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.

 

[BioHealthAus]

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.

I will look at these more closely. They look good at a quick glance. Thanks.

 

[BioHealthAus]

These Gansulin pens, what cartridges etc do they take? They look fantastic.

 

[Sid the SeaGull]

These Gansulin pens, what cartridges etc do they take? They look fantastic.

Standard 3ml ,also on AE , there is another thread that has AE shops with verified sterile carts . Ill try to find the link later

 

[Sid the SeaGull]

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

Heaven Island
HDRSMTMED
Henan Dunyu
Duren Health
Summer Xia Choice

It was further up this post , as mentioned by calm logic , some tests were done on Ali and were positive at that point in time .

 

[BioHealthAus]

Thanks so much, I have heaps of standard cartridges. 🙂

 

[joseblo]

These Gansulin pens, what cartridges etc do they take? They look fantastic.

Gansulin pens are expensive (esp on AliEx), but great. The Gensu2 in particular is probably the best of the auto-injectors (spring loaded not manual).

Look on the LS_Testing server (in vendors here) they've done a couple of 100+ pen group buys in US/E at ~$35ea +$10 shipping, which is a great deal!

 

[joseblo]

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.

There are so many versions of the V2 (and now V3?) pens that it's really unpredictable.

They have different number of ridges on the selector, better and worse printing on the selector dial, square vs rounded edges on the push button, some with labels showing units on the cart holder, others without. Some of these are better and worse for reliability and smoothness, but often the pictures of what is being sold don't exactly match what is delivered, which makes distinguishing them a crapshoot anyway. I own 5 different pairs of V2 and they appear to be 5 different pens. For $15-20 ea I want recommend splurging for a something better, but they come in such pretty colors!

At the same time, all of them have worked OK and only one was repeatably off by a unit. One of them was a bit sticky and some teflon spray fixed it. YMMV!

My once beloved Bird Pens appear to be no more. It's Gensu2 or bust.

 

[pughster25]

Gansulin pens are expensive (esp on AliEx), but great. The Gensu2 in particular is probably the best of the auto-injectors (spring loaded not manual).

Look on the LS_Testing server (in vendors here) they've done a couple of 100+ pen group buys in US/E at ~$35ea +$10 shipping, which is a great deal!

I've just had 6 in the last GB, defo real good quality, all 6 tested accurate several times, i also have some V2 from ali which i didn't like that much, felt cheap and real easy to under dose as the plunger slips if pressed a little too hard

 

[desinr-gal]

There are so many versions of the V2 (and now V3?) pens that it's really unpredictable.

They have different number of ridges on the selector, better and worse printing on the selector dial, square vs rounded edges on the push button, some with labels showing units on the cart holder, others without. Some of these are better and worse for reliability and smoothness, but often the pictures of what is being sold don't exactly match what is delivered, which makes distinguishing them a crapshoot anyway. I own 5 different pairs of V2 and they appear to be 5 different pens. For $15-20 ea I want recommend splurging for a something better, but they come in such pretty colors!

At the same time, all of them have worked OK and only one was repeatably off by a unit. One of them was a bit sticky and some teflon spray fixed it. YMMV!

My once beloved Bird Pens appear to be no more. It's Gensu2 or bust.

I am using the V1, because it has a covered cap. The V2 are open. Sometimes they are hard to push, but I am now certain that is the Cartridge stoppers that are hard, which causes this. I like the V1 because I want to control the rate of the injection. Spicy can be managed with slower injection, and I may want to change locations if I hit a nerve. MIne are solid, and beautiful colors which allow me to easily identify the peps inside. I have not ever tested their accuracy..