Can someone give me the TLDR on pens

[BigDog8084]

Where did you get yours from? A lot of stores seem out of stock.

Suprisingly, Ebay came through for me. You can get them there now!!

 

[desinr-gal]

Pretty much the same process. Although I've found it easier to vent with an insulin syringe and take the removed plunger to exhaust air by pushing up the bottom of the cartridge until it's within 5-ish units. If I try to remove the larger portion of air by clicks I can't seem to get the air bubble out.

I got one of those cute cart holders with the cylinder in the middle for pushing the cart plugs in from allthingspeptides

 

[FlowerFairy]

You seem to have some experience with pens. Which ones that you own, do you like better?

In order- Luxura, the “Mrs Goodlife” pastel pens sold by Goody’s (it’s a generic but good pen), Convipen/Gansulin, Savvio, Yifan, bird pen/gensupen, Novopen 4, Ergo, V4, V2 and very last is Allstar because it popped apart on me mid pin; happened to someone else I know as well. Many people love Novos but I just don’t care for it- but it works well. They all work well for me aside from the Allstar, I just like the “feel” of my favorites.

I have many more pens than I need, but I acknowledge it’s a collection as well as a need. I’ve gotten better- I was hell bent to get the elusive pink and green Savvios, but gave up when it became apparent they would be over $100 each. I’m not that addicted.

 

[ceeboo]

I use pens for the ones i have to pin daily. It makes the process a lot simpler, I am not a fan of one needle (draw and pin) . Before i use two needles one for drawing and one for pin. Thats when i decided to go for the pens for my daily ones.

I have 1 v1 and 2 v2, in asia hard to find those branded automatic ones.

 

[Silver]

I just picked up a Savvio for Nad+ since im moving to 2-3 x a week. still just use a normal needle for Reta.

 

[bay_area_schizo]

In order- Luxura, the “Mrs Goodlife” pastel pens sold by Goody’s (it’s a generic but good pen), Convipen/Gansulin, Savvio, Yifan, bird pen/gensupen, Novopen 4, Ergo, V4, V2 and very last is Allstar because it popped apart on me mid pin; happened to someone else I know as well. Many people love Novos but I just don’t care for it- but it works well. They all work well for me aside from the Allstar, I just like the “feel” of my favorites.

I have many more pens than I need, but I acknowledge it’s a collection as well as a need. I’ve gotten better- I was hell bent to get the elusive pink and green Savvios, but gave up when it became apparent they would be over $100 each. I’m not that addicted.

would you be willing to review my cart? first foray into pens. I already have filters. does this order look ok to get me started? can I use these pens to hit glutes?

https://goodlifesupplies.com/checkout/

 

[FlowerFairy]

would you be willing to review my cart? first foray into pens. I already have filters. does this order look ok to get me started? can I use these pens to hit glutes?

https://goodlifesupplies.com/checkout/

I only shows my cart- take a screenshot and I’ll look!

 

[bay_area_schizo]

I only shows my cart- take a screenshot and I’ll look!

ah ok here screenshots. thank you!

 

[tcpnomad]

ah ok here screenshots. thank you!

Are you using sterile water instead of bac water? Or is that for something else?

 

[bay_area_schizo]

Are you using sterile water instead of bac water? Or is that for something else?

I'm using BAC...the sterile waters for something else

 

[deluge]

This might be a good place to mention the experience I had with an amazborg clone of a V2 pen. Stupid thing was over $60 and terribly inaccurate. PeptideCritic did a video on how to check your pens' accuracy, and this was terrible. 10ml could be 7, then 8, then 12.

I returned it, and bought some V2's from PepPens, for like $22 I think. 1/3 the price, they tested good, and I now own 8 of them. Gave some away to young new lab rats. Use the rest.

The peptide critic video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJdzUaAEC4o



One thing that's easy to miss in the video; grab a few units of BAC water in the diabetic syringe, and shoot it out, before stabbing it into the pen. That ensures the stiction in the syringe doesn't skew the test result.

Also, you don't have to "waste" the product. Just shoot your first dose out of the pen into the syringe to confirm accuracy. Then, just use it. Next injection can come from your shiny new pen...

 

[desinr-gal]

I'm using BAC...the sterile waters for something else

you will want pen needles and filtering stuff if you intend to do that.

 

[bay_area_schizo]

you will want pen needles and filtering stuff if you intend to do that.

aren't the applicator tips pen needles?

 

[desinr-gal]

aren't the applicator tips pen needles?

Oh I didnt check, usually they are called pen needles. Oh I see they are avoiding the word needle. How funny. Yes I recommend the Easy touch, 32G

 

[bay_area_schizo]

Oh I didnt check, usually they are called pen needles. Oh I see they are avoiding the word needle. How funny. Yes I recommend the Easy touch, 32G

what do you think about this cart holder? add value or unnecessary?

 

[Romulusguy]

I started off with V2 pens from peptidecritic. I also began with some 4 & 5mm pen needles, but replaced those with Glucocare safety pen needles, which fit on any pen. I moved up to a V4, then went premium with a Gansulin auto injector pen. The Gansulin is by far my favorite pen (I bought one more since I like it so much). I also have a GensuPen 2, but I do NOT like it. It is very slow, will often "stall" on the injection, and has a slide button that doesn't seem to "fit" in either hand.

Any of the V1, 2, 3, and 4's will be fine so long as you test them for accuracy, and the Gansulin is the premium pen 🙂

 

[HouseCat]

I got one of those cute cart holders with the cylinder in the middle for pushing the cart plugs in from allthingspeptides

I was just about to buy this, but then I found this cool (albeit more basic) cartridge holder with plunger .STL file on Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7164951 I had ChatGPT modify it to hold two 3ml vials and 2 cartridges, & I’m going to have my local library print it for free 😁 @bay_area_schizo If you’re unsure, maybe this will help since most public libraries print for free?

Saved a little cash, and now about to spend cash on pens and needles and cartridges! I really appreciate all the info everyone gave. I’m less intimidated by pens now and am going to give a Mrs. Goodlife pen a try.