power cut with the door shut for a few hours is fine. a full fridge holds temperature surprisingly well
#storage-coldchain 2025-09-17
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- orfor_watch — nobody here can tell you a vial is safe. we can tell you what has and has not survived for us 16:14
- orfor_watch — flying with vials, hand luggage or checked 16:26
- customs_owl — unopened and in-use in the same place is fine. just keep the in-use one where you can reach it 16:33
- cagri_curious — i keep everything at the back of the middle shelf, never the door 16:34
for the archive a cooler with two gel packs held under eight degrees for eleven hours on a drive
nobody here can tell you a vial is safe. we can tell you what has and has not survived for us
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do you keep the unopened vials and the in-use one in the same place
update from 20 months ago: replaced the fridge, temperature is stable, no more anxiety
flying with vials, hand luggage or checked
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does the fridge in a hotel room count as a fridge
a few hours at room temperature is almost certainly nothing. a week is a different conversation
unopened and in-use in the same place is fine. just keep the in-use one where you can reach it
mon 4.1 / door 7.2
tue 4.0 / door 7.8
wed 4.2 / door 6.9
thu 3.9 / door 7.4
fri 4.1 / door 8.1 <- shopping day
sat 4.3 / door 7.0
sun 4.0 / door 6.8i keep everything at the back of the middle shelf, never the door
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