crispybacon!
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I have seen several reports of cloudy gold tops recently… I suspected it was maybe a new batch. However, you say you got yours in May. I got a kit of gold tops in July and have gone through 6 vials and all have reconstituted crystal clear. I use 3ml room temp Hospira bac, set out my GH vial for a few minutes to get it to room temp, and slowly add the bac. Usually I let it sit for a few, then roll/swirl it to get the last few bits to dissolve. Again, crystal clear every time.Anyway other gold top users have this happened?
Opened my last kit of gold tops this past week and first three vials are no good... first two I added my usual 3-3.5cc Hospira water by dripping down vial after purging the vacuum. Each one turned turbid white, completely cloudy with feathery/undissolvable solids visible. Third vial I added half that amount of different BSW brand from a bottle that was nearly empty, and same thing happened immediately. Any one had this happen before? Clearly these are not usable.
Pic shows the 3 bad vials, along with with a Glutathione vial as a clear reference.
Grabbed a 36iu vial from an SSA kit I had an it mixed up clear using same bottle of Hospira, took about 5 min or totally so. I still have a an unopened green top Opti kit here too.
All my kits are stored from the day of receipt in the same refrigerator. This bad one came from ordered received end of May.
I've finished at least 3 other gold top kits and never had this issue. Most vials would have extremely tiny visible particles which I figured were insignificant aggregates that are probably inevitable with high iu kits, and got the expected effects ie carpal tunnel. Only 'filtering' I did was drawing up from a 31g needle.
I emailed Opti and didn't; get a response, so just resent.
I was planning to order more, but the reports of cloudy gold tops has me holding off until there are more details.
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