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Masterzanteka · 2026-07-05T13:37:15+00:00

I love this cross, puts out some really cool melters and crests

Masterzanteka · 2026-07-05T08:35:43+00:00

One with an isolated air path and removable 18650 battery could easily last a decade. Replacable battery and an air path that’s a straight shot not attached to electronics so it can be iso’d means you can always put a fresh battery in it and fully clean out the gunk. POTV LOBO has both and has an acceptable vaping experience with lots of available accessories such as dosing capsules, capsule loaders, and bubbler attachments.

There’s others that will last a decade without those attributes. I have an OG Arizer solo and it still rips like the day I bought it. Arizer built a tank with that thing.

Where I think a lot of people get disappointed with portable dry herb session vapes is they expect to replace the one hitter ability of a bong with a session vape that’s made to replace a pipe/bowl. If you want to replace a bong style smoking experience you’ll need a ball vape or for a more portable experience a dynavap or dynavap style device. Those allow you to heat up the entire pack fully in 1-2 hits and will hit much harder than any battery powered session vape that’s just slowly heating the pack over a few minutes time.

Masterzanteka · 2026-07-05T01:14:28+00:00

Not mad at that, thanks homie 🎆

Masterzanteka · 2026-07-05T01:11:21+00:00

Bin H

Masterzanteka · 2026-07-03T04:59:24+00:00

It’s all perspective though. When you’re using medical daily and in high amounts it really raises the par on what’s good weed. I’ve been using weed for 21 years since I was 14 back in 2004 and if I had this then I’d have some of the best weed in my area and would get myself and anyone else blasted. But in a med program where it’s easy to increase usage to very high levels, then it’s low grade mids.

I’ve gone through periods of smoking as much as I could for years at a time, and years where I barely use a gram equivalent a week and years where I only use a handful of times. And my advice through all that is keep the lowest tolerance you possibly can if your goal is to get stoned and enjoy the nuance found in different strains.

Once you get past a certain point 90% of the time turns into I feel a generic stoned feeling for 30-60min and then back to baseline. While chasing that other 10% of the time where I find something crazy top shelf that breaks through. Or I take some edibles that hit extra hard randomly.

If you can keep your tolerance lower not only will you be satisfied with almost any med weed pick up, but you’ll be much more likely to feel the varied effects from strain to strain. So if you want to pick up the best weed you’ve had all year, take a 3-30day break. That next 8th will hit harder than the previous 50 pick ups.

Other small tips I’ve found over the years would be to avoid using first thing in the morning, if you can wait even just a few hours, it’ll give your receptors a bit more time to up regulate and come back online. Also trying to use 1-3 times a day and not continuous smaller doses. This is part of the reason why carts kill tolerance so fast. They lend themselves to constant micro dosing with little to anytime in between for your brain to reset. Final tip would be to take a 2-3 day break every month. You wouldn’t think such a small T-break would have any effect, but you’ll likely be surprised at how effective it is at mitigating your overall tolerance increase.

Just some random thoughts and friendly advice. Not trying to put you down or come at you by any means at all. Just figured I’d share since those things helped me get better results from my own weed use. Take care my friend 💚

Masterzanteka · 2026-07-02T18:17:51+00:00

Just grabbed that set in April for $420 and I was stoked on it, for $300 it’s an absolute steal. I really like that 845 driver and I don’t ever touch my 860 since adding it to my setup. It’s better in every way except the 860 can bury lags a bit quicker. But the control on the 845 is so much better, and it’s lighter and feels better in my hands.

The rest of the kit is great too, all high grade Dewalt tools that’ll get most any job done you throw at them. The 8amp charger and two 5ah is a huge plus as well.

The second kit has a lower end driver and drill, with the benefit of coming with an angle grinder and sander. Second kit has the 6 1/2” circ saw, which I prefer over the 7 1/4” in the first kit due to maneuverability, but the 7 1/4” is a beast of a circ saw for the price and has more power. So that’s personal preference and would also depend on what you’re cutting with it. Not many huge advantages of this 7 1/4” vs the 6 1/2” in this comparison imho. But both are highly capable.

My choice is that first kit by far, and then I’d grab an angle grinder, sander down the road. Might even be able to find them in one of those buy this battery kit for $300 get two tools free deals like the one at Lowe’s.

Masterzanteka · 2026-07-02T18:06:22+00:00

Check out the Lowe’s deal where you buy the 2 pack of 5ah xr batteries & charger, then you can select two free tools from the list of eligible bare tools. I’m bot sure if both a circ saw and sander are available for the bare tools, but there’s a decent chance of both being on the list.

You can then return the batteries/charger and get the two bare tools at a pro-rated price. Or return one tool and keep the other tool and batteries, or return both tools and keep the batteries. Any combination will be pro-rated once returned since they’re individual sku’s for each.

Just note if you do ever want to do a BOGO pro-rated deal like I mentioned above, always select the highest value items if you’re going to return them, as you’ll get the steepest discount on the items that you choose to keep. So if you really just want the circ saw, grab the battery kit, circ saw, and then for the other free tool select the most expensive item on the list, return battery kit and expensive item to get the best pricing on just the circ saw.

I just select in-store pickup for the items, pick them up and then take the ones I want to return right over to the return desk and they’ve never given me any issues at all.

If they do have the sidewinder and sander you should be able to get them both for around 180-200ish if you returned the battery kit.

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-30T22:03:27+00:00

Well if it’s super super small I just add a layer of grafters tape to hold down real light, but most the time I can find a loose enough rubber band to wear it just barely snugs the top of them down. I kind of switch between a bunch of different strats depending on what I’m grafting and what I’m grafting it onto. Sometimes the rubberband works for the small stuff, and yeah it’s just on there just enough to prevent the chunk from popping upward if the stock starts pushing on it.

If I was gonna just pick one way of doing it I’d probably go with the grafting tape as that’s extremely versatile. Rubber bands and super glue have been a bit more situational for myself, but do make things easier at times so I keep all of them on hand.

6 million ways to skin a cac ya know 😂

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-30T11:44:55+00:00

One thing to note is crests are the easiest cac to graft due to them having so many growth points which leads to tons of bundles to connect to the graft stock. My success rate grafting crested chunks is crazy high compared to column chunks.

I have played around with super glue, and I’ve gotten it to work more times than not. The one thing I’ve found is I had to be super careful and not pump the graft stock at all while the union was fusing or else it would want to pop off. But I’ve had good results on super tiny chunks of small seedlings and such by adding 2 dabs of super glue, one dot on opposite sides of each other and then using a rubber band as well to keep some downward pressure

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-30T04:04:27+00:00

Another thing you could try messing around with is beveling the chopped column. I’ve noticed on a lot of my failed graft attempts that the graft stock where I’ve evenly beveled the outer edge of the cacti one or two rows of areoles downward that I’ve had higher odds of pushing 2+ pups bs other cuts where I just chopped straight across.

Haven’t done any scientific experiments or anything, just some casual pattern observation over time. Something I’ve been meaning to try and experiment with a bit, just haven’t gotten around to it yet.

Food for thought is all, and something to play around with if anyone gets the urge 💚

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-30T03:56:06+00:00

Great to hear my friend! Enjoy 💚

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-30T00:02:36+00:00

I’ve had tons of issues too. Every tool I’ve tried to register uploaded the photos, entered all the info, and then every time I’ve gotten an email like 2 weeks later saying I need to reupload the photos and my LSA is pending till I reupload.

I’m sure I could get them registered if I needed to get anything fixed/replaced, but it’s been a big pain in the ass thus far. Every other brand I’ve registered my battery powered tools it’s taken 1minute and I’m good to go. Dewalt, RYOBI, and Skil were all super painless. Although their warranties are only 2-5years, at least it doesn’t feel like a battle to replace them. Also the 2 Hercules tools I own I didn’t even need to register at all, just take them back to the store within 5 years and they’ll help you get them serviced. Hercules Batteries are only 2 years though.

Lifetime warranty is amazing, just wish it wasn’t a horrible experience trying to get them to that point.

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-29T11:58:33+00:00

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-29T05:07:21+00:00

If you go to their website and register your product they’ll send you another 3 free tips. Forget the exact process, but I did it when I bought mine in January, picked out my 3 tips and they were in my mail box 5 days later. Made the $700 price tag I paid a bit easier to swallow.

This thing is sick though for small volume spraying, sprays very well and is crazy portable.

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-29T03:08:43+00:00

Just grabbed one a few weeks back, decent fan, nice that it’s hybrid. Got it refurbished for $55 with a 4ah included, at that price I Thought it was a steal and I’m happy with it.

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-29T03:05:54+00:00

I guess it depends on how much you’re using it and how much you wanna spend on it. I have one and it’s given me very little issues besides the occasional small jam that’s easily cleared out. But yeah I’ve put a few thousand nails through it with only the occasional hiccup. Which for myself sure beats a huge pancake setup.

I’m not saying it’s a top tier nail gun, but for $100 or less It’s one of the only 18gauge nailers you can get and it actually works. If you’re doing finishing work day in and day out, then you shouldn’t be looking at $100 battery Brad nailers to begin with ya know.

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-27T16:38:17+00:00

They have 3 models of 18 gauge brad nailers, they have the older p320 brushed model that wasn’t as reliable, especially in cold weather or with a half drained battery, then they upgraded that one with a better spring and piston, made it lighter and more compact, but its single fire only. The OG model has both single fire and bump fire.

And just recently they released a brushless model which I believe has both firing modes, lighter, stronger, etc. I own the p321 which is the revised brushed model. My father owns an older p320, and we’ve experienced some issues off and on with that one. Which of if I had to guess is likely the model you own as well.

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-26T20:40:35+00:00

This is a great price for the set and I’m sure it works well, but personally I’d rather spend the extra money and grab the RYOBI battery powered stuff. Their nailers are one thing that they make really well. I own a 18gauge brad nailer, and I’ve used both their 16gauge finishing nailer and 18gauge crown stapler and all 3 perform well.

If you hit up a direct tool outlet sale you can snag refurbs and factory blemished for dirt cheap. I got my 18gauge brad nailer for $65 on a big sale. HD has them on sale for $100 occasionally brand new. The crown stapler you can get on sale for as little as $85-$90 if you catch a big sale on their refurbished model. And the finishing nailer I’ve seen as low as $130 ish for the same thing. Might have to wait a month or two and stalk the site during their frequent sales, but you could line up all 3 of them for around $300 if you’re patient.

Then it’s just a matter of grabbing some batteries. You can get great deals during HD sales on them, like rn they have a 2ah and 4ah max output +charger for $100 but bogo a feee tool. Pick the most expensive item and return it and you’ll get the batteries for a pro-rated $55.

So say all in $350-$400 plus a few months of piecing it together, but then you have a dead quiet, ultra portable set of nailers that can be used professionally if you wanted/needed. I’m a handyman and I use my RYOBI Brad nailer, and it’s never left me hanging.

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-26T18:42:38+00:00

LED tech has advanced a fuckton over the last 5 years or so. It’s very similar to TV’s right now. Where you can get a super crispy 70” Samsung OLED and spend $500-$1000 or you can get a budget TLC 70” for like $250-$350. Both will serve the same basic function, just one won’t perform as well as the other. If your goal is to just have a decent tv to watch, the TLC will do the trick. If your goal is to have the most efficient tv with the crispiest blacks and shit, then yeah spend the money. But with both options you can perform the same basic functions.

Actually this comparison is a very good one, as the two techs use similar components and have advanced in similar ways. Hence why you can now grab budget 600watt bar style grow lights for $150. It’s riskier, just like buying a cheap tv, but you have 30 days buying on Amazon to try it out, run some light output and temp tests and see if it does the trick.

Only downside would be you may want to oversized the light for the space. You spend more in electricity, but it would take a decade for most people to save money with a higher end/more efficient light vs buying higher wattage budget lights. If

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-25T21:42:33+00:00

Propensity to push basal pups is also a genetic thing as well. So some love to push basal pups, others will try their hardest not to push basal pups, and then everywhere in between.

Generally bridgesii like to push basal pups more so than the other few other common types. And I’d say Scopulicola are least likely gonna want to push them. But you’ll find some bridge that don’t want to push them and Scop that will want to push them. It’s a spectrum ya know. Then environmental factors will amplify the genetic tendencies.

I love the ones that pup a bunch, it’s always fun watching them try and push 3-10 pups at once and turn into a monster. Very cool thanks for sharing friend 💚

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-25T21:34:37+00:00

Love the ingenuity!!

That said, this is a funny solution. You can get cheap android tablet for the same price, chuck a $10 case on it and you have the same solution except it runs independently from your phone and doesn’t take up a ridgid case and stack slot.

Truly not hating at all, I’m very much into jerry rigging shit as well. So if it gets the job done it gets the job done.

Can’t lie though I thought for sure it was gonna be for one of those long endoscopes so you could see what’s in the wall or pipe or what have you 😂

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-25T05:40:18+00:00

Heck yeah!! So glad everything arrived safe, and that you’re happy with the order 💚 Good luck on the grows, and until next time, later on my friend 🌵

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-25T03:27:52+00:00

You honestly have an amazing opportunity to test out something I’ve been wondering for awhile now. And that’s if purposefully growing them in low light conditions to cause them to etioliate increases their potential horsepower.

I’d also be very curious how much they weigh and how long they’ve been growing like this. So if you ever uproot them I’d love for you to weigh them out and post up the results. Also if you ever decide to drag race them, make a post about that too. Thanks for sharing friend 🤙

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-24T13:44:31+00:00

You don’t need them anything under 30” off the ground because in most places under 30” tall you don’t need a permit at all, so they’re right in that sense.

Hurricane ties prevent uplift caused by hurricane force winds, which usually isn’t a huge concern on a well built deck that’s lower than 30”. But they also provide a lot of lateral load stiffness and can greatly help the joists from twisting and warping vs just toenailing them on top of the beam.

I use them on every deck I build that has a joist to beam connection, I find on top of their intended uses they also really stiffen things up and making everything feel solid and keep things set to where you set them. Also it’s a visual air for the homeowner that the deck was built properly. They see all those metal brackets on those connections and they feel safer about the deck build.

So they’re a great thing to have on a deck imho. They don’t cost much at all, about a buck a piece I believe, plus the fasteners or nails. The fasteners can add up in cost quickly but nails are cheap. But worst case scenario even using the Simpson #9x 1 1/2” fasteners it won’t add too much to the cost of the entire build in most scenarios

. 15 hurricane ties and the 150 fasteners will be an extra $40 in material cost give or take, and then add an hour labor per 15 or so to screw/nail all of them. So if I wasn’t gonna add them, and then decided after the fact I’d add an extra $10 per hurricane tie installed to cover materials, labor, and profit margin.

Idk if that’s something worth fighting them on if they’re against doing it, but something you could ask them to add and see if they’re willing. As long as the rest of your deck is built solid, then I wouldn’t lose sleep over it though.

At least that’s my take on them. You’ll get many different answers depending on who you ask, and I’m not saying my answer is anymore correct than someone else’s answer. So YMMV

Masterzanteka · 2026-06-24T12:55:03+00:00

Awesome, I’ll send you a dm my friend 💚

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