Comment · Sat, November 14, 2020 · ND Owner
I compared the capsule weight consistency between ND and a competitor. The results won't shock you.
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umbrella_term · 24 points
I weighed 10 capsules of Intellimeds' 400 mg phenibut and the inconsistency surprised me. The weights in milligrams were: 663, 667, 673, 685, 709, 716, 718, 732, 741, 752. Big differences! Average weight 705.6mg, standard deviation 31.9 mg. One of their capsules weighs ~123 mg, meaning the content weights were between 540 mg and 629. I assume some is filler and flow agent, but there's no info about it on their product site. If it's pure phenibut, the doses are dangerously mislabeled.
Then I remembered I had some of ND's 500mg yeast extract capsules and weighed ten of those. The numbers are much more consistent: 603, 608, 610, 613, 618, 620, 624, 626, 627, 636; average 618.5 mg, standard deviation 10.11 mg. An empty capsule weighs exactly 100 mg, meaning I got a slight bonus on each, and that's certainly not a problem with something as safe as yeast extract.
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Widget_pls · 1 points
Any chance of you reselling empty caps? 0 through 000 in particular.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Probably not any time soon. The shipping volume makes it not make much sense, and there is a capsule shortage right now on certain sizes. I think 0 is one of them. 000 are huge, and they cost about double what a 00 does. They are just an uncommon size that is not made much, so pair that with the extra material that needs to be used, and you get a very expensive capsule.