I've never used an auto-injector on myself before. I have used expired auto-injectors on oranges and potatoes to make sure that I have a "real feel" for how the

I've never used an auto-injector on myself before. I have used expired auto-injectors on oranges and potatoes to make sure that I have a "real feel" for how the hypodermic needle really injects. The trainer injectors certainly don't teach you what that is like! Having said that, I would vastly prefer an auto-injector compared to a syringe + vial. I'm not sure if I would have the proper composure/state of mine, let alone the visual acuity (eyelids swell up real bad during anaphylactic shock) needed to operate a syringe and vial during an episode of anaphylactic shock. In more controlled situations like at a school nurse's office, where the patient isn't the administering the epinephrine to themselves, I can see the syringe and vial solution to be appropriate.