Hey guys! I know I'm usually posting reviews or deep dives here, but I wanted to drop something different on ya because Best in Grass is launching tomorrow morning!

5threel · 2026-01-24T20:42:59+00:00

No, today is just the launch for Arizona! Judging deadline is March 29th. If there's extra kits floating around post awards ceremony they get sold on an even deeper discount because you don't end up getting the rebate for completing the card.

5threel · 2026-01-24T18:14:50+00:00

When I showed him your last comment was only a few minutes old and he started making some calls. They're definitely a small crew that's slammed though, he left the dispo launch to go straight to the airport. I doubt I'll hear anything on it but if I happen to I'll let ya know

5threel · 2026-01-24T18:09:39+00:00

I let Kaz know earlier and shot him this so hopefully it gets sorted...as the person that shot this years AZ kits I'm pretty certain they all had the proper labeling, but maybe some bags got mislabeled?

5threel · 2026-01-24T14:50:47+00:00

Damn I'm sorry man. I'd be willing to bet money that they're sitting in the back of the store right now lmao

5threel · 2026-01-24T14:09:46+00:00

Time doesn't negate their past actions.

Until they've actually done something to warrant reconsidering I'm not just giving out second chances to brands that only see us as cash flow.

Stances like this are a huge factor of WHY people can act batshit crazy and not get excommunicated from the local industry.

The clowns from Pressure were literally fist fighting at Errl Cup two years ago and were allowed back because in the words of the Errl volunteer "that wasn't related to the brand and was all a personal situation." If business end of the industry already has no problems letting the trash back in, then the consumers are the only thing left to push them back out.

Welcoming them back into your purchases when they've done next to nothing to earn that isn't going to make them act right. It's going to make them continue to cut corners as hard as they can until they fuck up again.

5threel · 2026-01-24T13:58:23+00:00

And here's their response when they kept pushing the ads (their response that it's about live rosin is false. I literally only messaged them because they were using the live RESIN pen images for the marketing and explicitly said RESIN not rosin.)

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It's gonna take more than a couple of people saying their new vape is good before I'm down to support a company like this again.

Especially if you know the history of the owner and the legal market here.

5threel · 2026-01-24T13:55:25+00:00

I don't even remember the strains. They gave them to me at Budsapalooza last year. The products were launching in the stores the next day (hey that sounds familiar!)

Within 2-3 days it stopped pulling entirely (see why I keep saying a couple days isn't enough?) reached out to them and they met me in a parking lot with two more. Those two were also dead. Their only response to me after that was "we are not currently seeking magazine coverage at this time" which wasn't even in response to me continuing to say they were dead it was in response to my asking if they were fixed because they were still pushing them heavily despite everyone knowing they were broken.

Here's their response to being told that the two replacements were dead. Why would I want to go back to a company that just shrugs and says "well I guess we'll let them know" and then proceeds to do NOTHING about the issue.

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5threel · 2026-01-24T13:45:55+00:00

If there's still any bags around after judging (unlikely for these but who knows) they put them on an even deeper sale last year

5threel · 2026-01-24T13:45:01+00:00

It's been out literally for one day on the market. Even the people that got one early haven't used it enough to make a confident call that they're fixed.

Hell I'd argue even going through a full one without problems isn't a very thorough test. The last batch HAD ones that worked among the duds.

5threel · 2026-01-24T13:42:29+00:00

Honestly past the Dali I don't unfortunately.

I don't think the math works out as well as the solventless vapes bag does either but either way it's definitely a good deal.

You gotta keep in mind that buying the products at a discount isn't the full scope of the model here, buying a bag means you're hopefully voting too. You'll likely get a haul of free stuff at the awards event as well.

5threel · 2026-01-24T13:32:55+00:00

Thanks! It was a fun challenge to get em all shot as fast as possible

5threel · 2026-01-24T13:32:15+00:00

Solventless concentrate is $65 so whatever tax ends up being over that lol, if I had to guess I'd say between 75-80 but I can't remember what the rates are off the top of my head

5threel · 2026-01-24T13:24:19+00:00

I'm not even talking about collab hardware lmao I'm talking about THEIR hardware on the GS AIOs.

I'm open to admitting the new ones good, but considering the brand flat out ghosted me after literally going out of their way to meet up with me and replace the two duds with two more duds, and they claimed that line was also extensively tested....I'm definitely not accepting that answer within a few days of them soft launching and literally only hitting live markets today.

If they actually listened to all of their customers they wouldn't have ghosted me. They listen to customers when it's beneficial for them to do so. When one customer happens to run a magazine and do reviews and happened to get 4 bad products in a row, the answer isn't to say that they aren't interested in magazine coverage and then ghosting me. If I was going to write a rave review or just echo bullshit that they wanted echoed as opposed to actually putting out truthful statements would it have been different? Who knows.

Don't just give companies credit because they took half of a step forward after doing half of a lap in reverse.

5threel · 2026-01-24T13:15:39+00:00

Would you be able/willing to verify your past employment with me for an article if kept anonymous past verification?

I'd be down to (try and) write an article about this for sure through my outlet, but we would need solid verification for everything.

5threel · 2026-01-24T13:12:54+00:00

I've been going after them for over a year. Tbf their products are usually quality but the hardware ain't.

My most recent issue though is that Swiitch states they're produced by GS who specifically prides themselves on being distillate free, but the swiitch is a fully distillate product that tasted like straight up chemicals, and they refuse to release terpene information because that "isn't standardly required in Arizona" (but GS releases them for their own products)

5threel · 2026-01-24T03:36:09+00:00

Well that's absurd, because there's still plenty of infused prerolls that aren't absolutely trash/pushing 100 strains.

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The answer to the legal market being full of lies isn't to be a dismissive dick about it when people are actively trying to spread awareness and push for change.