Lyra
NTNP #1
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I've been wondering this since I dismantled my first HPT On the FRER ones at least, there is the wick - test strip - sponge - then a little beige round tablet with bevelled edges. It looks like an aspirin but less powdery. It seems to be insoluble.
I googled it, and thought I would definitely find an answer as there are many nutters like me who take these things apart but I can't find anything! However I did find some interesting things:
1) Someone tried to dissolve the one in their test under water and it turned red hot - other people have also had this experience!
2) Another person put the tablet on the still damp test strip and it turned their BFN into a BFP!!!!! I don't know whether they later got a confirmed BFP I'm afraid!
Of course, after seeing this I went digging through my trash and pulled out my test from earlier today and first tried putting it on the damp wick and then test strip - disappointingly it stayed BFN. I then very cautiously ran it under cold water - didn't even get warm!
Just thought you ladies would like to know, as it gives us a good excuse to be dismantling tests in the interests of science....! But I really would like to know what those tablet things are, I can't see why they would need to be moisture absorbing things as there is a sponge in there anyway and the tests are sealed in foil to begin with.
I googled it, and thought I would definitely find an answer as there are many nutters like me who take these things apart but I can't find anything! However I did find some interesting things:
1) Someone tried to dissolve the one in their test under water and it turned red hot - other people have also had this experience!
2) Another person put the tablet on the still damp test strip and it turned their BFN into a BFP!!!!! I don't know whether they later got a confirmed BFP I'm afraid!
Of course, after seeing this I went digging through my trash and pulled out my test from earlier today and first tried putting it on the damp wick and then test strip - disappointingly it stayed BFN. I then very cautiously ran it under cold water - didn't even get warm!
Just thought you ladies would like to know, as it gives us a good excuse to be dismantling tests in the interests of science....! But I really would like to know what those tablet things are, I can't see why they would need to be moisture absorbing things as there is a sponge in there anyway and the tests are sealed in foil to begin with.