Fund the Lab

Vendor-funded testing has a bias problem. So fund it yourself.

Chip in a few dollars a month. The community votes on which product gets bought and tested next — and every result publishes, pass or fail. No vendor can pay to be tested favorably, skip the queue, or bury a result.

This month's testing budget$0 of $600
Be the first to fund this month’s independent test.

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Watcher
$5/mo
  • Vote on what we test next
  • Your name on the funders wall
  • Monthly results digest
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Handler
$15/mo
  • Everything in Watcher
  • 3× vote weight
  • Results 48 hours early
  • Behind-the-scenes test notes
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Alpha
$25/mo
  • Everything in Handler
  • 5× vote weight
  • Propose new products to test
  • Founding-funder badge
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How it works

1
You chip in. Memberships pool into a monthly testing budget — a few dollars each adds up to a full independent lab test.
2
Members vote. Funders pick which product gets bought and tested next. Vote weight scales with your tier.
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We blind-buy & test. We purchase anonymously — so it can't be cherry-picked — and send it to an independent lab.
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Results publish. Pass or fail, tied to the lot number, for everyone. No vendor can pay to skip the queue or bury a result.
Why this exists. The community's most common question about any test is "who paid for it?" When funders pay — not vendors — the answer is clean. Every dollar in and every test out is posted to the public record. For research use only; no health, dosing, or usage claims.

Frequently asked

Can a vendor pay to be tested favorably or skip the queue?
No. Members decide what gets tested by vote, we buy the product anonymously, and the independent lab result publishes regardless of outcome. No vendor can pay to be tested favorably, skip the queue, or remove a published result.
What happens if a product fails its test?
It publishes anyway, tied to the specific lot number, alongside the lab report. Publishing the failures is the entire point — that's what vendor-funded testing won't do.
Where does my membership money go?
Into a monthly pool that pays to anonymously buy products and send them to an independent lab. Every dollar in and every test out is posted to a public ledger. For research use only.