Testing the prototype of the Thermal Grizzly Duronaut, which I had internally dubbed “Paste X” at the time, hopefully marked the beginning of the end of an era that could almost be described as paste procurement crime. In the past, it was a real adventure to find good and durable thermal pastes – especially if you were looking for quality and consistency. Often there was no choice but to rely on questionable sources: Chinese online marketplaces with dubious authenticity, where you never really knew if the paste really delivered what it promised – or if what you ordered arrived at all.With the final launch of the new thermal paste, there is now at least one less problem. For today’s test, we deliberately no longer used a sample produced by Thermal Grizzly in its own laboratory, but a standard retail pack directly from mass production. The aim was clear: to ensure that the product that ends up on the shelf performs exactly the same as the promising prototypes. And without wanting to spoi...