I had a public Discord discussion with a chemist who is active on Peppys and in PTDS testing server and on various Discord channels - and I've looked at the PTDS testing on frozen/fridge/room temp, and because I'm not a scientist, I could only read the graphs and sort of surmise, so when I asked him if I needed to be doing more than a manual defrost freezer, essential oil cases, EO cases in 2 baggies with desiccant packages, he said it was probably overkill. The peps don't freeze, there is no water left in them after the lyophilization process - or should not be. They are vacuum sealed - or should be, and so won't be affected by moisture - if not vacuum sealed not much can be done about that. He said keep them in the freezer as cold as possible for long term. Refrigerator for in-use. Yes, avoid freezer/room temp, freezer/room temp. Vacuum sealing not necessary, except for one's own comfort. Thermoses and 3d boxes and all of that, not necessary, my baggies that hold my EO cases, not necessary, nor are the desiccant packages. I am keeping the baggies and des. packs because why not. But after yesterday, I felt better about how I am storing the increasingly large stash of GLPs and other non-GLP peps. So much better that I ordered 4 more EO cases and this time skipped Amazon and went to Aliexpress.
