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jdawg333
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Expensive Weed
#26696548 - 05/26/20 09:00 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Do those really expensive bags make a big difference? I feel like I've bought relatively shitty weed before and gotten very high with no tolerance, and I've bought really good weed that could get me high with a lot of tolerance. I have a hard time understanding what would be so excellent about super, super expensive strains when effects seem to be much more about tolerance than anything. I guess I'm sort of asking, do you really get what you pay for or is it often just better to go for the best value?
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: jdawg333] 1
#26696561 - 05/26/20 09:11 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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It’s all about that sticky-icky mane.
But no seriously, buy what you like and what works for you. There’s no contest to see who can smoke the absolute most of the dankest, and if there is, it’s stupid. Personally, I can’t even smoke weed anymore. Yeah yeah whatever, call me a puss. Moral of the story, though, is that life is short. Don’t waste it.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: jdawg333] 1
#26696562 - 05/26/20 09:12 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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The short answer is price doesn't dictate quality for recreational weed.
In my experience I've had 25$ 8ths from dispensaries that are just as good, if not better, than some 60+ 8ths.
When I buy I mostly keep an eye out for harvest and package date over strain name and cannabinoid percentages.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: jdawg333] 1
#26696589 - 05/26/20 09:27 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Well what if you want to get to a new reality?
Then you gotta smoke the nicest weed when you have the least tolerance 
In all seriousness though, I think the answer depends on where you're getting kush from, and how picky you are. Some places have some really junky weed for cheap and some really nice weed for only slightly more. Other places are gonna rip you off no matter what you buy, like 60$ an 1/8th, but it's all decent stuff.
For me it's definitely 50% about taste and 50% about effects. Sometimes I'll see a weed that I recognize, and I'm willing to pay a little extra for the nostalgic smell and a chance to get into a familiar headspace.
The thing about dispensary pricing, is they price everything to THC content. Whereas, I'm skeptical about how they actually manage to get a weed to like 30% THC... Most of them taste a little strange and the high leaves a little to be desired.
IMO anything above 20% is solid, then it's just about the right strain with the right mix of terpenes that makes a strain either top shelf or mid shelf.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: jdawg333]
#26697188 - 05/26/20 02:25 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Im guessing your goal is to get the highest quality weed? If so you have to figure out what kind your most comfortable smoking, indica sativa or hybrid ofcourse, then aim for the highest thc% in that category while most dispensaries lie about thc% heres a simple guide, the whiter the crystals the better (use a flashlight on the bud) find buds with good trims because fan leaves (the big leaves) have a pretty low thc% compared to bud and sugar leaves (small leaves usually very crystallized) then there is the smell, if you know your strain you know how it should smell it should be very distinct from other strains the more special the smell is the better, u also have to be careful of artificial additives for smell but with dispensaries they dont usually use harmful ones but it is still how a lot of people get thrown off. Then like someone else mentioned, the stickier the better after grinding a bud squish it between your fingers and you want it to stick together like magnetic sand, make sure its not just moist though. If your tolerance is too high i would recommend stepping up to extracts or taking a tolerance break.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: jdawg333]
#26697218 - 05/26/20 02:40 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Just like you said low grade stuff will get you high with no tolerance but high grade will hit even with tolerance. That's why people who smoke more often tend to pay more for high grade - it's stronger. It often tastes nicer too but I know people that smoke all day everyday and don't gaf about taste.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: jdawg333]
#26697547 - 05/26/20 05:23 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've found that at the commercial stores the high end weed really is higher quality than the low end stuff. They'll both get you high though, so...
It's a bit like high end alcohol. A cheap plastic bottle of vodka will still get you drunk, but that high end stuff is better. The cheap weed isn't just cheap for no reason, there's some reason they're selling it for less than the other weed.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: nooneman]
#26698176 - 05/26/20 10:38 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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The expensive stuff sure is beautiful. Its true that some $40 eighths are as good as $60 eighths. I have bought a $75 eighth once or twice. Truely beautiful looking and tasted super great. But, they usually smoke the same as most others. Just gotta be lucky and find that weed that smokes good for you.
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What if you literally care nothing about taste and only about effectiveness? I have been wondering this a lot lately. I smoke weed for one purpose, and one purpose only, to get nice and buzzed from even a small amount. I never actually understood what people mean by taste, as all smoke from tobacco or weed tastes and smells like dogshit to me. I endure the taste of hot smoke only for the purposes of getting high. The only thing I will say about "taste," though I hesitate to use that word, is that the higher end weed is smoother and doesn't make me cough as much. But the whole concept of taste, when applied to smelly, hot smoke has eluded me my whole life.
Here's how I look at it. An ice cream sundae tastes great. A good filet mignon and lobster tail tastes great. Italian bread from a great Brooklyn bakery tastes great. Smoke, any kind of smoke, weed, cigarettes, hash...whatever, tastes like crap to me. But I smoke for the effect.
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I'm able to find legit strains that vape heavy in the 18-24% range at $10 per gram retail bulk. There are $15 and higher per gram bulk strains, but they generally don't seem much more potent.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: alephdog]
#26699242 - 05/27/20 11:13 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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The indoor bud is where it’s at. The Deps I get are fire as fuck too but there’s something about the indoor u can’t beat. It’s a thousand dollar price difference on a pound but you only need a puff or 2 versus a bowl or 2.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: jdawg333]
#26701942 - 05/28/20 02:14 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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*SIGH*, oh how I wish most of you people could get weed from the 80's and 90's. Seems like ALL the weed now is VERY good IMHE. Such snobby attitudes and TMI with weed these days. The cheapest weed at any dispensary seems like the best or close to it back in the 80's and 90's. Depends on how much they flush it etc...the best weed you can possibly get is what you can grow.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: jdawg333]
#26703090 - 05/29/20 12:49 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Depends on if u think the weed is worth the value. If its expensive, its probably high quality. Keyword Probably. But one couod argue that mid-grade weed for less money but more quantity is a better deal. Its a very subjective thing. Just depends on what you think ia most valuable, quantity or quality.
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Quote:
LogicaL Chaos said: Depends on if u think the weed is worth the value. If its expensive, its probably high quality. Keyword Probably. But one couod argue that mid-grade weed for less money but more quantity is a better deal. Its a very subjective thing. Just depends on what you think ia most valuable, quantity or quality.
This is another thing I wonder about. Is the price difference between just decent weed and high end weed even worth it? I guess if one is a connoisseur or happens to actually like the taste of smoke, then its definitely worth it. But for people who just like to get buzzed like i do, and not really wacked out of zooted, I think its a valid question. At what point does diminishing returns kick in, is my point?
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Most of it will be about marketing, and how well it's been grown/handled so it looks nice.
Do you want a couchlock/monged out high, or more of a trippy uppy high? Indica dominant for the former, sativa dominant for the latter.
Generally indica dom strains will have shorter flowering times than sativa dom strains, so should be cheaper in theory, tho in practice I doubt there's much price difference for outdoor crops.
Me, I like sativa dominant strains, uppy trippy highs, with plenty of flavanoids, something like white widow or Mothers finest from sensi seeds, which are about 40/60 indica/sativa. 8-12 weeks flowering time depending on the phenotype.
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: Sandala]
#26704798 - 05/29/20 02:22 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Most of the cannabis marketing seems to be utter bullshit from what I've seen, referring to dispensaries that is.
They all tout THC % and 0% CBD, which I get you would feel scammed buying CBD instead of THC. But in reality there are many cannabinoids, and THC should be enhanced by a balance. Yet this isn't explored. Instead they use stupid flavor names, cookie this and that. Little to do with the actual botanical nature. Indica vs. sativa is a real situation, but I rarely find sativa available.
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A tough question to answer. I know weed stores have a ton of selections of all types of grades. Dealers usually only have a few choices but if you're lucky, they will have multiple choices to choose from.
If you want the best, you gotta pay the best
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Re: Expensive Weed [Re: jdawg333] 1
#26704863 - 05/29/20 02:44 PM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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jdawg333 said: Do those really expensive bags make a big difference? I feel like I've bought relatively shitty weed before and gotten very high with no tolerance, and I've bought really good weed that could get me high with a lot of tolerance. I have a hard time understanding what would be so excellent about super, super expensive strains when effects seem to be much more about tolerance than anything. I guess I'm sort of asking, do you really get what you pay for or is it often just better to go for the best value?
Easy question with an easy answer. Quality over quantity You get what you pay for depending on where you get it. I mean if it comes right from a medical place you know damn right the quality is solid and the price reflects that
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tyrannicalrex said: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/26618733
it's the ratio of CBD:CBN you do the pepsi challenge with mothers finest from sensi, against something like Mazar from magus genetics, with a couple of days in between and you'll get a very different high
maybe they've hybridized the fuck out of everything thesedays but 20yrs ago there was a hell of a difference.
Couchlock Vs trippy/uppy is a thing.
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Edited by Sandala (05/30/20 03:41 AM)
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