Blackstone Prices

[bulwnkl]

I think this is a mistake they are already the most expensive and slowest, and the Fuel numbers are questionable.

OAI and BlackStone got samples same day and I've had results from OAI for something like 5 days to a week and still nothing from BS.

I'm a decent customer of theirs and they are pushing my tolerance.

I fell like the opposite of the old saying about good fast and cheap is true.

It's not just the fuel numbers. Those are fantasy. The rest of the numbers (wear metals, additives, viscosity) are regularly just off in left field. Plus no oxidation, nitration, nor sulfation in exchange for being the highest-priced entry-level analysis shop out there.

I use OAI and LabOne these days. Which depends on lots of things. OAI has been covered here, but here's LabOne's homepage, which displays pricing:
https://laboneinc.com

 

[CarbonSteel]

They were too expensive for what you are getting even before the price increase. No ISO certification, extra costs for TBN or TAN, no gas chromatography, etc. I bailed years ago...Blackstone is "hobby material" at best...

 

[demarpaint]

They priced themselves out of my business long ago.