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Glass BHO Extraction Tube: Product Review

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#531224 - 02/27/11 01:31 PM (13 years, 9 months ago)

Hai guyz, I recently purchased a glass BHO tube from a user here (theNPC) who blows glass. Here is my mini review of said tube.

The product arrived very well packaged. While I would have preferred some styrofoam peanuts, or some more bubble wrap, the product was actually quite snug in the box. I had to literally cut the box away to remove the tube. I had placed the order, was told once payment had been verified product would be created and shipped. Due to some snow storms in my area it took me an additional week to get the payment to theNPC. He sent me one PM asking about payment, when I explained my situation he understood, told me to get to him when I could, and did not ask again about where his money was. Finally I was able to get him the money, he accepts paypal, all I needed was to sign up and I could pay him using my debit card (no need to verify bank accounts or anything like that, 5 mins to register 20 seconds to pay). Paypal informed me that they text sellers when a payment is made, I also sent him a PM here to inform him of payment. The next day I received a PM back informing me that the tube would be shipped out on Monday (payment placed on a Sat night, no shipping on sunday). Was told about 5-6 days for package to arrive, package arrived next Saturday with no issues. Tube was not damaged. Very happy with this here, excellent service and the product was delivered on time and as promised.

Here is the tube unfilled. It has a ground glass joint which formed a perfect seal. The cap has a small hole for the nozzle of the butane canister. At the other end of the tube there is a slightly larger hole for the butane to drip out of. I may wrap a coffee filter around the end next time, but I did not have any problems with the plant material sneaking out into the collection plate.

This is the tube filled. When asked how much plant material could be used, I was told 3.5 grams. Well, I ground up 3.5 grams and it fit just perfectly. If I really smashed it down I may have fit another gram in there. But I just lightly packed it so I didn't restrict the flow of the butane. It is a slightly time consuming process, took me about 10-15 mins to grind and pack the tube. Even if I did use a funnel (i just dropped it through the top with my fingers), you're still going to need something to pack it down here and there as the material gets clumped up in the tube. I used the thicker end of a chop stick to pack it down. Not a major deal, just went a little bit slower then I thought it would.

here's the tube after the run, the plant material contracted fairly quickly. I'm not sure if this is normal, if I should have put more in, or what. But the first pull was the only thing I think gave me my yield. Once the material contracted I think there was too much air in the tube for a useful extraction. I should mention that it was slightly difficult to get the plant material out. Most of that was due to me as I compressed the material again to see how much room I had gained. I used the chop stick again to loosen the material and tapped the tube lightly on the side of a plastic garbage can to help shake it out. I think next time I will cut off a piece of a coathanger and use that without tamping the material down. Will probably work a letter better then.

Aaaaand we finally get to what you really want to see which is the final product. Using only 3.5 grams I knew I was not going to yield much, I didn't buy this to produce commercial amounts of BHO though, my goal was to have something that I could use now and then for a small personal stash. I may have yielded a little more if I used some of my more potent buds, but trial runs I always stick to the stuff I don't care about losing. The strain was OG18 x Skunk #1 (honestly I smoked a few bowls of it and I don't see myself using it for anything but hash or butter, ugh). I obviously didn't purge the butane well enough because a.) I was a little impatient, b.) it's such a tiny amount and c.) I'm just testing things out for the moment and don't really care too much about removing all impurities. Next time I will have a nice hot oil bath that my extraction plate will sit in and I'll possible re-dissolved in some ethanol for a final purge.

Haven't smoked any yet, but I'm about to. The blurry pictures show how nice and golden this stuff is. It produced a purer product then my hexane method does, but that's because of the type of hexane I use is not the best. I imagine the potency is pretty similar, slightly better is my guess, then the hexane as well. If I'm looking to produce a lot of oil, I'll stick with the hexane, if I just want a little bit to satisfy a craving this tube is a better choice.

All in all it was an excellent experience buying this from theNPC. I paid 25$ for the tube, 2-3$ for shipping, and I threw him a couple of bucks to cover the CC merchant charge paypal charges you (I did this on my own accord, he did not ask me to pay this for him, I just think it's a crap charge for small sellers). I'm sure a similar product in a head shop would retail for 30-50 dollars so it felt like a very fair price to me (plus I have not seen one personally in a headshop before). He shipped when he said he would, product arrived when he said it would, was not harassed about non payment after placing the order, and the packaging and product arrived undamaged and well done.

I'll post back soon with a smoke report :smile:

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