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Somatek
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There’s definitely value in knowing but without accuracy and consistency it could easily become a distraction by giving varied results that don’t reflect the truth.  Like is often the case with labs and dispensaries as you mentioned.  Which is why I tend to trust the word of someone who was looking to profit from using less expensive methods and has the professional creds to understand all the different variables, account for them and test to see how usable it is after testing various methods with solid SOP to ensure consistency.  What he found was that overall while they could give accurate readings, when multiple tests were ran HPLC was the only reliable way and that near infrared spectroscopy could give accurate readings for but consistently gave varied ones with too wide of a tolerance to be usable.  Although Tcheck being a reagent based test it would be more accurate assuming you follow instructions and use 100% isopropyl and not the 90-99% that’s more commonly available.

In the end the test results will only be as accurate if there’s consistency between factors like moisture content, supplies used (like varied isopropyl concentration if not using 100%) and process.

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