I’m new to peptide pens. Please help me.

[DJ1245]

I bought a sterile cartridge on AliExpress. Is it actually sterilized?

 

[randompersonrandom]

Maybe. I wasn't there when they did whatever it is they say they did or did not do. I trust AliExpress for pens cause I can see right there whether they work or not, but I feel like a pinky promise on sterile carts is more trust than I'd probably put in AE.

 

[joseblo]

For good luck, you could toss the lot of them (you got 100 right?) into a pressure cooker for an hour at max pressure. Bonus points, if you can pop the plungers out before they go in so they get the full steam treatment. No guarantees, but better than a kick to the head.

Probably, you won't see the color indicator change, which at least means that they cheaped out on the paper seals. Oh well. BTW I wouldn't really trust most of the other sources either, unless its a medical supply.

For me, it's worth doing this, since if you're going to filter, it only helps if the last thing you filter into is clean.

So far so good! No bad peps yet!

 

[DJ1245]

For good luck, you could toss the lot of them (you got 100 right?) into a pressure cooker for an hour at max pressure. Bonus points, if you can pop the plungers out before they go in so they get the full steam treatment. No guarantees, but better than a kick to the head.

Probably, you won't see the color indicator change, which at least means that they cheaped out on the paper seals. Oh well. BTW I wouldn't really trust most of the other sources either, unless its a medical supply.

For me, it's worth doing this, since if you're going to filter, it only helps if the last thing you filter into is clean.

So far so good! No bad peps yet!

Can you recommend a reliable source for sterile cartridges?

 

[PopTart]

I bought a sterile cartridge on AliExpress. Is it actually sterilized?

Carts sold by Heaven Island Store on AliExpress are sterilized per testing completed in one of the test servers.

 

[DJ1245]

Carts sold by Heaven Island Store on AliExpress are sterilized per testing completed in one of the test servers.

They can't ship to Korea, but thanks for letting me know

 

[miss-sanne]

I bought a sterile cartridge on AliExpress. Is it actually sterilized?

nobody knows... ;-)

 

[pughster25]

Carts sold by Heaven Island Store on AliExpress are sterilized per testing completed in one of the test servers.

i bought 30 in the black friday deals, the advert said sterilized but the pouch had the pre sterilisation color, i pushed the bungs down a bit to dislodge them, then sterilised in my pressure king pro for 2 hours at 140, then 20 mins at 180 ish in the oven to dry them out, after steaming the pouch identifier had turned black

 

[desinr-gal]

i bought 30 in the black friday deals, the advert said sterilized but the pouch had the pre sterilisation color, i pushed the bungs down a bit to dislodge them, then sterilised in my pressure king pro for 2 hours at 140, then 20 mins at 180 ish in the oven to dry them out, after steaming the pouch identifier had turned black

How did you push them out if they were already inside a cartridge?

 

[pughster25]

How did you push them out if they were already inside a cartridge?

i didnt, i pushed them in a bit to loosen them, first time i didnt touch the bungs and they didnt pop out until the drying stage, I have just bought a kilner jar vacuum which someone suggested on here to suck them out before sterilising whilst still in the pouch

 

[desinr-gal]

i didnt, i pushed them in a bit to loosen them, first time i didnt touch the bungs and they didnt pop out until the drying stage, I have just bought a kilner jar vacuum which someone suggested on here to suck them out before sterilising whilst still in the pouch

fascinating..They will be sucked out while inside a pouch?

 

[pughster25]

fascinating..They will be sucked out while inside a pouch?

supposedly, i did a batch of 10 so wont need to do another for a few months to try it out

 

[Calm Logic]

Carts sold by Heaven Island Store on AliExpress are sterilized per testing completed in one of the test servers.

All the vendors that were tested in June, which all passed:

Heaven Island

HDRSMTMED

Henan Dunyu

Duren Health

Summer Xia Choice

 

[BioHealthAus]

I bought 3 pens from AliExpress 3 weeks ago. The first one just stopped working. The plunger stopped working . What you get for buying cheap crap. Will buy better ones now. Just need to find out where. Any ideas, people, or recommendations.

 

[Calm Logic]

Was it one of the generic V1 or V2 pens?

 

[BioHealthAus]

V2

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009962276028.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order_detail_item.9.5649f19catKoEq

 

[Sid the SeaGull]

I bought 3 pens from AliExpress 3 weeks ago. The first one just stopped working. The plunger stopped working . What you get for buying cheap crap. Will buy better ones now. Just need to find out where. Any ideas, people, or recommendations.

I've found the Gansulin Pen from Ali to be working well . Another helpful forum post here lead me to to it . Feels and looks solid to me.

 

[Calm Logic]

Not that it matters in regards to working at all, but I often see people recommending V1 over V2, like the thin V1.

V2

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009962276028.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order_detail_item.9.5649f19catKoEq

Not a good sign since the V2 was apparently supposed to be better than V1 regarding the plunger.

 

[BioHealthAus]

Not that it matters in regards to working at all, but I often see people recommending V1 over V2, like the thin V1.

Not a good sign since the V2 was apparently supposed to be better than V1 regarding the plunger.

Tempted to just go back to insulin syringes and do each peptide individually each time. Painful, and it's a lot of syringes, but it is what it is.

 

[Calm Logic]

Tempted to just go back to insulin syringes and do each peptide individually each time. Painful, and it's a lot of syringes, but it is what it is.

I have been looking into buying 4-mm needles for Luer Lock syringes.