I have special scissors dedicated to adhesive paper that I clean off regularly (yet another use for alcohol wipes!) so I don’t f up any of my nice scissors.

I have gotten really good a cutting circles!

(I simultaneously love acquiring things and am also really into value/not wasting. It’s a hard tightrope to walk!)😂

 

[ColdSmoke]

I’m refrigerating mine because of these concerns. Does the proposed longevity shelf life of freezing make up for the freeze/ thaw risk?

 

[leo_123]

Hey, I’m currently just looking into options like semaglutide or tirzepatide and trying to figure out what might make sense for me.

I can see why your setup works well, it actually looks really efficient. My only concern would be how much extra time the repeated handling and relabeling takes.

Quick question—what model niimbot printer are you using for the labels?

 

[Ethanol]

I didn’t realize people went this deep into organizing 😅I’m still new and just trying to understand how it all works.
I can see how a system like that helps, though I’d probably also worry about the freeze part.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

Just do it, @randompersonrandom. Think of the self-satisfaction. 🤣🥳

 

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Too much work. I just look at my spreadsheet, or I pop the lid and look at the top of the vials.

Damn! Save some for the rest of us please ! 🤣

 

[Flash-BCR]

Damn! Save some for the rest of us please ! 🤣

Quantity AND quality...but even the quality is all about quantity...amiright?... 😎

 

[BNLFL]

Late night eyes: at first I was like “eidos is putting kids to work labeling peptides! Standing up for the age-old right of children to work!” 😂🤣😂

I love labeling! But the round stickers I have that are lovely muted hues are for 10mls, so I hand cut them down to size. It’s more than a little mad 😜

I have a Niimbot 110 and have the 3ml vial cap labels. They work good, but are a PITA to peel off of the paper.

Quantity AND quality...but even the quality is all about quantity...amiright?... 😎

Those top two racks are really good stuff.

 

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

I have a Niimbot 110 and have the 3ml vial cap labels. They work good, but are a PITA to peel off of the paper.

Those top two racks are really good stuff.

Do you have a link to the round labels? I cant find them on amazon.

 

[BNLFL]

Do you have a link to the round labels? I cant find them on amazon.

Direct from Niimbot direct.

Round Label Tape for D11, D110, D101

Enhance your organization and add a touch of vibrancy with Niimbot Summer Label Sticker for D11, D110, D101.Explore the colorful possibilities and imagination.

niimbots.com

 

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Direct from Niimbot direct.

Round Label Tape for D11, D110, D101

Enhance your organization and add a touch of vibrancy with Niimbot Summer Label Sticker for D11, D110, D101.Explore the colorful possibilities and imagination.

niimbots.com

Nice, thank you. I guess I probably could of went to nimbot website and looked it up myself 🤣 I would of thought amazon would carry them though. Weird.

 

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

https://www.amazon.com/NIIMBOT-Labels-Waterproof-Thermal-Organization/dp/B0GBXM1D4Y/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1LR8SAAXW3HQ5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hJY86odOLY_jDljFRnpIyqyxtxu3C__1rFaG42jv8KINhFqR20r2qKpSS6atKzVcDFqAxCtc1yG1SuIQr4wgHsa1hRF4rTikhkwmJPhqukqeUAhwpEiplMuYpQghHG8LZ-pR6YHYR54tgBh_YxVlNrzVLDQOwC37n7gdubxf8lH4lL-QubxmOF7QyYKLwlaOpibwW6gJk3mBLYoBrdXyX-JZjW3M1BlLniWsgPfADMelAqWUvsbnPYsvAMVEBbc9QNl_sxmutNw7_fnd0HjTAx26WoM5he_JKZqHxylI8Tk.I-YyaDSteNOz0vuq2Q_J5KPT_PhCMggf8DIMRXKpFUw&dib_tag=se&keywords=niimbot%2Bd110%2Bround%2Blabels&qid=1782993628&sprefix=niimbot%2Bd110%2Bround%2Blabels%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-3&th=1

I guess you can get them in this bundle.

 

[gimmeshelter]

Only have reta - using a spreadsheet w all the data and color cap. No need to label seems like a huge waste of time.