Hi everyone! I made a post about getting a first chip awhile back here
Well life happened and I only recently actually ordered the NeXT, which I received today!
I already contacted a tattoo/body piercing shop about having it installed and have an appointment in a couple hours.
This shop seemed pretty interested in the whole thing, which does not seem like the norm from what I’ve read on here. They’re actually doing mine for FREE, because the owner told me since they’ve never done one of these before they don’t want me to be out any more money if something does go awry, he said they did the same thing when they started doing subdermal implants and did the first few for free, and he really just wants to see what it’s all about.
So I figured I’d ask them about being added to the partner map when I go in today, but I wasn’t entirely sure where I should direct them to get in contact with DT.
Standard advice
Make sure to remove safety clips
Expect it to be unreadable for a week or 2, everyone knows this and still freaks out anyways… it’s just the right of passage
Ice and elevate after helps get it to chill out,
Insert needle PULL BACK A BIT and then push injector
Have some decent food and caffeine before hand to help reduce your body freaking out
I like to do acetaminophen before and nsaid when I get home… the acetaminophen before is either placebo or possibly helps prevent
This. Two out of three of my x-series installs this happened. If your installer picks up the injector with the intention of stabbing, the first thing they should do is remove the clip. It’s awkward having them pull the clip when the needle is at depth.
I appreciate the pointers! I was planning on having them talk me through the whole process before the bag gets opened. That way I’ll know they’ve read everything and have an idea of what they’re doing.
Currently sitting in the parking downing an energy drink haha🙃
If you are allowed to record it.
We would be happy to give pointers to the installer if required.
Even if you dont share publically.
You could send it to Amal to do the same.
He will give constructive feedback to the installer to improve their process
Soooo I’m actually able to get reads off of it already! I’ve been keeping ice on it and I’m pretty lean anyway (6ft 4 in and 150 lbs) so idk if that’s why, but already able to clone my work badge over to the lf side.
I haven’t been to work since i got the field detectors, but the readers will scan our badges a solid 2 inches away, so hopefully even with the inevitable swelling they’ll still be able to read it.
If not then at least I got to verify everything is working with it. That at least puts my own anxieties at ease.
Those are multiclass, which means it can read both HF and LF
The one issue you may find is, the reader may try to read the HF side of your NExT.
At a guess, (You will be able to confirm with your xFD’s), the LF side will be around the perimeter and the HF inside of that,
Your best bet (my best guess) is to swipe from the outside in, NOT inside out nor present to the middle
Try swiping like this
and start off
S L O W L Y !!!
You will learn the best approach through practice and it will become muscle memory
It’s about bed time here though, I’ll check again in the morning and report back, might drop by work just to check if I can get through the doors there to.
