BAC Water Alternatives?

NaCl lacks the benzyl alcohol so it isn't proper BAC water. For a single mix it can work, but otherwise the solution won't stay usable long. BAC water does turn up on places like Amazon or certain overseas sites though.

I read that the BAC water sold on Amazon isn't the best choice. You can still mix peptides with it, but it may not be fully clean. There's a thread here in the forum about it if you can find it.

You're right on that point. Sometimes a single vial costs as much as a full tray or more, all because of a fancy label.

Apparently sterile water can be used for up to thirty days according to one testing source. From a hygiene standpoint it's probably safer to stick with guaranteed-sterile Ampuwa water than questionable Amazon products. I might be biased though since I posted about adding benzyl alcohol yourself.

I've ordered everything needed to make my own BAC water: sterile water, pharmaceutical-grade benzyl alcohol, and sterile vials. I still have some commercial BAC on hand including a couple of known hospital brands, but I'll save those for more sensitive research compounds.

There's always contamination risk if you don't work completely sterile, especially at home. Still, it should turn out better than imported versions. Just combine the sterile water and benzyl alcohol in the right ratio inside a sterile vial and you're done.

I chose vials with self-healing rubber stoppers just like the peptide ones. The supplies aren't expensive individually but they add up. I'm curious how long 100 ml of benzyl alcohol will last before it oxidizes and becomes unusable.

I ordered BAC water from overseas. We'll see; several people say it's good. I'll have it tested to be sure. We don't have the easy access that some other countries do, but people here figure out workarounds.

Why would BAC water from overseas be any worse? After all, the peptides themselves often come from the same places.

If it arrives it would be useful if you could report whether everything went smoothly. Ordering isn't possible on that site right now.

More and more people are mixing their own BAC now. Just sterile water plus pharmaceutical-grade benzyl alcohol. It's cheaper and interestingly causes fewer reconstitution problems.

For BAC water you can buy test kits to check pH. You can also just send it to a lab for analysis.

Could you just use plain sterile water without adding anything? My vial won't last longer than about four weeks in the fridge anyway. Or would isotonic saline from the pharmacy be better?

I made the mistake today of mixing Amazon water with a peptide vial and it gelled right away. That water was no good, while the next vial mixed with a hospital brand stayed fine. It really makes you wonder if anything besides the hospital brand is worth using when you can find it.

Or just sterile saline solution from German pharmacies?

What about reta?

Cost to make your own BAC: supplies for twenty 50 ml sterile water vials plus 100 ml pharmaceutical-grade benzyl alcohol came to around sixty-five euros including consumables. No one I've heard of has run into problems with it, and it even worked in cases where a commercial brand failed.