Ive been into poppers for a good number of years now. Mostly using for sex with my partner (I'm heterosexual, I know poppers have a reputation for gays but me and my girlfriend love them) and listening to music (usually sniffing every 5 minutes).
The poppers I grew up on we're isobutyl nitrite. Thinking back, they really packed a punch. Liquid gold and purple haze being my favourites.
However, back in 2008 (I think) the UK goverment banned isobutyl nitrite. The substitute we got was called isopropyl nitrite. This nitrite IMO is very inferior and not as safe. When I inhale this substance the buzz is very poor which requires me to take longer sniffs. After just a small session on this my face becomes very pale and my lips can turn blue. Scarey stuff. Also the morning after I can have breathing problems which require my to use a blue inhaler. These problems never happened with isobutyl. The sore head after sniffing too is far far worse than isobutyl. Once my bottle of isopropyl was opened it had to be binned after 2 days. There was no buzz after that. To be honest though, most of the nitrite was gone anyway
The point I'm trying to make here is be safe with isopropyl. People new to poppers here in the UK will have only tried this nitrite. It's very poor and really is not worth it.
During that time since the ban I have tried various overseas vendors. Sometimes I got lucky and even managed to try amyl nitrite. Most venders I use online are selling fake branded poppers. You can clearly tell from the packaging that these are fakes. However, they are far better than anything sold here in the UK. The problem is thought that I don't know what nitrite I'm inhaling from these fake vendors.
I miss isobutyl some much
The poppers I grew up on we're isobutyl nitrite. Thinking back, they really packed a punch. Liquid gold and purple haze being my favourites.
However, back in 2008 (I think) the UK goverment banned isobutyl nitrite. The substitute we got was called isopropyl nitrite. This nitrite IMO is very inferior and not as safe. When I inhale this substance the buzz is very poor which requires me to take longer sniffs. After just a small session on this my face becomes very pale and my lips can turn blue. Scarey stuff. Also the morning after I can have breathing problems which require my to use a blue inhaler. These problems never happened with isobutyl. The sore head after sniffing too is far far worse than isobutyl. Once my bottle of isopropyl was opened it had to be binned after 2 days. There was no buzz after that. To be honest though, most of the nitrite was gone anyway
The point I'm trying to make here is be safe with isopropyl. People new to poppers here in the UK will have only tried this nitrite. It's very poor and really is not worth it.
During that time since the ban I have tried various overseas vendors. Sometimes I got lucky and even managed to try amyl nitrite. Most venders I use online are selling fake branded poppers. You can clearly tell from the packaging that these are fakes. However, they are far better than anything sold here in the UK. The problem is thought that I don't know what nitrite I'm inhaling from these fake vendors.
I miss isobutyl some much
