Survived Abortion
Bluelighter
I stored aMT freebase in capsules way back when and they retained potency for over a year (at which point they were all consumed). They melted down from light yellow powder to dark yellow resin-ish stuff at the end of the period, but were still active. I think I used veggi caps. They were definitely bad for it since other freebase kept in bags or vials have lasted years without turning into that dark stuff, but not so bad that it was anywhere near inactive at over a year. It's also possible gelatin caps could be worse than veggi -- no experience with that. If you want to store pre-made doses swing by a rock collector shop and pick up a few hundred little zipper lock bags for like $2.
Also, you just left a pile of pungent chemical powder out in the "open air" for a month (admittedly it would make an interesting conversation piece), or how did you find that out?
Yeah, I just checked the aMT storage thread and this seems to be the case. Many people are storing theirs in a baggie in a dark drawer with no noticeable drop in potency. It would probably be better for long term storage if it was converted to the HCL and put in a fridge/freezer.
I hope this is the case, since I've got mine stored in a baggie in a drawer with all my other chems. I have got a few doses of things stored in veggie caps (a few doses of MXE and one dose of 2C-C), but most of it is in the baggies. I know 2C-C should last a lifetime, but I'm not sure about the MXE. I rarely ever take it.
However, you did get me thinking, since I've been considering pre-measuring a batch of doses for my most favourite chems and storing them in veg caps - aMT included. It might be an idea to baggie up capsules of the same compound together. That might prevent the aMT turning to resin/goo. Even better with a little baggie of dessicant. It's sometimes just such a hassle to screw around setting up, calibrating a scale and cleaning all the utensils carefully, by the time I've finished weighing it's almost taken the joy out of wanting to trip! :D Especially if I know I might want to redose to bump the intensity up a bit further in to the trip. It's occasionally nice to just have some capsules laying around where you can say "ah, I feel like getting my rocks off with some aMT today, let's eat a capsule". I often prepare my doses a few days in advance like this. So this makes me think about storing an amount of aMT this way. Although I never do capsule a significant amount at any one time either, only enough to eat in a month or two.