Got some pens off Ali Express I like so far

[Ted R]

My issue with these pens is the vials, they are not sterile and not able to be sterilised correctly using a steam autoclave with the bung in situ as the lumen of the vial is protected by the bung. the work around is remove from sterilisation pouch and remove bung, re package in new sterilisation pouch and cycle through an autoclave. Such a shame and a risk that these are not sterile from manufacturer.

 

[desinr-gal]

I have some BD "Ultra Fine" pen needles. I've had more pain from them vs any others. I've heard their quality has dropped in recent years. Shame. Right now I've moved to Easy Touch and barely have any pain.

Me too for the 8mm. I tried the sample set from Underground supply to be sure and yep easy touch wins.

I just brought the same one, it arrive a week ago but i've been too scared to use it.. plus it's going to be harder to hide in the fridge.. i can pass of a vial as korean skincare but a pen?

An insulated drink cup, is what I use I wrap them in a cloth and keep them in there. totally incognito. You need to make sure it's tall eneough and the cap as well. I just got a cheap one at Target for 7$

 

[desinr-gal]

I have some BD "Ultra Fine" pen needles. I've had more pain from them vs any others. I've heard their quality has dropped in recent years. Shame. Right now I've moved to Easy Touch and barely have any pain.

Are you using the 32G 4mm for the pen? I am using the 8mm, for KLOW, but I got the verifine 4mm in 32G for the other peps. and it's sometimes painless but often it's not. The syringes I loved were the 31G clever choice comfortEZ, always painless.
They have them in pen needles too. I just need to finish 100 of the others lol.

 

[desinr-gal]

allthingspeptides does that.. the sterilization with stoppers out in a pouch, then somehow they push them back in while still sealed in the pouch. they sell them in sets of 4.

 

[spyke65]

Think she means manufacturing. Which I still can't bring myself to get too worked up about when it comes to medical stuff (though I respect the thought).

I can appreciate the concern. I’m not too sure the manufacturing would create much more waste long term. A single use syringe made mostly of plastic probably generates as much cumulative manufacturing waste as an aluminum bodied reusable pen over the pen’s lifespan. Granted, I’ve only been using the three I have for about 4 months, but one is used daily and the other two weekly. They show no signs of wear so I hope to get many more months if not years from them.

I will say that this hobby does generate a surprising amount of waste in general. Especially those of us with daily pins.

 

[desinr-gal]

I can appreciate the concern. I’m not too sure the manufacturing would create much more waste long term. A single use syringe made mostly of plastic probably generates as much cumulative manufacturing waste as an aluminum bodied reusable pen over the pen’s lifespan. Granted, I’ve only been using the three I have for about 4 months, but one is used daily and the other two weekly. They show no signs of wear so I hope to get many more months if not years from them.

I will say that this hobby does generate a surprising amount of waste in general. Especially those of us with daily pins.

I get kind of horrified every time I recon, filter, and fill cartridges, it seems like a huge amount of trash. a lot of it Plastic 😢