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Hello,

In a few months I’ll be taking a trip and will be away for roughly 5 days. I thought about simply not doing the research during that time, but the stretch feels too long. Up to now I’ve only used standard syringes, but I noticed a mention of peptidecritic.com and saw that they sell disposable pens v1.2 and v2 at a fair price. Before committing to reusable pens, I want to test out the disposable option.

  1. When flying, is it less risky to carry research materials in a pen rather than vials that might have labels and syringes, or should I avoid bringing them on the plane altogether?
  2. Are the needle tips universal, so that if I purchase a bigger pack of tips now, those same tips will work with a reusable pen down the line?
  3. Does anyone here have firsthand experience with the disposable ones from peptide critic that I mentioned above?
Thank you!
 
1) certainly more low-key, and it cuts down on medical waste.

2) micro tips are all identical, but when the price gap shows up I go with quality rather than cheaping out

3) curious, though I don't know how good a disposable is or how much it would actually save
 
I haven't traveled with them, and I haven't used the disposable version either. As far as I can tell, the pen needles are interchangeable. I've gone through multiple brands, and every one of them functioned without issue on both my V1 and V2 pens.

One thing I'll admit: once I started using pens, reaching for a regular syringe became irritating...lol.

The only thing I still draw up with a syringe is my once-a-week peps, while everything else goes into a pen.
 
I have no experience with disposable pens, and the "Uncle Wang" branded items strike me as being in poor taste, so that site isn't one I purchase from. My V2 pens come from PepPens, and every few medication refills I'll sacrifice a cartridge just to check accuracy. Accuracy has never been an issue.

Peptides aren't something TSA concerns itself with. Their focus is on things that go boom. Medications pass through their checkpoints constantly. Syringes and vials can be brought along without any problems. That said, I'm quite fond of my new Phomemo label maker, and I'll confess that having a tidy label on my meds makes them appear far more legitimate. Unlike Niimbot, it doesn't rely on proprietary labels.

Paying money just to discard something doesn't strike me as delivering much in the way of savings. My pens, however, are something I genuinely like. The cap gets thrown away. Being able to see the needle clearly helps me aim better.

Standard pen needles are what they take, and PocketSharps is a brand offering a compact sharps container designed for travel. You can choose a discreet black and green option, or go with biohazard red.
 
I'd absolutely suggest looking into several options before deciding. From what I've seen, reusable devices cost about the same and are a better choice than disposables.

Q1, in my view, would be simpler for travel, x pens, 5 * x pens in needles that are smaller than dice each. It seems like your Q2 has already been addressed. For Q3, I have peptidecritic’s v3.5. The quality is acceptable, though nowhere near the Savvio I picked up for roughly the same price. A name brand (Savvio) or auto-injector would be my strong recommendation.
 
CathyGoesFar said:

I have no experience with disposable pens, and the "Uncle Wang" branded items strike me as being in poor taste, so that site isn't one I purchase from. My V2 pens come from PepPens, and every few medication refills I'll sacrifice a cartridge just to check accuracy. Accuracy has never been an issue.

Peptides aren't something TSA concerns itself with. Their focus is on things that go boom. Medications pass through their checkpoints constantly. Syringes and vials can be brought along without any problems. That said, I'm quite fond of my new Phomemo label maker, and I'll confess that having a tidy label on my meds makes them appear far more legitimate. Unlike Niimbot, it doesn't rely on proprietary labels.

Paying money just to discard something doesn't strike me as delivering much in the way of savings. My pens, however, are something I genuinely like. The cap gets thrown away. Being able to see the needle clearly helps me aim better.

Standard pen needles are what they take, and PocketSharps is a brand offering a compact sharps container designed for travel. You can choose a discreet black and green option, or go with biohazard red.
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When it comes to PepPens, would you say it's the top choice in terms of popularity and trustworthiness? Also, is thepeppen.com the correct site? If that's not right, could you provide the proper link?
 
SeaGypsy said:

I haven't traveled with them, and I haven't used the disposable version either. As far as I can tell, the pen needles are interchangeable. I've gone through multiple brands, and every one of them functioned without issue on both my V1 and V2 pens.

One thing I'll admit: once I started using pens, reaching for a regular syringe became irritating...lol.

The only thing I still draw up with a syringe is my once-a-week peps, while everything else goes into a pen.
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Starting today, that's going to be my situation too. My 2 extra V2 pens plus the supplies arrived just yesterday, so now I'm getting my KPV and TA1 ready with carts, and I can't wait. Those 2, along with my GHK-cu that I take every day, will go through the super easy pens, while my tirzepatide, which I inject once a week, stays on a syringe since it's just 1 shot and done.
 
lakelife13 said:

CathyGoesFar said:

I have no experience with disposable pens, and the "Uncle Wang" branded items strike me as being in poor taste, so that site isn't one I purchase from. My V2 pens come from PepPens, and every few medication refills I'll sacrifice a cartridge just to check accuracy. Accuracy has never been an issue.

Peptides aren't something TSA concerns itself with. Their focus is on things that go boom. Medications pass through their checkpoints constantly. Syringes and vials can be brought along without any problems. That said, I'm quite fond of my new Phomemo label maker, and I'll confess that having a tidy label on my meds makes them appear far more legitimate. Unlike Niimbot, it doesn't rely on proprietary labels.

Paying money just to discard something doesn't strike me as delivering much in the way of savings. My pens, however, are something I genuinely like. The cap gets thrown away. Being able to see the needle clearly helps me aim better.

Standard pen needles are what they take, and PocketSharps is a brand offering a compact sharps container designed for travel. You can choose a discreet black and green option, or go with biohazard red.
Click to expand...
When it comes to PepPens, would you say it's the top choice in terms of popularity and trustworthiness? Also, is thepeppen.com the correct site? If that's not right, could you provide the proper link?
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Sources vary quite a bit. I go with that particular one. To be honest, I can't really tell how much the pens differ—they appear identical, yet a few are way off while others stay more consistent. I do inject slowly. In my opinion, the rubber stopper requires time to move.
 
CathyGoesFar said:

lakelife13 said:

CathyGoesFar said:

I have no experience with disposable pens, and the "Uncle Wang" branded items strike me as being in poor taste, so that site isn't one I purchase from. My V2 pens come from PepPens, and every few medication refills I'll sacrifice a cartridge just to check accuracy. Accuracy has never been an issue.

Peptides aren't something TSA concerns itself with. Their focus is on things that go boom. Medications pass through their checkpoints constantly. Syringes and vials can be brought along without any problems. That said, I'm quite fond of my new Phomemo label maker, and I'll confess that having a tidy label on my meds makes them appear far more legitimate. Unlike Niimbot, it doesn't rely on proprietary labels.

Paying money just to discard something doesn't strike me as delivering much in the way of savings. My pens, however, are something I genuinely like. The cap gets thrown away. Being able to see the needle clearly helps me aim better.

Standard pen needles are what they take, and PocketSharps is a brand offering a compact sharps container designed for travel. You can choose a discreet black and green option, or go with biohazard red.
Click to expand...
When it comes to PepPens, would you say it's the top choice in terms of popularity and trustworthiness? Also, is thepeppen.com the correct site? If that's not right, could you provide the proper link?
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Sources vary quite a bit. I go with that particular one. To be honest, I can't really tell how much the pens differ—they appear identical, yet a few are way off while others stay more consistent. I do inject slowly. In my opinion, the rubber stopper requires time to move.
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Thanks for sharing that. When it comes to checking precision, how many measurements have you taken?
 
I own 2 V2 pens, 2 HumaPen Savvios, a gansulin, plus a few disposable ones.

Buying those disposables is something I really wish I hadn't done. My reason for getting them was doubt about whether pens would suit me or whether I could rely on the dose being right. Once the pens arrived, I checked every one of them for accuracy, and the precision of pen dosing honestly surprised me. These aren't exactly high-tech devices. I'm tempted to open one up just to see what's inside. For testing, I followed the instructions from Undergroud Supply and used tap water.





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Grogu said:

I own 2 V2 pens, 2 HumaPen Savvios, a gansulin, plus a few disposable ones.

Buying those disposables is something I really wish I hadn't done. My reason for getting them was doubt about whether pens would suit me or whether I could rely on the dose being right. Once the pens arrived, I checked every one of them for accuracy, and the precision of pen dosing honestly surprised me. These aren't exactly high-tech devices. I'm tempted to open one up just to see what's inside. For testing, I followed the instructions from Undergroud Supply and used tap water.





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Just to make sure I've got this right — those 2 V2 pens you checked were also essentially spot-on when it came to dosing accuracy? That's quite something, given how budget-friendly they tend to be (at least next to the Convis, Gansu, and Savvios options).
 
lakelife13 said:

CathyGoesFar said:

lakelife13 said:

CathyGoesFar said:

I have no experience with disposable pens, and the "Uncle Wang" branded items strike me as being in poor taste, so that site isn't one I purchase from. My V2 pens come from PepPens, and every few medication refills I'll sacrifice a cartridge just to check accuracy. Accuracy has never been an issue.

Peptides aren't something TSA concerns itself with. Their focus is on things that go boom. Medications pass through their checkpoints constantly. Syringes and vials can be brought along without any problems. That said, I'm quite fond of my new Phomemo label maker, and I'll confess that having a tidy label on my meds makes them appear far more legitimate. Unlike Niimbot, it doesn't rely on proprietary labels.

Paying money just to discard something doesn't strike me as delivering much in the way of savings. My pens, however, are something I genuinely like. The cap gets thrown away. Being able to see the needle clearly helps me aim better.

Standard pen needles are what they take, and PocketSharps is a brand offering a compact sharps container designed for travel. You can choose a discreet black and green option, or go with biohazard red.
Click to expand...
When it comes to PepPens, would you say it's the top choice in terms of popularity and trustworthiness? Also, is thepeppen.com the correct site? If that's not right, could you provide the proper link?
Click to expand...
Sources vary quite a bit. I go with that particular one. To be honest, I can't really tell how much the pens differ—they appear identical, yet a few are way off while others stay more consistent. I do inject slowly. In my opinion, the rubber stopper requires time to move.
Click to expand...
Thanks for sharing that. When it comes to checking precision, how many measurements have you taken?
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Between 2 of their pens, I've done it 3 or 4 times. After Peptide critic mentioned similar pens having problems, I got worried and tested once more. Still, I believe my pen is the same model as the one he offers. After all, they're all produced by just a few factories.
 
ThatNextGril said:

Grogu said:

I own 2 V2 pens, 2 HumaPen Savvios, a gansulin, plus a few disposable ones.

Buying those disposables is something I really wish I hadn't done. My reason for getting them was doubt about whether pens would suit me or whether I could rely on the dose being right. Once the pens arrived, I checked every one of them for accuracy, and the precision of pen dosing honestly surprised me. These aren't exactly high-tech devices. I'm tempted to open one up just to see what's inside. For testing, I followed the instructions from Undergroud Supply and used tap water.





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Just to make sure I've got this right — those 2 V2 pens you checked were also essentially spot-on when it came to dosing accuracy? That's quite something, given how budget-friendly they tend to be (at least next to the Convis, Gansu, and Savvios options).
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V1s are known to be far more reliable when it comes to accuracy, and the price is quite low. It's good that lakelife ended up with V2s that measured correctly.

As for mine, the V2s were tossed out right away. Eventually I moved on to using a combination of convi/gansulin along with Novopens.
 
ThatNextGril said:

Grogu said:

I own 2 V2 pens, 2 HumaPen Savvios, a gansulin, plus a few disposable ones.

Buying those disposables is something I really wish I hadn't done. My reason for getting them was doubt about whether pens would suit me or whether I could rely on the dose being right. Once the pens arrived, I checked every one of them for accuracy, and the precision of pen dosing honestly surprised me. These aren't exactly high-tech devices. I'm tempted to open one up just to see what's inside. For testing, I followed the instructions from Undergroud Supply and used tap water.





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Just to make sure I've got this right — those 2 V2 pens you checked were also essentially spot-on when it came to dosing accuracy? That's quite something, given how budget-friendly they tend to be (at least next to the Convis, Gansu, and Savvios options).
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Yep, I ran both V2s through testing and they performed flawlessly in my case. The precision of the dosing caught me off guard. Because I was using tap water, an already-used cart, and an insulin syringe, I repeated the process many times — purely out of curiosity. This wasn't a single trial. Being fairly OCD, I spread these tests across several days. Somewhere I came across the idea that the mechanism gets smoother the more it's used.

I got the 2 Savvios from Canada, and they cost just $30 apiece before shipping. I checked the Gansulin by testing it, but I haven't injected with it so far.
 
Grogu said:

ThatNextGril said:

Grogu said:

I own 2 V2 pens, 2 HumaPen Savvios, a gansulin, plus a few disposable ones.

Buying those disposables is something I really wish I hadn't done. My reason for getting them was doubt about whether pens would suit me or whether I could rely on the dose being right. Once the pens arrived, I checked every one of them for accuracy, and the precision of pen dosing honestly surprised me. These aren't exactly high-tech devices. I'm tempted to open one up just to see what's inside. For testing, I followed the instructions from Undergroud Supply and used tap water.





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Just to make sure I've got this right — those 2 V2 pens you checked were also essentially spot-on when it came to dosing accuracy? That's quite something, given how budget-friendly they tend to be (at least next to the Convis, Gansu, and Savvios options).
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Yep, I ran both V2s through testing and they performed flawlessly in my case. The precision of the dosing caught me off guard. Because I was using tap water, an already-used cart, and an insulin syringe, I repeated the process many times — purely out of curiosity. This wasn't a single trial. Being fairly OCD, I spread these tests across several days. Somewhere I came across the idea that the mechanism gets smoother the more it's used.

I got the 2 Savvios from Canada, and they cost just $30 apiece before shipping. I checked the Gansulin by testing it, but I haven't injected with it so far.
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Thanks, that's helpful. One of these days I might go ahead and spend the extra on a Savvio, though I'm constantly juggling which seller carries the accessories I'm after so I can put together an order that qualifies for free shipping (at the moment I'm trying to track down carts, since Injection Shop doesn't carry them and I'm placing an order with them for other items today). So if I can grab sterile carts and the pen together, that's a plus!
 
I've also been enjoying another option for a manual pen: Nest pens. I bought 3 of them at $23 each. Each one includes a decent small case, standard QA materials, and a manual.

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Reusable Injection Pen Guide (PDF)

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