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Flash-BCR said:

BNLFL said:

Flash-BCR said:

BNLFL said:

Troposphere said:

4yeo said:

Troposphere said:

4yeo said:

Looks like I’ll be getting a kit, 10*20.

My plan is to recon 1 and put the remaining 9 in the freezer. I’m not going to stay at 2mg for 100 weeks, so if I wanted to raise the dose, rather than drawing 20 units, could I simply draw 30/40?

anhydrous said:

Given what you've already been through, going with .5 or 1mg would just burn your time for nothing — 2mg is where you ought to begin. The reconstitution approach you've got will do the job, though it's worth checking what mass your vials actually test at, since that lets you plug the numbers into a calculator and tweak the math so it lines up better with reality. As for venting, a spare needle pushed in at a shallow angle — kept above where the final solution sits — gets the job done, and then you can add your bac using a different needle and syringe.

Regarding finding out what mass they test at, does that just mean putting them on a scale?

What he means is that you should get hold of a Certificate of Analysis (COA). From those documents you can see the number of mgs contained in the vial.

Say your RT20 actually tests as overfilled (a frequent occurrence) and shows 25mg — then, if you had reconstituted it assuming only 20mg was present, the dose you end up taking is larger than you believed.

Tell me if that doesn't make sense.

skaylife said:

Weighing them yourself only tells you whether filling is consistent between vials in a set. It tells you nothing about how much peptide is inside. Additives are present in your peptide and their ratio is unknown. Weighing in a vial is also pointless since every vial weighs differently. Do you think glass weight is accurate?

The full vial has to be weighed. Reconstitute it. Draw everything out with a syringe. Open the vial cap. Dry the vial completely, then weigh the glass and cap once more. The difference is the weight of the powder inside — though that is not the pure peptide weight. A scale with a 0.001g~20g weighging reach is also required. That 0.001g under limit matters.

I believe @anhydrous was misunderstood by you — look at what I wrote above. Weighing peptides at home is not something I've come across anyone doing. Like you already pointed out, there's no real use for it.

Right, that matches what I suspected — same as the 21.87mg, 22mg etc. figures you come across on janoshik.

In that case, would every vial from one batch be treated as identical? Most of the time people only send 1-2 off for testing from a batch.

That's right.

4yeo said:

Troposphere said:

4yeo said:

Looks like I’ll be getting a kit, 10*20.

My plan is to recon 1 and put the remaining 9 in the freezer. I’m not going to stay at 2mg for 100 weeks, so if I wanted to raise the dose, rather than drawing 20 units, could I simply draw 30/40?

anhydrous said:

Given what you've already been through, going with .5 or 1mg would just burn your time for nothing — 2mg is where you ought to begin. The reconstitution approach you've got will do the job, though it's worth checking what mass your vials actually test at, since that lets you plug the numbers into a calculator and tweak the math so it lines up better with reality. As for venting, a spare needle pushed in at a shallow angle — kept above where the final solution sits — gets the job done, and then you can add your bac using a different needle and syringe.

Regarding finding out what mass they test at, does that just mean putting them on a scale?

What he means is that you should get hold of a Certificate of Analysis (COA). From those documents you can see the number of mgs contained in the vial.

Say your RT20 actually tests as overfilled (a frequent occurrence) and shows 25mg — then, if you had reconstituted it assuming only 20mg was present, the dose you end up taking is larger than you believed.

Tell me if that doesn't make sense.

skaylife said:

Weighing them yourself only tells you whether filling is consistent between vials in a set. It tells you nothing about how much peptide is inside. Additives are present in your peptide and their ratio is unknown. Weighing in a vial is also pointless since every vial weighs differently. Do you think glass weight is accurate?

The full vial has to be weighed. Reconstitute it. Draw everything out with a syringe. Open the vial cap. Dry the vial completely, then weigh the glass and cap once more. The difference is the weight of the powder inside — though that is not the pure peptide weight. A scale with a 0.001g~20g weighging reach is also required. That 0.001g under limit matters.

I believe @anhydrous was misunderstood by you — look at what I wrote above. Weighing peptides at home is not something I've come across anyone doing. Like you already pointed out, there's no real use for it.

Right, that matches what I suspected — same as the 21.87mg, 22mg etc. figures you come across on janoshik.

In that case, would every vial from one batch be treated as identical? Most of the time people only send 1-2 off for testing from a batch.

When I decide my dose, I go by the COAs. With a chemistry background, I enjoy the feeling of exactness

I only change my mixing when the amount comes out really high or really low. A mg or 2 either way doesn't bother me. Say an R60 tests at 65 or 55mg, then I'll reconstitute to match that, but the gap isn't huge.

Yeah, when the overfill comes in under 10%, I usually just chalk it up to the filtering tax or spill tax

With the Biologix 13mm, the capacity is precisely 13mg. I repeated this test just a few days ago. That cost you 13u of BAC, plus a 1ml syringe and a filter.

Of course!….are you on Reta?

You'd have a better read on it.