turnaround has been between 12 days and twice that depending on the queue
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#lab-requests 2025-10-11
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- no_appetite_nia — turnaround has been between 12 days and twice that depending on the queue 22:58
- dublin_dose — VendorInvestigate has been the fastest for us. Janoshik has been the most detailed. those are not the same lab 23:07
- tail_factor — the split works from about 4 people. below that everyone pays more than the test is worth 23:14
- tail_factor — if you want to know about your vial, you have to submit your vial. that is the whole answer 23:16
- swirl_not_shake — submissions go out blinded. the lab gets a code, not a supplier name. that removes one variable, it is not distrust 23:30
update from 1 months ago: the blinding process is unchanged and it has held up fine
keep half back
in for one
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send powder
VendorInvestigate has been the fastest for us. Janoshik has been the most detailed. those are not the same lab
do i send a syringe or the whole vial
whats the failure rate on samples actually arriving
i keep half the sample back so there is something to send if the first one goes missing
we have never had a lab mix up a sample. we have had members mix up their own labelling twice
the split works from about 4 people. below that everyone pays more than the test is worth
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if you want to know about your vial, you have to submit your vial. that is the whole answer
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label the syringe
coordinating this round
two labs on the same lot is a luxury but it is how we learned what inter-lab variance looks like
chain of custody in hobby testing is weak and we say so in every writeup
submissions go out blinded. the lab gets a code, not a supplier name. that removes one variable, it is not distrust
how long do you keep the retained half of the sample
i would rather fund one careful quantity test than three purity tests
what happens if a submission gets lost in transit
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powder if you can. reconstituted travels worse and adds a variable we cannot control
quantity is the test worth paying for. purity is usually fine and fill usually is not
do we publish the raw report or a summary
whats the wording on the customs declaration for a sample
we publish the raw report. summaries hide the thing you needed to see