Well, this was something new, though not as dangerously exciting as it sounds.

We're all aware that poppers are explosive, but I'd always figured some sort of catalyst would be necessary to make them actually combust. You know... a blow torch or something of that nature.

I was tidying up my office/guest room/sex room this afternoon. I keep the newest bottles of poppers out and at the ready for use, but some of the older ones that are not yet placed in the freezer remain in a small wooden box which sits on a small marble table.

So I decide to move some of these to the freezer or toss bottles that are seriously old and stale. Opening up the little wooden box, I can see that one of the bottles is shattered into several dozen pieces, some still held together by the label.

What's odd is that I never smelled the resulting spilled liquid. The wooden box was pretty much soaked with it, the bottom is now warped, though it has been dried for quite some time.

The broken bottle was the only one in there that was NOT Jungle Juice. It was Amsterdam Poppers.

I have never had this happen before. I've dropped bottles and shattered them or at least shattered the plastic caps, but I have never had a bottle spontaneously break apart like that.

I've mentioned before that I have some ANCIENT poppers left from "the good old days" in the freezer, too. These spent years at room temperature, then were frozen, transported 1,200 miles at one point, frozen again, etc. No problems. The Amsterdam Poppers were about four months old and have been sitting in this same room for the entire time, air conditioned, not in any sunlight, never moved, shaken or stirred!

It's certainly no big deal, but I was wondering if anyone else has ever had this happen. Also, I recall some dudes here who say they have taken poppers on trips and checked them with their luggage on airlines. So clearly, even a baggage compartment's extreme pressure changes don't result in a popper explosion, though it is still my recommendation to NOT take poppers through airport security! It would be a huge issue if someone had to explain what the volatile, dripping fluid leaking out of their luggage was to an unpleasant security screener when they arrived at their destination.

Anyone else ever run into this kind of thing?

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I've never had that happen and wonder if maybe your Amsterdamn Poppers were broken in transit? I presume you checked the contents upon arrival, but in case you didn't, maybe they were broken long before and they didn't actually explode? I would also be interested in knowing if anyone has actually experienced an explosion.

New bottles will release built up gases upon opening, but even shaking the bottle before opening doesn't build up enough of those gases that they could shatter glass, at least in my mind. I've dropped bottles before and have never had one break on me, much to my surprise.

As far as traveling, I take poppers on trips with me. I mean, what if you can't find an ABS that sells them in your destination town?

With the new security in place at airports, I put all my toiletries in large Ziploc baggies, including any Poppers I am taking. The brown bottle is visible among the other common toiletries and while I've been pulled aside and my bag searched, I've never given security a reason to suspect me and remain cool as a cucumber, so to speak. Using the clear bag indicates to security that I have nothing to hide. They can see the contents through the plastic and usually take a quick scan front and back. I've never had a problem.

Since amyl is a product actually used by heart patients, wouldn't it be easy enough to tell the inquiring security person that it was for medical use?

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Sscruffy, Like you I had a bottle break and yes, they were Amsterdam poppers. I had them in a padded pouch and just assumed they must have banged around, though at the time, I couldn't see how. So maybe it is something unique to Amsterdam brand.

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No lectures to Matt regarding his travel tips -- he's got more balls than I do!

I will note, however, that medically prescribed amyl isn't seen too often, but it sure wouldn't come in a bottle like poppers! Also, poppers are not amyl and they aren't nitrate, unless you get the ones for sale overseas by mistake. But who knows? A really dumb security guard, and there are many, might be easily fooled.

Thanks for the info about the bottle of Amsterdam breaking. Maybe it's cheap glass or something? Or as suggested, something to do with the formula. I neglected to check the remains of the label to see what it was, but I do recall that I wasn't very happy with them, which is why they sat there mostly unused for several months.

If they were broken during shipping, I never noticed. It would have had to be a hairline crack in the glass or something.

And yes, I have never had gas build up explode a bottle either, so I doubt that's it.

They probably just simply suck!

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