Im a body modification practitioner with 23 years of experience.
I have found over multiple installations that the short needle bevel style used requires a very hard push to get over the heel of the needle.
This can lead to an uncontrolled jab, as it requires quite a bit of force to insert that last bit of an 8 gauge needle into somebody’s tough hand skin.
May I suggest looking at a longer bevel cut on the needle?
It would allow for smoother and more precise insertion.
Just my two cents 
We definitely explored longer points (space between bevel and point) but this can cause worse zipper healing and more difficult placements since the point is harder to properly locate once under the skin. Sometimes placements don’t have all that much space in a given site, which a longer point would make harder to navigate.
The suggestion we have is to insert the needle up to the back bevel (heel), then slightly rotate 45 one way, then back, then 45 the other way, applying slight pressure. This will work the heel under the skin to allow easier insertion. Usually the problem is skin that has bunched up inside the needle hollow, which will have to fold over on itself to allow the back bevel to pass. Rotating slightly works this skin out of the needle hollow and allows the heel to easily pass under.
Our needles to come with Dow Corning medical fluid lubricant applied but some professionals find applying a little more needle lube helps this aspect of the installation.
We value your cents
Thank you for the tip! Theres always more to learn.
Are you familiar with needle crushing?
If you mean making the needle oval shaped then yes we looked at that for some flex line products, but the 4G needle pocket procedure works well enough and doesn’t invite any potential claims of using medical devices vs “standard piercing needles”.. some states take issue with nonstandard stuff.
The way we do it for body piercing is to use a set of parallel pliers to bring down that back intersecting bevel on the heel of the needle, just a smidge. It doesn’t affect the overall shape of the needle, just how the cutting edges work.
Interesting. I wonder if it’s possible to do this and still pass an x-series transponder through. Would you mind showing off your technique in a video if we sent some xEM injectors for you to test on?
That is exactly the reason I didnt try it today, I was concerned about impededing the device insertion. Also why I reached out; you offer such awesome products, I’d love to help make them better.
I would absolutely be up for that!
Would you be able to send a few empty insertion devices, and a “blank” implant, just the capsule?
Naa we’ll send full xEM injectors to do proper testing. Do what you want with them after.
@tac0s make note well send out Friday I guess
Awesome!
Ill take full videos, and write a technical step by step.
yay! sent a DM