Top 10 5-Panel Drug Tests 2018 Reviews

Drug tests can be used by parents, schools, employers, law enforcement and rehab facilities to assess people for the use of illicit drugs. Panel tests are convenient because they can screen for multiple drugs with a single sample, thus simplifying the process.

Most 5-panel drug tests are designed to test for the five most common drugs of abuse: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, and methamphetamine. Unless you’re specifically looking for a drug that’s not on this list, these should suit your drug screening needs.

10. 5-Panel Integrated Multi Drug Urine Test T-Cup

This 5-panel drug test comes with a specimen cup that is used both to collect the sample and to perform the testing. This is the simplest method of urine testing and results can be read in one to five minutes. It is designed to test the five most common drugs of abuse, which are listed above.

Pros

• specimen cup for ease of collection
• Simple one-step process
• Screens for five most common drugs of abuse

Cons

• Sold in large quantity, customer would need to perform frequent tests or shelf life would become an issue
• Does not contain adulteration countermeasures

9. 5-Panel Instant Oral Cube Swab Drug Test Kit

Unlike the other 5-Panel tests in this list, this one tests saliva instead of urine. It does, however, test for the same common drugs of abuse as most of the others. There are many ways that test recipients can attempt to cheat on these tests to achieve a false negative. This tampering is called adulteration. Some have tried bringing a clean sample that someone else has provided or diluting their own sample by adding water while giving it. There are also several additives people sometimes try to put in their samples.

Pros

• Screens for five most common drugs of abuse
• Saliva tests are less susceptible to adulteration than urine tests because specimen collection is supervised

Cons

• Saliva tests are more expensive than urine tests
• Specimen adulteration is still possible

8. Rapid Stik 5-Panel Multi Drug Urine Test Kit

The cheapest type of 5-panel urine drug tests is the dip stick test. Because no cup is included, the manufacturing costs can be kept down, and the savings are passed on to the customer. Once the urine has been collected, the stick can be dipped for fifteen seconds and set aside for a few minutes while the chemical detection of the presence of drugs takes place. This provides an instant, on-site drug screening solution.

Pros

• Dip tests are less expensive than cups
• Screens for five most common drugs of abuse

Cons

• Does not contain adulteration countermeasures
• Most expensive 5-panel urine dip test

7. iCup 5-Panel Urine Drug Test

This 5-Panel drug test also has a cup that is used both for collection and testing of the sample. However, instead of testing for the five most common drugs of abuse, it tests for four of them and has replaced the amphetamine screen with one for PCP. This test also has several adulteration countermeasures. The temperature is checked, to assure that the sample is fresh and its specific gravity is measured to detect dilution. Also, the pH is tested, to rule out acidic or alkaline additives and the sample is screened for oxidizing agents, such as bleach, that are sometimes used to give a false negative.

Pros

• specimen cup for ease of collection
• Simple one-step process
• Contains multiple adulteration countermeasures

Cons

• Only screens for four of the five most common drugs of abuse
• Sold in large quantity, customer would need to perform frequent tests or shelf life would become an issue

6. Identify Diagnostics 5-Panel Drug Test Dip

This dip test boasts a better than 99% accuracy level. The absorbent strips need to be submerged in the urine for fifteen seconds and results can be read after five minutes. It detects THC at 50ng/ml or above and cocaine and opiates at 300ng/ml. It can also detect both amphetamines and methamphetamine at 1000 ng/ml.

Pros

• Dip tests are less expensive than cups
• Screens for five most common drugs of abuse
• Opiate detection threshold significantly less than standard tests

Cons

• Does not contain adulteration countermeasures
• Product description unclear as to whether it screens for all opiates or just morphine

5. The Home Drug Test – 6 Panel Multi Screen Urine Drug Tests

As with the other dip tests listed here, this one also has a 99% accuracy level. It also takes five minutes for the results to be fully revealed. However, this test only needs to have the strips dipped for ten seconds.

Pros

• Dip tests are less expensive than cups
• Screens for five most common drugs of abuse and a sixth, benzodiazepines

Cons

• Does not contain adulteration countermeasures
• Most expensive urine dip test, due to the added sixth screen

4. 5-Panel Drug Test Kit Dip Card

This test is performed like most of the others listed here, with a few slight differences. The absorbent end of the card has a plastic cap, which is removed to draw the urine up the sticks and then replaced, to protect them from contamination. It also screens for four of the five most common drugs of abuse, but has replaced the test for methamphetamine for one that screens for PCP.

Pros

• Dip tests are less expensive than cups
• Plastic cap protects sticks from contamination while screen is running

Cons

• Only screens for four of the five most common drugs of abuse
• Does not contain adulteration countermeasures

3. Easy@Home 5-Panel Instant Urine Drug Test Kit

This simple to operate urine dip test can be used at home or in the workplace, school, law enforcement facility or rehabilitation center. It’s quick and accurate and is sold in quantities from two to two hundred.

Pros

• Dip tests are less expensive than cups
• Screens for five most common drugs of abuse

Cons

• Does not contain adulteration countermeasures
• More expensive than some of the other urine dip tests

2. 5-Panel Urine Drug Test

This 5-panel dip drug test is FDA approved and simple to use. It is 99% accurate and produces results in minutes. Instead of testing for methamphetamine, it tests for benzodiazepines, which are abused about half as frequently.

Pros

• Dip tests are less expensive than cups
• Simple to use

Cons

• Does not contain adulteration countermeasures
• Only screens for four of the five most common drugs of abuse

1. Easy@Home 5-Panel Instant Urine Drug Test

This drug testing kit is FDA cleared and CLIA waved for over the counter sale. It also meets SAMHSA standards for drug abuse screening. The results are easy to read, with one line showing a positive result and two showing negative. This test uses the same science as laboratory tests, is 99% accurate and ready in minutes.

Pros

• Dip tests are less expensive than cups
• Results are easily read

Cons

• Does not contain adulteration countermeasures
• Only screens for four of the five most common drugs of abuse

Regardless of the type of specimen being tested or the manner in which it’s being screened, these 5-Panel drug tests are a fast, effective, rapid, and efficient way to easily test for the most common drugs of abuse.