Paraphernalia - Safety of purchasing chargers and whippers online?

[Lettish]

My friend is interested in purchasing some chargers and a whipper. Is it ok for him to do this online? Is it at all suspicious? Will anyone question him? Is this equipment only purchasable by the catering industry?

Any answers would be appreciated.

[trptamene]

swim gets chargers online all the time...there is nothing illegal about filling your bathtub with whipped cream and going for a soak.

[Pondlife]

N2O is not scheduled under the Misuse of Drugs act, so no problem there.

It is covered under the medicines act when it's sold for inhalation, but thats only a problem for the supplier, not the buyer. That's why some suppliers say "not for inhalation" or similar, or even refuse to sell it if they thing it may be abused - it's to cover their own backside.

So in summary there's no legal problems in purchasing N2O, nor in inhaling it, as possession and use are not covered by any of the drug legislation.

[Jozef]

Be as conspicuous as you like - it's legal.

Reputation Comments on this post:

Wrong - declaring intent to inhale makes it illegal in many places.

[Paracelsus]

^^^ In most places, it's illegal when bought with the intent of inhaling it. Same goes for selling - if a vendor suspects that a client will inhale a N2O product and still sells it, he or she can be prosecuted. Being "as conspicuous as you like" may cause the vendor to refuse doing business with you.

[chukbzle]

if u wanna be more sure buy cracker seperate but i wouldnt worry ,at least depends where you are but if youre worried buy a whole whip cream kit (bout 6 more dollars) but dont do too much ,that crap has some nasty effect on your brain and lungs plus a nasty machine oil .but thats on you

[rocksmokinmachine]

I'm pretty sure food grade nitrous oxide is not controlled under the misuse of drugs act in the UK. SWIY should have no problem purchasing it.

[nEone]

SWIM feels like going online to buy this is overkill. In the US, most restaurant supply stores carry chargers and no licence or permit is required to buy them.

If they are harder to find in person in the UK and the internet is the only place SWIY can find them, then SWIM suggests ordering them from a legit food-supply store rather than an online headshop.

The risk here is very low...so low in fact that legitimate places sell them...so don't make it out to be anything more suspicious and SWIY will be fine. Whipped Cream is delicious.

[trptamene]

Originally Posted by nEone

SWIM feels like going online to buy this is overkill. In the US, most restaurant supply stores carry chargers and no licence or permit is required to buy them.

swim has found it much more economical online then at headshops or restaurant supply stores. Also, buying bulk won't get you weird looks & can be justified even more as it saving shipping costs.

[purplehaze]

SWIMS pet viking says.

Get a prepaid visa, purchase the item from a public computer like a library or some were with internet access. Go around your neighborhood and scope out a house for rent with a nice porch, make sure it's not one about to be sold or rented. Watch it for a couple of day's. Place your order, buy a whole truckload who care's. Scope the house out and track the order and hope like hell you don't miss it. Better to lose money than get caught.

Wait around back with a spear and catch dinner for when swiy gets home.

Polish helmet and go to sleep.

[trptamene]

^^This seems a bit overkill to me for something that is just used to make cream...but better safe than sorry is a rule of thumb in matters like these.

[geezaman]

SWIM wonders if SWIpurplehazes post wasnt meant to be obvious overkill, the catching dinner with a spear at the end suggested it to SWIM. SWIM a 19year old has many times had crates of 600 caps delivered to two places he has lived, one university accomodation with a mail room where packages had to be collected from. The staff never said a thing. It may help some SWIYs to know that caps/nangs/whippets filled with co2 and at 12g size are used to power some air pistols, if these are less of a problem in SWIYs location saying the caps were for that use might help.

[trptamene]

^^I've actually heard of ppl using n20 as opposed to co2 for paintball....seems like a terrible waste to swim...tho this is probably automotive grade or something similar.

Ditto on the campus mail room for swim, but w/ 360 @ most. Can't help but to nearly bust out laughing hearing the chargers clank as one walks out the mail center.

[geezaman]

Originally Posted by trptamene

^^I've actually heard of ppl using n20 as opposed to co2 for paintball....seems like a terrible waste to swim...tho this is probably automotive grade or something similar.

Ditto on the campus mail room for swim, but w/ 360 @ most. Can't help but to nearly bust out laughing hearing the chargers clank as one walks out the mail center.

SWIM was thinking of saying the nitrous caps were for use in an airgun/paintballgun rather than inhaling the gas intended for those guns, for the reason SWIY states as well as that it is more than 90% likley where SWIM is that the gas will be carbon dioxide so of no use in getting a buzz.

SWIMs uni mail room was staffed by two small old women, he never got hassled but occasionally was asked what was in the package that was so incredibly heavy, on that occasion SWIM said it was special food from home such as home made jams, SWIM was always tempted by a rebelious twinge to rip the box open on their desk swiftly fill a balloon inhale and pass out, of course he would never see the look on their faces, but regularly cheers himself considering what it might be

[purplehaze]

Ha thats hilarious geezaman, swim also thinks things like this from time to time.

Like a cop pull him over and say, are there any drugs in the car.

Sure and pull out a fat fuckin duece and smoke it right there and be like ahhhhhhh hahaha bitch. Guzzle down a beer and smash it on his forehead lmao.

Also paintball guns do use real N20 not carbon dioxide.

Most n20 guns are more expensive but if you have a sports center or something of the like you should be able to get the big 20oz paintball c02's filled for like 3-5 bucks

Nos tanks cost more to get filled and really arent worth it in the sport, i dunno about inhaling it tho.

[chemlove]

Originally Posted by purplehaze

SWIMS pet viking says.

Get a prepaid visa, purchase the item from a public computer like a library or some were with internet access. Go around your neighborhood and scope out a house for rent with a nice porch, make sure it's not one about to be sold or rented. Watch it for a couple of day's. Place your order, buy a whole truckload who care's. Scope the house out and track the order and hope like hell you don't miss it. Better to lose money than get caught.

Wait around back with a spear and catch dinner for when swiy gets home.

Polish helmet and go to sleep.

I don't understand what you can get caught for if i want gourmet whip cream for my home made pies i don't see why i can't have it. I think this is a bit over reactive. My friend SWIM has never had a complaint from receiving his pure whip. and the best part "he actually uses it for his gourmet pies too"

[rocksmokinmachine]

I don't think there are currently any laws or regulations regarding the purchase of food grade nitrous oxide either. Why go to all the hassle?

Reputation Comments on this post:

Home made bongs using my engineering degre

[Paracelsus]

In many places it is illegal to possess N2O for intoxication purposes (which can be easily proven if you also order crackers, balloons, etc).

[purplehaze]

Originally Posted by chemlove

I don't understand what you can get caught for if i want gourmet whip cream for my home made pies i don't see why i can't have it. I think this is a bit over reactive. My friend SWIM has never had a complaint from receiving his pure whip. and the best part "he actually uses it for his gourmet pies too"

It was in jest only my friend.

[rocksmokinmachine]

Originally Posted by Paracelsus

In many places it is illegal to possess N2O for intoxication purposes (which can be easily proven if you also order crackers, balloons, etc).

But just ordering nitrous whippets should not cause any legal issues?

[EntheogenicTruth]

Originally Posted by purplehaze

Like a cop pull him over and say, are there any drugs in the car.

yea swim has had experience with cops and whippets. swim got pulled over driving unlicensed with 4 ppl in a 2 person car and when he stopped the car with a cop behind him his friend still had swims modded military gasmask on. swims friend thought that they had reached their destination so he fell out of the passenger door with his gasmask on... fucked out of his brains. the cops gave him the weirdest looks. hmmm cops looking through windows at unlicensed drivers with the floor not visible because of the carpet of whippets on the floor.

[Orchid_Suspiria]

As long as swiy doesn't buy everything together cracker,whippits,balloons swiy should be alright.Afterall just say swiy wants to use his own whippedcream for pies at a birthday party or something.

[Bezzz]

The site that SWIM has ordered from previously has requested that the buyer agrees to some conditions prior to purchase stating that they won't use them to get high etc. Other than that there are no worries on ordering online in the UK.

[thegirlghost]

you can normally buy ez-whips and the like at porn stores with no sideways glances.

[niraco]

I very recently ordered a Co2 tire inflator and a tonne of chargers online (UK), completing the orders within seconds of each other... Everything came at the same time, the same courier-guy handed them over.

Sod anyone who considers me anything more than a whip cream loving cyclist.

It's 100% legal (unless you sell it)