Comment · Sat, February 28, 2015 · Ceretropic
TLR (True Life Research) Product Testing Results
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 200 points
As some of you may know, TLR has been selling proprietary compounds and extracts since they launched. That led a lot of people, including myself, to call them out on the practice. Who in their right mind would take something that they did not know the ingredients or chemical structure of?!? We also questioned their testing practices, which led to the owner telling customers that they did not need testing, and that people should just trust them. Again, more red flags. Then we had the owner threatening to sue us moderators for slander, libel, and defamation. There are other crazy things that people have made me aware of via private message. However, we will not get into that at the moment. Needless to say, I have been interested in testing their products for a while, and have been organizing to do just that. Today, we have those results.
Again, a big thanks to Nootropics Depot, for use of their lab in this testing.
Let's start with the most alarming results. Four of TLR's "proprietary" compounds have tested as Taurine powder. That's right, TLR has been selling ADJ01, MORP-OX, HDAC-OX, and ADDX-OX as proprietary compounds, yet they are just Taurine powder! They are touting their AD…
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WearyRapscallion · 2 points
Well, this certainly leaves no doubt that TLR is profiteering racket, and I hope this spreads like wildfire and their operation completely collapses. They deserve worse, but maybe this disgrace will serve as a cautionary tale for future swindlers and customers alike.
On the one hand, Ceretropic and Nootropics Depot might stand to benefit from the public shaming of a competitor, so make of that what you will. On the other hand it's impossible to ignore their commitment and invaluable contributions to the nootropics community, and my biggest takeaway from this fiasco might just be a new level of respect for /u/ParMatrix, /u/MisterYouAreSoDumb and their respective outfits. These guys are crucial in this nootropic experiment that we're all undertaking, and without them we'd be hard pressed to fund and facilitate an affair like this, it just wouldn't be feasible.
So hats off to those guys for exposing this. I think they've definitely earned some recognition.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Anyone that knows myself or Matt, knows we would never do anything dishonest to discredit a vendor. I have no interest in being anything but honest. If you cannot become the best honestly, you are not the best. People who engage in deceit and fraud to get ahead, are just acknowledging that they are not good enough to make it based on the quality of their character and skills.