Fifth Avenue Forum

@shmenguin

As I wait for my medical card to arrive, I have been messing around looking at the online shops (for pickup) at a couple dispensaries out here in Lancaster County. Do you have a recommendation for a vape? I know there are some decent differences in price for the cheapest vs. the most expensive, wondering if the difference in quality is really that appreciable.

Also, if you don't mind me asking, what's a monthly expenditure like? I think I was a little surprised when I saw how high the prices are, but also not sure how long a quarter, for example, would last.

@shmenguin

As I wait for my medical card to arrive, I have been messing around looking at the online shops (for pickup) at a couple dispensaries out here in Lancaster County. Do you have a recommendation for a vape? I know there are some decent differences in price for the cheapest vs. the most expensive, wondering if the difference in quality is really that appreciable.

Also, if you don't mind me asking, what's a monthly expenditure like? I think I was a little surprised when I saw how high the prices are, but also not sure how long a quarter, for example, would last.

Vape quality gaps are real. The Mighty is way better than the Pax, for example. There’s something called a dynavap which people love, and is very cheap. But it’s a little confusing on how to use. So between form and function, you get what you pay for sadly. I still suggest the mighty. But it’s not like the cheaper ones are useless. r/vaporents will give you more detail than I can. I’d say try to avoid cartridges and extracts for now. You could wreck your tolerance if you go too far down that rabbit hole.

Monthly spend? Eesh...not sure. I consume a ton of material because of my tolerance. If you’re more of a lightweight and just want to do one session a day, you’re probably looking at $300 a month or so.

You’re probably looking at $7-10 dollars to get nice and baked. That’s a better way to put it.

How many sessions in a month. And also, I would like to pay you large sums of money for your tolerance level.

How many sessions in a month. And also, I would like to pay you large sums of money for your tolerance level.

You don't have to get "wasted" every time that you smoke. I smoke daily but over the course of the day have a hit here and there (outside of work time).

Also, I’ve probably done about 1,500 sessions over the last 5 years. There’s no noticeable degradation in my lung health, as far as how I feel goes. I don’t get winded easier. No chronic coughing. I don’t think this is particularly “healthy” but there’s no clinical data linking this style of vaping to long term damage.

There are also some really nice little vape pens that you can buy for under a hundred bucks that will handle extracts really well. Not “cartridge” pens. But like stuff you can scoop little globs of extract into and go to town.

When you’re ready, live resin is an amazing form of extract. It smells and tastes like a dream. It’s just not quite as good of a high and doesn’t last as long as flower. But man, you can go from zero to blast off in like 5 seconds and actually improve the smell of the room you’re in.

I really recommend not trying cartridges. They’re almost TOO easy, and they wreck your tolerance faster than anything. Also not as great for your lungs because it’s not as clean of a vapor path and there’s variability in the quality of the cartridge parts. But if you’re going on a trip, they do travel well. You could throw a handful in your carry on and feel totally fine going through TSA.

Jesus **** $300 a month? Seriously?

What’s your local shop?

Also, they always make you go in person the first time. Total pain. After that you can just do curbside.