chillin408 said:
Is anyone willing to share there consumerlab password??
it looks fishy,maybe it is baised?
I can assure you that ConsumerLab is not biased or "fishy." They ARE expensive as George pointed out, and they ARE industry based. Thus, if a company pays to have their products tested, then they own the results. This is just like any of the other independent labs mentioned.
There is NO organization other than ConsumersUnion, that I am aware of, that does the public independent testing. But even their cost for testing is offset by magazine and web subscriptions. (Does that sound fishy too? LOL) It is just a fact of business that to be successful one must pay the bills AND make a PROFIT.
And as far as testing by other third parties, as mentioned by George, some are good, some are not. It all boils down to trust and integrity. You must make a decision about the company and, to some degree at least, take a chance on them. There are some companies that CONSISTANTLY had winners that always test out well, that speaks highly of their quality control, committment to detail, and excellent manufacturing proceedures. George raises some good points.
On the other hand, some companies are inconsistant at best. They may not be putting out poor quality on purpose, but some products are quite complex and difficult to get to market reasonably priced without difficutlies. I have seen a PUBLISHED lab result from a recent test that reported the product was something ENTIRELY different than stated on the mfgrs. label. The company selling the stuff just quoted the portions of the test that mentioned the purity and better than label % of active ingredient content. No editorial MENTION OF IT BEING THE WRONG INGREDIENT was made. The ingredient was listed on the report, but unless one paid attention and had some chemistry background, you wouldn't necessarily know what you were reading. In fairness, they DID post a scan of the test, and did not directly state the product was anything other than what the test said. But they did not call the manufacturer on the mislabel either.
Anyway, get used to having to pay for quality information, on the internet. The days of free everything is dieing with the DOT BOMBS. It is impossible to have a company exist for very long without a profit or source of income in a market driven economy.
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