Review: Aino Research
| Order info: | Aino Research |
| Vendor Contact Info: | www.ainoresearch.com |
| Product/s reviewed: | Etizolam and Isopropylphenidate |
| International?: | no |
| Sample or Purchase?: | Purchase |
| Price before shipping: | $95 ($45 for 500mg Etizolam, and $50 for 2g Isopropylphenidate |
| Shipping cost: | $24.00 (I chose 2 day express only because I wanted to get it before Monday) |
| Weight: | Light (see below in notes) 445mg of Etizolam, and 1,791mg of IPPH |
| Customer Service: | |
| [x]+5 | Superb: Polite, prompt, ensures satisfaction |
| [ ]+4 | Good: Professional, exhibits customer care |
| [ ]+3 | Satisfactory: Adequate responses, resolved issue |
| [ ]+2 | Marginal: Sub-par communication, partial resolution |
| [ ]+1 | Bad: Poor communication, no resolution |
| [ ]+0 | Awful: Abusive responses, no resolution |
| Product Quality/Aesthetic: | |
| [x]+5 | Highest purity |
| [ ]+4 | Mostly pure |
| [ ]+3 | Minor impurity |
| [ ]+2 | Significantly impure |
| [ ]+1 | Mostly impure |
| [ ]+0 | Entirely incorrect chemical |
| Processing Speed: | |
| [ ]+5 | Order processed and shipped 24hrs |
| [x]+4 | Order processed and shipped in 48 hrs |
| [ ]+3 | Order processed and shipped in 72 hrs |
| [ ]+2 | Package is late |
| [ ]+1 | Never received order confirmation or tracking |
| [ ]+0 | Never received package |
| Price Value of Product Received: | |
| [ ]+5 | Excellent - great value & low cost |
| [x]+4 | Moderate - worthy value & fair cost |
| [ ]+3 | At-market - neither good nor bad |
| [ ]+2 | Below-market - so-so value, high cost |
| [ ]+1 | Exorbitant - low value, excessive cost |
| [ ]+0 | Rip-off - little-to-no value, unjustified cost |
| Packaging: | |
| [x]+1 | Allowed for full recovery of the chemical (container didn't retain significant quantity, container didn't cause a spill) |
| [x]+1 | Protected from the elements |
| [ ]+1 | Decoy/misdirection |
| [x]+1 | Low package profile (No stamps, no outer tape, has return address, no smell, no free-moving objects, well-distributed weight) |
| [ ]+1 | Chemical documentation included |
| [x]+1 | No way to track vendor (no handwriting, no fingerprints, no hair, etc) |
| TOTAL: | (22/25) |
Notes: This is my first time ordering RC's aside from etizolam blister packs, and I saw Aino Research's website after browsing RC related subreddits. Aino had both of the products I was interested in researching: Etizolam and Isopropylphenidate. When I received the package, it was packaged well and was a low profile, looked like any other random package.
The only part of this experience that I was not happy about was that when I weighed both products in the lab, both of them were under weight. I recalibrated my mg scale (0.001g) that I had immediately calibrated with 2-10g weights (that passed calibration on the scale). I then weighed an individual 10.000g weight that weighed out properly immediately before weighing each item. The IPPH weighed in at 1.791, 209mg short. The Etizolam weighed in at .445, 55mg short. I intend to reach out to Aino, as he is quick to respond to messages, which I do value in any purchasing situation.
The IPPH had some nice looking crystals in it, and the etizolam somewhat stuck to the bag, and I recovered all but approx. 2mg of the IPPH. I was able to recover all but approx. 5mg of the etizolam from the bag. I know this by weighing the bag with the contents, weighing the bag after the contents were extracted, then weighed the individual product, then washed out the bag with water and let it dry, and then weighed it.
Both products so far are testing well in my lab and, with prior research experience with etizolam, as expected.
Again, the only current issue I have is with the slight underweight of each product. In all fairness, I have yet to contact Aino regarding this (I will be emailing him after posting this), but will keep you updated! Regardless, I would re-order from Aino provided the products are properly weighted. Everything else regarding this experience went well.
Here is a picture of the ordered items: http://i.imgur.com/Ni8nXlv.jpg
If you have any questions for me, I would gladly answer them.
Posted Jun 3, 2017, 5:46 PM UTC · edited