Is it fine to not test my SN?

[KuRsAnI]

I know this is a silly question and obviously the tests are to determine if I have SN, but if I received a white salt-looking thing, shouldn't it be nitrite? The thing is, I can't receive many packages to my house as I still live in my family and it would raise suspicions. I don't want to make myself bleed and also, the aquarium test kit looks complicated and I'm not too smart, although I could probably get the hang of it if I read it alot of times.

 

[restingspot]

Honestly? SN isn't regulated (in the United States) so as long as you got it from the right source and it's Nitrite and not Nitrate you should be fine.

 

[KuRsAnI]

I got it from (L...) on the crafter's site

 

[restingspot]

No idea what that is (I left the site for a bit before letters were used for vagueness wrt SN sources) but I'll take your word for it. As long as it's SN you're good. It's not hard to get like Nembutal ergo it's counterproductive to cut its purity.

 

[KuRsAnI]

isn't getting nembutal illegal though?

 

[Saed]

I got it from (L...) on the crafter's site

Ukrainian SN is something of a unknown quantity right now. Personally,I would test it.

isn't getting nembutal illegal though?

Yes.Here in the U.K. SN is as good as illegal,really. "Reputable" companies are reporting suspect enquiries and attempts to purchase it (by individuals in particular). You need to be a limited company,business,partner or hold a license from the home office to buy it.
I don't know what would happen,exactly,if customs intercepted it. Visit from the po-po,for sure.
We're an innocent community of meat curers and violin makers

 

[KuRsAnI]

Ukrainian SN is something of a unknown quantity right now. Personally,I would test it.

Yes,but this thread concerns sodium nitrite. Here in the U.K. it's as good as illegal,really. "Reputable" companies are reporting suspect enquiries and attempts to purchase it (by individuals in particular). You need to be a limited company,business,partner or hold a license from the home office to buy it.
I don't know what would happen,exactly,if customs intercepted it. Visit from the po-po,for sure.
We're an innocent community of meat curers and violin makers

Snap, I don't like that answer since I wished I could not test it lol, you need to receive another package for the aquarium testing kit right? That makes things a bit tricky for me since I received my antacid, the SN and the antiemetic soon, and it would be pretty weird if my parents opened the aquarium testing kit package and found what's inside

 

[Despo41]

Where do you get the aquarium test kit from please?

 

[x-Ace-x]

Where do you get the aquarium test kit from please?

From any major online shop, like the one starting with E. I'm just not sure which one is the best because there are lots of them.

 

[Anonymoussn]

I ordered from the same seller as you did, and I have no intention of testing it, for the same reasons you have stated. I dont know if anyone else has tested it, but I do know that a decent amount of people have posted on here that they have bought from the same seller, and nobody has posted to say they tested it and didnt work, or that they tried the SN and it hasnt worked.

I also have to admit I've not yet seen anyone post a goodbye thread or anything who ordered from that seller, so I cant know if anyone has used it and been successful. But I'm taking the fact that a fair few people have ordered from there, and nobody has yet complained to be a good sign. You cant know for sure though - so it would be wise to test if at all possible, but like I say, I'm going with my instinct and assuming it's fine since I dont feel getting the test is an option for me.

 

[Walilamdzi]

It could be anything.

 

[WhatIsMyLife]

Where do you get the aquarium test kit from please?

Pet stores stock them. The API 5 in 1 test kit works fine.

 

[Jumper Geo]

If you don't want to use your blood any blood will do, lol check out the fridge there may be a fresh joint of meat or liver in packaging there's usually plenty of blood.

Cheers

Geo

 

[GoodPersonEffed]

I bought some SN that was supposed to be 99% pure. I got an aquarium test kit but without strips, the drops were supposed to change color [edit: and they didn't change color]. So I did a blood test, and the color didn't change to dark chocolate brown, more like coffee with with cream, which means I potentially would not have had sufficient methemoglobinemia to kill me. Bought different SN, drops still didn't change color, but my blood did get sufficiently dark enough.

So, I know you don't want to do the aquarium test strips because it seems complicated...and I know you don't want to bleed...but do you want to take a chance that the SN isn't at least 95% pure and will lead to suffering but not death?

 

[Eden1505]

I bought some SN that was supposed to be 99% pure. I got an aquarium test kit but without strips, the drops were supposed to change color. So I did a blood test, and the color didn't change to dark chocolate brown, more like coffee with with cream, which means I potentially would not have had sufficient methemoglobinemia to kill me. Bought different SN, drops still didn't change color, but my blood did get sufficiently dark enough.

Do you think in retrospect that an aquarium testing kit with strips is more reliable than the drops?

 

[GoodPersonEffed]

Do you think in retrospect that an aquarium testing kit with strips is more reliable than the drops?

Yes. Strips aren't available to order where I live or I would have done so. But several people have posted on this site about having used the strips, so I would definitely try them. I get that it can be complicated, but it's way less complicated than CO!

I know this is a silly question and obviously the tests are to determine if I have SN, but if I received a white salt-looking thing, shouldn't it be nitrite?

It's to test the purity. It needs to be at least 95%.

 

[I screwed up]

I HAVE the Same problem as the OP. Cannot be sure of the purity of SN , we don't get aquarium test kits here, probably blood is the only way out .
I HAVE the Same problem as the OP. Cannot be sure of the purity of SN , we don't get aquarium test kits here, probably blood is the only way out .

 

[x-Ace-x]

Do you know of any members who got scammed when the seller pretended it to be a sodium nitrIte?

Except @NeCkDeEp case because she said nitrAte was written on the label.

Personally, I'd say blood test is enough. I've seen the photos of blood with different levels of methemoglobin and could easily differentiate between them. Also keep in mind that some phone's camera can make an image look more bright than it actually is.

 

[KuRsAnI]

The aquarium test doesn't look that complicated but it's the fact that I'm going to need 2 more deliveries for a syringe and an aquarium test kit and the fact that it'S a bulky process that irritates me in doing this test. If I'm caught with 2 big bottles of 1L, and a kitchen scale, I don't know what the hell i'm going to answer.

And I don't know how to find any blood for the blood test which is a more secretive, better option for me.

All in all, I'm quite pissed off at the SN method but it's my favorite one lol

 

[x-Ace-x]

The aquarium test doesn't look that complicated but it's the fact that I'm going to need 2 more deliveries for a syringe and an aquarium test kit and the fact that it'S a bulky process that irritates me in doing this test. If I'm caught with 2 big bottles of 1L, and a kitchen scale, I don't know what the hell i'm going to answer.

And I don't know how to find any blood for the blood test which is a more secretive, better option for me.

All in all, I'm quite pissed off at the SN method but it's my favorite one lol

Poking your fingertips with a needle shouldn't be painful, maybe only a bit uncomfortable but shouldn't be hard

Hard to say from my perspective cause I love blood

 

[Angel79]

I am also considering if the blood test is sufficient or if I should go down the aquarium route. My SN looks legit and was from Poland but that doesn't guarantee anything. What to do, what to do??

 

[Wiltshire]

[QUOTE="Saed, post: 755651, member: 17349"
Ukrainian SN is something of a unknown quantity right now. Personally,I would test it.

what makes you think that? There doesn't seem to be any reason to suggest it isn't what it says it is. It's not like it's an illegal drug that is being bought from some dark black market/street corner etc. You don't buy a packet of gluten free pasta from a supermarket then think' oh I'd better test it's gluten free as no-one can be trusted'. The laboratory in Ukr——- is likely to sell to many other sources for many valid reasons other than the ones on here. They wouldn't be in business if the product they were selling was not what it says it is, nor would they be openly selling it on a site that is accessible to anyone. It's not expensive and I can't believe there is any reason to dupe a purchaser. Just putting my oar in!

 

[KuRsAnI]

Guys, what's the worst that could happen if I didn't test my SN from Ukraine and did the process to drink it anyway? Like if the SN isn't high enough purity or if it's not even SN, I hope I don't go through any permanent damage or long stay at the hospital

 

[Aap]

Dissolve a little in water and mix with blood (from a finger prick). It should change colors almost instantly.

 

[Saed]

[QUOTE="Saed, post: 755651, member: 17349"
Ukrainian SN is something of a unknown quantity right now. Personally,I would test it.

what makes you think that? There doesn't seem to be any reason to suggest it isn't what it says it is. It's not like it's an illegal drug that is being bought from some dark black market/street corner etc. You don't buy a packet of gluten free pasta from a supermarket then think' oh I'd better test it's gluten free as no-one can be trusted'. The laboratory in Ukr——- is likely to sell to many other sources for many valid reasons other than the ones on here. They wouldn't be in business if the product they were selling was not what it says it is, nor would they be openly selling it on a site that is accessible to anyone. It's not expensive and I can't believe there is any reason to dupe a purchaser. Just putting my oar in!

What I meant was,we have no anecdotal evidence regarding this SN at all.
Noone has tested it to determine its purity - the seller supplies it in plastic bags (although,he seems to have slightly improved this by vacuum sealing).
It's possible it could be high in nitrAte as a consequence of contact with air.
From his perspective,he's selling it for meat curing,so only a wee bit would be mixed in with other salt,making any impurities negligible. Plus,there's a journey of several weeks,months in some instances,overland from Ukraine (in what was once a simple,zip locked bag).
This isn't meant to sound accusatory,I'm just saying,it's possible.

Testing it is advisable,imho.

 

[Taraxias]

If someone receives there package from this seller and tests it lets publish the results in order to know the purity he sells

 

[KuRsAnI]

What I meant was,we have no anecdotal evidence regarding this SN at all.
Noone has tested it to determine its purity - the seller supplies it in plastic bags (although,he seems to have slightly improved this by vacuum sealing).
It's possible it could be high in nitrAte as a consequence of contact with air.
From his perspective,he's selling it for meat curing,so only a wee bit would be mixed in with other salt,making any impurities negligible. Plus,there's a journey of several weeks,months in some instances,overland from Ukraine (in what was once a simple,zip locked bag).
This isn't meant to sound accusatory,I'm just saying,it's possible.

Testing it is advisable,imho.

damn, that's very scary, thanks for informing us so professionally about this SN. I'd like to do the blood test, but how could I take out blood for my body? I'm not sure that pricking my finger with a small needle could pour out blood... I have another solution though. I take injections once a month and there's blood on the plaster, do you think that sprinkling that with my SN would give results?

 

[Despondent]

I bought some SN that was supposed to be 99% pure. I got an aquarium test kit but without strips, the drops were supposed to change color [edit: and they didn't change color]. So I did a blood test, and the color didn't change to dark chocolate brown, more like coffee with with cream, which means I potentially would not have had sufficient methemoglobinemia to kill me. Bought different SN, drops still didn't change color, but my blood did get sufficiently dark enough.

So, I know you don't want to do the aquarium test strips because it seems complicated...and I know you don't want to bleed...but do you want to take a chance that the SN isn't at least 95% pure and will lead to suffering but not death?

So with this kit, when testing SN, it should turn to a dark chocolate brown if it's the real stuff?

 

[x-Ace-x]

damn, that's very scary, thanks for informing us so professionally about this SN. I'd like to do the blood test, but how could I take out blood for my body? I'm not sure that pricking my finger with a small needle could pour out blood... I have another solution though. I take injections once a month and there's blood on the plaster, do you think that sprinkling that with my SN would give results?

If the blood is still fresh, then yes, otherwise I wouldn't recommend it cause it naturally becomes darker when exposed to air so the blood test could be darker than normally even if it's not of enough purity.

Even a single fingertip will give enough blood, I just started pricking my 4 fingers because why not and my hands were full of blood Didn't hurt at all, just keep pricking till you see blood coming out and you're good.

 

[Eden1505]

Even a single fingetip will give enough blood, I just started pricking my 4 fingers because why not and my hands were full of blood Didn't hurt at all, just keep pricking till you see blood coming out and you're good.

Fill a teaspoon with fresh blood then add a minute amount of SN to see how the blood reacts. Is this the correct procedure for the blood test method?