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Has anyone tried the "Sterifilt" brand filters for IV?

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NannyBunny

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I just bought a box of them from an overseas retailer, I've never tried them before and am curious since there is no hassle of screwing and unscrewing shit like with a micron wheel filter. Let me know your thoughts! They are for a friend that IV's pills and dope.
 
I cant find a really good in-depth thread for one, Ive found threads where they are mentioned once or twice, but not really compared to micron filters.
 
I made a thread here about them. They are easy as fuck to use and fit on the end of any insulin syringe.
 
There is a thread in OD that compares them to microns, I can't find it right now sorry. Basically they filter out particles over 10 microns, whereas most micron/wheel filters filter out particles over 0.4 or 0.2 microns, so Sterifilts are not as fine a filter but are still much better than using a cotton ball. I found they clogged easily, so you might need to use more water than usual and maybe try things like moving it around etc if you have problems with clogging. And you might want to do a "wash" with water at the end to get any additional solution that's trapped in the filter.

EDIT: Didn't see paranoid android's link before I posted - it contains the links to the threads on the topic.

Also we discourage saying "a friend" here (unless it truly is a friend which it usually isn't ;)).
 
The advantages are that Sterifilts don't require any special syringes or other equipment, are easy to use, are cheaper, and are more widely available in some places. When we gave Sterifilts out for free at the exchange it was difficult enough to get people to use them, let alone to even consider using micron filters. People can be very resistant to changing their drug prep habits, especially if it adds any extra time or effort onto the process.
 
People didn't even want to use them for free? WTF is wrong with people. I thought I was doing myself a favor getting the sterifilt's opposed to the micron filters because of the price. Then I learned people go ahead and filter and prep a week or a months supply of their substance at a time to justify the price. If I knew that when I placed the order, I would have went with the micron filters.
 
Yeah they give them out at the needle exchanged here for free and the idiots still don't want to use them! Apparently i am one of the few people that does and i always snatch up as many as i can when i go down there.

They work great as far as I'm concerned and unlike cotton filters they don't retain any any of the drug :)
 
i've used them for filtering heroin, amphetamine (straight off the street, manky i know but it's so fucking weak otherwise), methoxetamine, ketamine, ethylphenidate. i've used them with the coloured nevershare syringes or those usual BD microfine 29g,whatever the common insulin ones with red cap are.

i find them really easy to use, not really sure what they filter out. with heroin the membrane goes dark brown/black in places, with the others no colour change. the only bad experience i have had with them is

1. putting them on. the shape of the filter seems to have changed a bit, which makes it vary needle to needle how easily it will snap on. a couple times i've bent the needle when it's popped out of my hand whilst clipping it on.

2. taking them off. because they snap on, you have to pull them apart quite hard. one time it jerked off and my hand recoiled and i impaled my thumb on the fucking needle. obviously not that big of a deal as i hadn't shared the needle, but should have really backloaded into a new syringe/needle but just used the same.

sometimes when sucking up stuff from a spoon with a flat bottom, the filter seems to form a vaccum seal with the spoon, just lean the syringe over a bit to break the seal and continue.

all in all, a product that i would rather use than not use (i.e. use cottons) as i feel it is safer than cotton (for one it's sterile, for two it doesn't give cotton fever, for three it retains less drug than a cotton), but does have a couple small issues.
 
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