Needle size?

[MsGizmo]

Is there anything that you buy the thicker needles for? Or is the 8mm fine for everything?

 

[Calm Logic]

8mm refers to the length. Gauge (G) refers to the thickness, with lower numbers being thicker.

For insulin syringes for GLPs and other peptides, I usually use 32g 6mm. 32g is the thinnest insulin syringe size, I believe.

32g is even thick enough for some oil-based products like testosterone, depending on the amount and the carrier oil.

 

[Bflo_Bflo_Bflo_Bfl]

I have trouble with my 30ga needles bending before I can get through the vial cap. They are off-brand, though, so that may have something to do with it.

 

[Gamma662keV]

32g pushing oil is like pushing a McD's milkshake through their fattest straw. It's gonna make your cheeks hurt.

 

[Airborne Daddy]

32g pushing oil is like pushing a McD's milkshake through their fattest straw. It's gonna make your cheeks hurt.

I could never use 25g without heating the oil.... settled on 23g, 1 inch....peptides I use 18 Guage harpoon right up my urethra. I cry for 40 minutes or so but it's immediately absorbed.

 

[Airborne Daddy]

8mm refers to the length. Gauge (G) refers to the thickness, with lower numbers being thicker.

For insulin syringes for GLPs and other peptides, I usually use 32g 6mm. 32g is the thinnest insulin syringe size, I believe.

32g is even thick enough for some oil-based products like testosterone, depending on the amount and the carrier oil.

Mct oil? Grape seed oil is hard to push through a 25guage.

 

[yobculture]

For insulin syringes for GLPs and other peptides, I usually use 32g 6mm. 32g is the thinnest insulin syringe size, I believe.

I’m really dumb about needles so please be patient 🙂. So this would be thinner than 30g 5/16" 0.5ml Easy Touch Syringes? I ask, because I just switched to these from some cheap ones I got on Amazon and for the first time I bled. It didn’t hurt, but was startling. I switched to Easy Touch because the general advice on this forum is to avoid Amazon products for our needs. But the funny thing is that I was fine with the cheap 31G 1cc 5/16 Inch(8mm) Amazon needles. Only the Easy Touch made me bleed. So now I’m searching for the absolute thinnest needle possible. Seems like BD is a trusted brand.

 

[Calm Logic]

Yes, 32g is thinner (and more painless) than 30g.

(5/16" is 8mm in length, but you can always insert at an angle if the slightly longer length is ever an issue.)

 

[yobculture]

Yes, 32g is thinner (and more painless) than 30g.

Thank you! 😊

 

[Calm Logic]

Mct oil?

I have no idea with the test-e I have now. The box and label from the UGL lab is shiny and pretty, but it just says oil base. It is thinner than the first UGL test-e that I got, which was also just "oil base."

With the thicker oil, I was able to get 30 units at a time. I will be getting thicker needles anyway since I am going to weekly dosing instead of twice a week.

The test-c I have on order has MCT as a base.

 

[piggygstrang]

I could never use 25g without heating the oil.... settled on 23g, 1 inch....peptides I use 18 Guage harpoon right up my urethra. I cry for 40 minutes or so but it's immediately absorbed.

Im on trt and have no problem using 29g 1/2 inch insulin syringes. I do it every other day.

 

[Calm Logic]

I do it every other day.

I guess the TRT is helping then, haha.

 

[MsGizmo]

Only the Easy Touch made me bleed. So now I’m searching for the absolute thinnest needle possible. Seems like BD is a trusted brand.

I would think that any needle has a chance of making you bleed and hurting if they hit the right spot.

 

[yobculture]

I would think that any needle has a chance of making you bleed and hurting if they hit the right spot.

I agree. But I did it in the same area that I always do and had no issues in the past. It didn’t hurt at all. It just startled me because it was a pretty big drop of blood. I probably just hit a small blood vessel.

 

[Airborne Daddy]

I have no idea with the test-e I have now. The box and label from the UGL lab is shiny and pretty, but it just says oil base. It is thinner than the first UGL test-e that I got, which was also just "oil base."

With the thicker oil, I was able to get 30 units at a time. I will be getting thicker needles anyway since I am going to weekly dosing instead of twice a week.

The test-c I have on order has MCT as a base.

If the solution is clear it's mct oil or migoyl. If it's tinted it's grape seed oil with thicker viscosity. I know u said u have ugl stuff like me but with the trt 150.00 a month guys maybe the compounding pharms add a thinner but man the only way I could ever pin test in a slin pin was to back fill it. (Pull the plunger out and add the liquid from the back with a 22 or 23 Guage pin)

 

[TooBigtoFail]

Did bleed in the beginning. Was pinning at 45 degree angle, in areas with low fat, pinching the skin too hard. I now use love handles/fatty areas, 90 degree pin, and gently grab the skin to pin. I avoid the belly. Do not poke too many stoppers/vials before you pin the skin. The needle gets dull quickly. I use EasyTouch 31G 8mm. Some stoppers are denser, and must be poked in the center, otherwise is easy to bend these needles. This is my experience.

 

[Airborne Daddy]

I guess the TRT is helping then, haha.

Tren has me doing it thrice a day. With myself.