All star pro pen

[FlowerFairy]

Here is the pen I mentioned ina previous post £50 delivered china to UK in a week. Hopefully it is a legit version
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Gansulins are nice pens. I have 2.

 

[FlowerFairy]

I just read through their instructions as well ... what kind of BS is that? Its a piece of plastic. I see no reason to not put it in the fridge. Also why in the world would you need to replace it in 3 years? I mean aside from convincing you to buy a new one.

That 3 year thing kills me. There is a vendor on AliExpress selling Luxuras with a small visual defect. One review complained that they received a pen that “expired” in 2017. 🙄 I felt my iq drop when I read that.

 

[littledragon25]

I am currently favouring the Gensupen 2. So much so I found a guy on eBay selling them, but he would only sell in bulk. I need 2 more... I've bought 10. Guess I need to find more peps to use!

 

[IshimaruKenta]

I am currently favouring the Gensupen 2. So much so I found a guy on eBay selling them, but he would only sell in bulk. I need 2 more... I've bought 10. Guess I need to find more peps to use!

That's the Bird pen. Nice, but cheaper quality and cheaper price than the gansulin.

 

[IshimaruKenta]

That 3 year thing kills me. There is a vendor on AliExpress selling Luxuras with a small visual defect. One review complained that they received a pen that “expired” in 2017. 🙄 I felt my iq drop when I read that.

I explained why they have an expiration date in a previous post.

 

[Paladine]

I just purchased a Gansulin on eBay for probably too much money. But, I want to try this whole pen thing. Where would be the best place to purchase the cartridges?

 

[4StrandKnot]

I just read through their instructions as well ... what kind of BS is that? Its a piece of plastic. I see no reason to not put it in the fridge. Also why in the world would you need to replace it in 3 years? I mean aside from convincing you to buy a new one.

They can and do go in the fridge. Gansulin pens are insulin pens. The recommendation is that the pen is stored in the fridge until it is used. Then once it is open, it should be kept out of the fridge and used within 28 days.

Cold insulin is painful to inject, and the compound is sensitive to temperature changes. It's believed to be better to keep the pen at room temp for the 4 week window, rather than than taking it from the fridge, warming it up, and returning it to the fridge.

 

[4StrandKnot]

There are technically 3 "auto" pens on the market. They're 100% not the same as the auto-injector pens like Zepbound or Mounjaro. If you've seen regular pens, you dial the dose and have to manually push it in for it to give you the dose. With auto pens, you dial the dose, but you just push a button and it injects the dose. You still have to push the needle into you, but you don't push the end to inject. The button does it.

The three pens are the Gansulin pen (green), the Bird pen (red) and Mumford Autoject2. The Autoject 2 is similar to the Zepbound pens and isn't as ni e as the others. The Gansulin is the Chinese version of the ServoPen, and the Bird pen is the Chinese version of the GensuPen2. The Gansulin pen is about $52-78 from US sellers, but about $115ish from AliExpress. Bird pen is about $35. My favorite is the Gansulin and it's just so nice. Expensive but well worth it.

I have the AutoJect2. I have never used the Bird or the Gansulin, but I don't think they are in the same class. The AutoJect isn't really a pen at all -- it's plastic housing that sits around a disposable syringe. It creates a mechanized action for an EasyTouch (or equivalent).

I haven't tried it yet, but I will next week. I don't have confidence that I can successfully inject myself in the abdomen due to the angles involved, this looked like a reasonable option.

 

[IshimaruKenta]

I just purchased a Gansulin on eBay for probably too much money. But, I want to try this whole pen thing. Where would be the best place to purchase the cartridges?

Lots of places. AliExpress is super cheap but you can't trust that they're actually sterile. Underground Supply uses UV but UV can degrade the plastic plunger/nub. If they say they've been sterilized in an autoclave, those are properly done. Just really depends on how sterile you want them.