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Vocr did you find out what you decided to go with? How are the Philippines this time of year? 
You cracked the tank? Wow!
Good luck at the pharmacy!
Oh, if you will only be filling tanks, you can get a blunt needle, maybe a lower gauge, like 16 or 14. It's safer and easier to use.
Or get one of these:
Racers Edge 1/2oz Bottle w/Needle Applicator Tip [RCE3000] | Glue, Oil & Cleaners - A Main Hobbies
So what's the verdict on using containers intended for oil or ink for liquid?
I know, after sucking down cigarettes for years it seems kind of silly to even worry about stuff like this, but I bought some bottles at Hobby Lobby that look just like the bottles a lot of our liquids come in but these are intended for paint.
Of course, you guys are talking about things used for refilling, so the plastic isn't in contact with the liquid for any length of time, but does it matter that these aren't food grade plastic?
Incidentally, Wordup has syringes for $1.50 and I think they offer free shipping....5ml Filler Needle
Vocr did you find out what you decided to go with? How are the Philippines this time of year?
Thanks for asking, its a little rainy
. Been lucky so far this year, no really big hurricanes but there is some caution for a big one to hit in September/october. I hope they are wrong. Truth is I was getting really blase about big hurricanes till Ondoy hit a few years ago. Since then, my outlook of "big hurricane, no big deal" has changed to "big hurricane? I will prepare".Yup, I have gone a little nuts and now have over 20 syringes
. Ok, so on my return to the pharmacy (I went to a different store to avoid the old woman) I got 6 syringes. I thought they were 18 gauage blunt tip (that is what I asked for) but my doctor friend took a look at them when he was over and said they were not. He said they were 23 gauge and to be careful as they are intravenous sharpness. They also are extremely slow to fill with juice.I then went to one of the ink refiling chains, Ink4less, and bought syringes there. I have no idea what gauge they are but they are also not blunt tip. They seem to let in liquid faster. Then I was at CDrking and saw they have ink refill kits that are basically just syringes. I bought a few and they are blunt tip and seem to be the same gauge as the inkforless ones.
Then my doctor friend stopped by my office and dropped off a dozen blunt tipped 18 gaugae needles. All this time I have also been ordering online stuff, and it seems my anxiety over these syringes took mover my mouse hand. In all my early orders I added syringes. The problem with here, is when I order it takes a month+ to get to me, because our customs sucks. Anyway, I have now received 3 of my early orders and they all contained syringes.
TL;DR, I now have probably 30 syringes, lol
. I have enough that I can use 1 syringe per juice. My next step is to invest in a lablel maker !
Somebody should make a My Embarrassing Syringe Story thread, Lord knows we've all got one.
Here's mine:
I've had the same neighborhood pharmacist for years, during which we've become first-name friendly chit-chat neighbors, as well as pharmacist and pill taker, so I was pleased and proud to announce that I was upgrading to e-cigarettes, tell why I wanted syringes, and ask if I'd need a prescription to get the non-sharp-and-pointy kind. Nice fat ones.
Zoom! went his brows in alarm! He looked around anxiously, then very uncomfortable, then everywhere but at me, mumbled something sort of vaguely affirmative that yes, a prescription, then in an attempt to recover, offered to give me ones without needles free.
I thanked him, but said, no, I needed the needles to get down into the Wal-Mart pillow stuffing inside the cartomizer, and the very next day at the doctor's office, I asked her for the prescription.
Zoom! went her eyebrows, too! But she recovered almost instantly, and gently reminded me that especially since I'm not on insulin yet, because of some of the medications - and the quantity of them - that I DO take, for either herself or the pharmacist to be on record as having provided me ANY kind of needles and syringes, probably wouldn't be a good look...
Is anyone here old enough to remember, on Saturday Night Live, a comedian called Chris Farley, who used to do this bit where he would hit his forehead with the heel of his hand, and go "STUPID! STUPID!"
On the positive side, I am a very, very lucky woman to have such sweet and thoughtful people taking care of me!
Oh, and the Happy Ending - I did what I should have done in the 1st place - read about it some more here. I ended up sending off to the DIY one stop store, who sent me some fine fat non-pointy syringes, and I've been practicing hard with them every day to get ready to commit the blogrant on The Syringe Method for my fellow aged, infirm - and heavily sedated.
Here's mine:
I've had the same neighborhood pharmacist for years, during which we've become first-name friendly chit-chat neighbors, as well as pharmacist and pill taker, so I was pleased and proud to announce that I was upgrading to e-cigarettes, tell why I wanted syringes, and ask if I'd need a prescription to get the non-sharp-and-pointy kind. Nice fat ones.
Zoom! went his brows in alarm! He looked around anxiously, then very uncomfortable, then everywhere but at me, mumbled something sort of vaguely affirmative that yes, a prescription, then in an attempt to recover, offered to give me ones without needles free.
I thanked him, but said, no, I needed the needles to get down into the Wal-Mart pillow stuffing inside the cartomizer, and the very next day at the doctor's office, I asked her for the prescription.
Zoom! went her eyebrows, too! But she recovered almost instantly, and gently reminded me that especially since I'm not on insulin yet, because of some of the medications - and the quantity of them - that I DO take, for either herself or the pharmacist to be on record as having provided me ANY kind of needles and syringes, probably wouldn't be a good look...
Is anyone here old enough to remember, on Saturday Night Live, a comedian called Chris Farley, who used to do this bit where he would hit his forehead with the heel of his hand, and go "STUPID! STUPID!"
On the positive side, I am a very, very lucky woman to have such sweet and thoughtful people taking care of me!
Oh, and the Happy Ending - I did what I should have done in the 1st place - read about it some more here. I ended up sending off to the DIY one stop store, who sent me some fine fat non-pointy syringes, and I've been practicing hard with them every day to get ready to commit the blogrant on The Syringe Method for my fellow aged, infirm - and heavily sedated.
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