Hi everyone... been a while but have a question about shipping honey. Has anybody used the Mylar to ship via USPS? Results if you have?? I have a man on the mainland wanting a gallon shipped to him. I don't really want to try and ship in glass containers. I see 1 gallon Mylar bags available but have never used them before. Any thoughts?
My thought is, 2 half-gallon plastic containers, each heat-sealed inside a 1 gallon mylar bag as a safety barrier against leakage. (you could do 4 plastic quart container, each sealed in mylar if you prefer)
Of course, you may have other thoughts and my mind wanders at times.
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It's a real pain for whoever gets the honey in a bag. They are usually not used to dealing with honey. I ship a gallon in 2 half gallon fruit juice containers in the medium flat-rate box, and have yet to have a problem. Shipping that much honey in glass, is asking for trouble.
Quote from: Diogenes on March 29, 2015, 12:55:55 AM
My thought is, 2 half-gallon plastic containers, each heat-sealed inside a 1 gallon mylar bag as a safety barrier against leakage. (you could do 4 plastic quart container, each sealed in mylar if you prefer)
Of course, you may have other thoughts and my mind wanders at times.
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This is more or less what we do. We also try to have some crystalized bears & jugs - less chance of a mess. No problems, ever.
Plastic bottle inside a plastic bag to catch any leakage, well packed in 2 or 3 inches of bubble wrap.
Remember, unless you are shipping boxed bottles by the pallet, your single 1 gallon package is going to be subjected to the abuses inflicted by freight workers under pressure to pitch freight as quickly as possible. I literally mean 'pitch'. They will throw packages even when labeled Fragile etc. and they don't give a tinker's daxx which end is up.
The Postal service has rules and regulations regarding the shipment of liquids. You might read them.
Thanks for all the advise.... I did ship one gallon in a Foodsaver bag, double sealed. Has a little seepage on that one. I sent several that were in smaller packages and they all got through. I did get the mylar bags and will try those next time.