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  • A lot of great responses here already. I wanted to offer a few thoughts.

    What does quality mean to you when it comes to concentrates? For me, I search for solventless rosins that try to capture the flavor and essence of the strain/plant being used.

    Concentrate quality is typically determined by:

    1. Input material - What did they use to make the concentrate? Cured nugs, trim, whole plants? As they say, “Fire in = fire out”
    2. Extraction method - Do they use some type of solvent (e.g. butane) to create the concentrate? Or is it solventless, and maybe created via ice water hash or press methods.

    Comparing outputs:

    • Distillate: While typically the most potent and used in vape carts, I’d generally say anything with distillate will be the least representative of the original material used (no taste), and something I try to avoid. Distillate = headaches, for me.
    • Live / Cured Resin: Resin is extracted with solvents, and retains more of the plant’s profile of terpenes and flavonoids. A great budget concentrate option. This is typically where you’ll find shatters, waxes, budders/badders, crumble, sugar, etc.
    • Live Rosin: Then we have Live Rosin which is extracted in a solventless method, and to me, is the best concentrate available. Full of flavor and character that is representative of the original plant/strain used. I’ve seen rosin come in shatter (fresh press), sauce, and badder-y variants.

    EDIT: Also if texture can be an issue, I know people who swear by the Hot Knife by Puffco: https://www.puffco.com/products/the-puffco-hot-knife


  • To me, the legal market is looking amazing these days. If you go to the right dispensaries and buy from the right growers/processors, quality and price are very reasonable. I don’t find availability to be an issue; there’s about 3 dispensaries I prefer to go to, out of maybe 40 I could go to within a half hour drive.

    As an example, today I got this rosin gram for $30, and a half oz of Sherb Cream Pie flower for $75. In my recent experience, quality concentrates can range from $30-$60 a gram, and quality flower can range from $50-100 a half oz.

















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    No worries, happy to answer.

    • For the banger, I’ve been using a small Pyrex glass dish, with another dish of the same size to serve as a lid when I’m not soaking. I’m able to soak it about a dozen times before the iso gets too dirty and I replace it. I’ve never had a banger that required a soak after each use, but it’s so worth it because the dabs taste incredible.
    • For the bong, I just dump epsom salt + iso into it and make sure they get into all the chambers, then let it soak