thanks for this post, guys :-)

personally, i couldn't give a shit about packs.

unnecessary plastic waste, just more crap getting made, resources used up for nothing. marketing BS.

also for me, it's all about the human experience. i want to buy from a human being who has grown with love and care, who puts the same love and care into comms etc. someone i can feel a connection with. it all makes more sense, that way.

that's what's important to me.

having said that, i might feel differently if i actually liked some of the packaging designs. personally, i think they're all butt-ugly! seems like they're all marketed at teenage boys . . . .

Great topic, I like to advocate in favor of packs for the following reasons:

- the manifestation of art and creative endeavors are a sign of the vibrancy of our community and that cannabis culture is still alive and strong.

- great weed requires high development costs e.g strain hunting, state of the art facilities / lights, talented growers, these costs need to be recouped over time by higher margins achieved through differentiation and brand recognition

- brands help consumers know what they’re going to get which is critical important on the high value products e.g I dont need to ask what the new batch of Kush For Breakfast is like, I know it’s going to be to fire every time.

- it’s convenient when you’re piling diffident strains to keep them in the bags, keeps them all separate, fresh and easy access for short term storage.

- an example like Tenco Alaskan Crab legs is pure class, down to the tiny detail of the best before dates etc, Or the impractical but incredible looking cocktail glass shape packs. Done well it’s 20th century pop art.

- I didn’t used to collect rave flyers or much else but for sure there’s some I wish I did, so Ive kept a few of the better packs so I can reminisce or get hunted down by some future obscure collector of Tenco packaging with a fat cheque book.

- there are shit cheap ones out there don’t that I don’t advocate for and it don’t matter how good the pack art is if the weed is shite, it’s got to come together.

Question is what to do with the glass jars? If only someone would start a10p recycling scheme like the old lemonade bottles we might save the environment and I’d probably be able to afford another jar of K4B.

After being in the 'this is just more crap to throw away' bracket for quite a while, I'm not sure how to reconcile that with the fact that I bought a TenCo Alaskan Crab Legs pack off yourselves as much for the packaging as the weed (which seems really Blue Zushi in flavour profile, and I'm glad I tried).

It seems like some people collect packs like how people used to collect rave flyers back in the day.
A lot of the packaging now is way over the top and ridiculous but also I totally get why people would want to put their mark on their product. As a way to stand out💚✌️

Everything feels more premium with a branded pack. It's just a nicer experience.

I’d have to say Cheese, between 2000/2005.

Reminds me of my school days when we used to chip in £1/2 to get a £5 draws haha

These were the days 3 pound each and trying to pursuade a dealer to give us a tens

4 ways on a teenth was not uncommon in NW2 in 1998.
Some lame hash with dog hairs in it from the local hippie-🤣🤣.

Those WERE the days ay.

And there'd be a party at 2am when you found a blim in the sofa recess during Shithead.

Damm this brings back some memories doing the same things with my mates how things have changed 🤷‍♂️

Definitely and Luton blues

Shaman by Dutch passion skunkxpurple#1 strain great sativa.

Totally agree! Pure Banger! Light green color with a strong beer smell! Kept an eye open for it, never to be found!

Hello mate. Just to let you know. I didnt mean anything by downvoting you it was an accident i meant to upvote you

I don’t know if it’s the best, but my favourite strain is Sour Diesel. I’ve been a fan since I tried the East Coast cut that Grey Area used to sell in Amsterdam. Some of the best tasting weed I’ve ever had.

Yes I remember that sour diesel from the grey area 👍😂😉also the New York city Diesel from Abraxsas.that was a nice smoke.i drove to Amsterdam that year 2006 if i recall world cup time..I smuggled 6 grams of that back 🥴.and made it through ha ha 🤣.those were the days 😉

It’s for sure a classic

Yellow Zushi for me.

A Rare Cherry Pheno AK 47 from SIlk road in 2010.

I see we got a dark web veteran here

Ooh that sounds interesting.
Cherry AK.

I wonder what strain is it that brings this cherry terpene to the plate?

Chocalope!

For me it has to be some Bruce Banner #3 from 1e hulp in the dam all the way back in 2017. I've never been able to recapture that one. It was a skunky, kind of gassy & fruity type all rolled into one with such a unique flavour profile to finish. The high was second to none. Wiped me right out. Left me looking at the world with my eyes so bulged they were basically closed. They say you'll never recapture that first high, this one took me above and beyond.

Bruce Banner great strain very powerful

For sure! It flew under the radar quite a bit and I think it's unique musk and it's face melting is why.

Super Lemon Haze from the original Greenhouse Coffeeshop in Amsterdam :)
Also Arjans Strawberry Haze is right there with it, properly grown in soil for pure taste, can't beat the sweet berry on the exhale!

Ooo I forgot about strawberry haze, that was a great flavour esp the ones that genuinely tasted of strawberries!

Yess! I still think about that SLH smoke and have never found anything quite like it.

God that was like 15/20 years go!

Purple Haze back in 2008. Smelt and tasted like lavender. Haven’t had anything quite like it since then.

Man I used to get some banging street weed back around those times. Northern Lights, White Widow and good ole Cheese were the norm.

haven't seen any white widow for ages one of my favourites

Purple Haze back in 2008. Smelt and tasted like lavender. Haven’t had anything quite like it since then.

Man I used to get some banging street weed back around those times. Northern Lights, White Widow and good ole Cheese were the norm.

Never knew the strain but I've been forever trying to find something that I smoked about the same era that had a lavender terp.

Lovely stuff, got it once and then I've never seen anything like it since.

got an oz like that in the late 90's, had the potent lavender smell and taste. think it was a bit on the indica pheno side. very dark purple and when you snapped the buds in half the core was almost black. amazing bag appeal. really strong and tasty stuff too

I used to get some critical mass that was just like that around the same time. Nice big round buds.

Probably the timeless Afghan Kush for me

I’ve only had this once but it was beautiful.
Tasted like Afghan black hash, made me very happy for about 30 minutes then sent me to bed.
Same with you?

Blue Cheese for me. One best tasting and strong high, wish it would come back.

I absolutely love blue cheese. So tasty and so strong. I used to get an oz every week off my plug back in the day. Couldn't get enough of it. Got it recently in the dam too at Greenhouse effect. Was just like how I remembered it.

Yeah man, the real blue cheese was so pungant, it don't matter if it was wrapped in 3 layers, you could still smell that shit. it's just not same nowadays! :(

Yea you know if your saying that. A taste of more off it. The stuff I got in the dam was really nice but nothing like years back.

1995 Northern Lights
2023 FBC (from Druids Magic)

The two best strains/grows I’ve ever smoked. By far.

Gelonade I had a lovely batch a few years ago off the dw never tasted gelonade like it since and can’t even remember who the seller was called

recently went to albania, fuck knows what it was but it was something mint related.... they albanians know how to grow haha

Best growers in the world hands down haha

the world would be a better place without albanians, when it comes to weed. that much is certain.

classic Stardawg, u can never go wrong

I’m not ashamed to agree.
Gets you boxed too. Can’t deny that.

I had the best stardawg from SDL recently classic old school gassy dawg

Quality Stardog is done off the best bud

ESB - extra special bud , Old times #2 and S4 - Skunk 4 ways. S4 by far was the best I have ever had even to this day sadly it was a special made breed so will never have the oppurtunity to try it again :(

If you grow both those strains are available mate.
They're both OLDTIMER1 strains who sadly is no longer with us but some good fellows have taken up the mantle of his strains...people like buddelaire from fleur de mal seeds

Still got a couple of Oldtimes seeds in the fridge I think, probably no good after all these years?

You would be surprised.
People have germinated seeds found in Egyptian tombs thousands of years old.

8 month break with the family and dam is it good to be back with you Biggaz.

My favourite strain ever was back in 2004 and called MMG “Martian Mean Green” from DNA, I managed to get a few beautiful phenos from a pack of reg seeds

It was the ultimate strain and I’ve never seen or smelt anything like it since then ❤️

Absolutely loved that strain. I remember queuing for a long time as I was there for the cannabis cup (2006). Grey Area’s queue was ridiculous on a normal day!

A very special strain which I haven’t seen since unfortunately.
Would love to see someone give that a go and bring it back.

Oreoz from super Hans back in lockdown. Most expensive bud I've bought but it literally tasted of chocolate biscuits. It was heaven.

Special Olympics, a sativa strain from a Canadian MOM, Zippy about 16 years ago. One that will never be forgotten.

Some sweet tooth from Barney's in Dam. Some of the "Ice" a local strain I smoked in Jamaica.
Barry Bonds from ULC on here

Now that is some serious variety 👌

I get around like the Beach Boys!

Honourable mentions to the Hawaiian Haze at Katsu in Dam too.

Had serious difficulties negotiating everyday tasks after that.

Original white widow mk1 before they bred the woody ovules out of it. Jacky white was amazing too.
But, my favourite has to be breeder steves sweet tooth.
Cannabis has become inbred as fuck. Its time to throw out all the modern watered down crap and go back to the drawing board, starting with selections of landraces and crossing thereof. My opinion any how.
Regardless enjoy.
Ah and dr grindspoon. I still have seeds.

There was a grower that was producing the strongest WW ever. It’s the closest weed I’ve had that when smoked could be mistaken for isolator.
Never seen anything like it from anywhere else. Just this one grower that let it off to my pal.

It’s bugging me because he did tell me the info !!!

Ak48 is also a strong one.
NOT to be confused with Ak47 ( as I initially assumed).

it was some rainbow sherbert grown from a personal farmer friend of mine, nothing has come close since.

White widow .

OG Kush <3

I'm running around still chasing this Alien Dawg from a few months back, some of the hash in Amsterdam is just mental man

Biggest hit I ever had was with hash - nepalese temple ball in around 1979.

I'd love to meet that again, might have been laced with opium.

Sorry its not weed.

I recently had a ZOAP that was grown in Thailand that I honestly fell in love with.
I would like to get a top top shelf version to get down with.
Imagine the hash you’d get from that aswell🤯💯❤️❤️

For me it's got to be cinderella99, I grew myself with seeds off gipsy nirvana from nirvana seeds, mental it was loved it.

C99. wowser` is one of my all time fav genetics It felt Just felt like medicine to me ..

Had a few, NY Diesel and Fruity Pebbles from Gray Area in Amsterdam back in 2016/17ish.

But about a year ago managed to get hold of Plum Mochi by Ted Budz, which ended up with me tripping over with a drink in my hand, laughing at myself uncontrollably. It was beautiful. I haven't been able to get my hands on it again since and it breaks my heart.

buyed some weed in the dam in 2009 ish that made me space out totally, was strongest stone ever. i felt like i was on a different planet. was fun but a bit scary. cant remember the name but was sooooo strong i just walked around in circles for hours
bulldogs gorilla zkitles also strong but not quite as heavy as the dam stuff. down to my last gram or two wish i had more.

Klass. 🤣🤣👌🏻😮‍💨

Gotta be some LA Confidental I got from Dam, Grey Area back in 2010 now 😫 and Chocolope when I saw it.
as of recently Sassy (LB) with Eleven Roses that was nice.
I think a lot of these newer strains get abit lost/too mixed

Liberty Haze for the effects
Sour Diesel for the taste

i was going to the dam around that time and also had some of the LA confidential it was crazy strong and very dank tasting. it was one of the best we tried that trip, those grey mist crystals from grey area were something else too!

Strawberry Jerry strain from Skookum Cannabis, BC, Canada hands down the best quality

White truffle, fruity pebbles, critical haze, dulce de uva, MAC/MAC1, couldnt pick one lol

KIGs Mimosa EVO.

Grey Area had an incredible cut of some Kuchi OG Kush X OG Cheese about ten years ago that was just incredible, Area 41 Alien Labs another banger not a big lemon fan but a beautiful mix of Citrus and pure gas, of course the early batches of Blue Zushi deserve a mention too.

Cheese with OG cross sounds sick.

Blue Zushi by TenCo (Team10)
Rainbow Belts by Jungle Boys
First Batches of Gelato 41 and Gushers by Cookies.
Big Buddha Cheese by Big Buddha Seeds.
MOAB by Buddoctor.
OZK by 3TW
Marmalade by Dank Growing.
List can go on and on. 🤣

A407 med leaf from grey area in 2000 with a old pal. Or dutch flowers manifestation of sensi star it came in a mother of pearl paper bag god those were the days.

also THC23 had OGKB by san fran hash co.

Mazar. It's the only weed I couldnt build a tolerance to, so it hit hard each time, everytime.

Blue cheese was my favourite smoke in the 90s/00s due to the taste, but you soon build a tolerance to it and it doesn't hit in the same way after a few spliffs

Can I be greedy and chose three?
Northern Lights Silver Haze cross for sheer nostalgia and happy memories.
G13 for how smooth it was.
and some purple looking weed that was growing wild in Grenada, not strong at all like smoking a valium but really nice high.

Holy grail.kush ..my mate used to grow this like 10 year ago ..it was lovely .

I do have lots but the major one stands out for me is orange bud in Amsterdam 1995...

I'm a big fan of mimosa. First time I had that and sluricane I was quite pleased (they were nice examples). I think my all time favourite may have been a blue cheese amnesia cross, had it around Xmas time like 12 years ago. Point in time/context definitely has huge impact on decision. I once grew some purple punch (outdoor auto flower) only got like a Q of decent bud, after few months curing was lovely, that fact I grew it made it better than it was to me.

Had a strain called Greco once that was the strongest thing I've ever had, not only gave me red eyes but also gave red rings/bags on eyes. My house mates were worried about me hahaha.

Crumbled Limes grown by SourCo, provided by THC23

For me, it has to be Durban Poison. Had a great batch recently and gave me the best europhic buzz. Close 2nd to Mimosa Evo and Alien Dawg third

Rainbow belts

Blue Cheese, back in the day - nothing like it used to be now….

Recently I’d have to say
black cherry gelato

Dr Grinspoon over in amsterdam when it was a new strain, 100% sativa, the head high and body tingles i got i will never forget.

Jack heera or white widow early 90s home grown. Most recently mango Kush at a club in Spain.
I would smoke anything to be honest. It’s all about the cost nowadays.

I have found that it's more to do with phenotypes and how they are grown. I've sampled different grows of the same strain and found the effects to differ with each one. Some of these grows have been some of the nicest in effects and then others of the same strain completely lack what was so nice about them.

Mine is probably some jungle cake, Mac or boss og, all of them I got from here. Such great strains. Even chemdawg and uk cheese are up there too.

2018 Cali X Zkittlez, nothing else has ever came near and I wish I kept more for myself

The best strain I've ever smoked was Skywalker OG about 5 years ago. It was my first time smoking a strain I knew the name of and it was every bit as good as I thought it would be. I wish I could go back and get Zs off them

It's a toss up between bubba kush and amnesia haze for me. Had some bubba for the first time a few months back and it was a gorgeous body high. Delicious body rushes from it. Bought some again recently but doesn't have the same quality of effects unfortunately. Maybe because of different phenotypes 🤷🏻‍♂️.
Amnesia haze almost always gets me to a place of euphoria that's unmatched by other strains. Would love to find a strain that's more euphoric but out of the roughly 20 strains I've tried so far nothing has been more uplifting than ami.

I love a good ammo! Have you tried supersilverhaze? Or jack herer?
Both worth keeping an eye out for when your browsing 😆

Tried super silver once but wasn't fussed. Maybe a poor example of it. Not tried jack herer yet but will probably in the future. I do like to try out the old classics 👍

As far as dominant sativa’s goes,I’ve always had a smile when bopping home with a bit of Amnesia in my sky.

99 problems 🚀🌛

Cali Yellow Zushi 🤤

I'd go with either MAC by citizen stash or wedding crasher by BLKMRT both outstanding. I also had a bit of alien sin mint cookies by BLKT, I kid you not the bud was bluish instead of purple, all these strains were from a couple years ago when I was living in Canada.

Fatso from em, blue zuchie from pistach, tangerine from coffeeshop bushdocter Amsterdam

Google search “ how to buy weed online in uk “ then I topic bring me here . Sound crazy

Ditto! Thought it was all a big scam for a while until one day took the plunge. Anybody not of like mind browsing this site - yes this is all one big joke and a scam now go back to your beer and fags and forget what you have seen. :)

Still quite odd buying online even though I've been doing it for some time. Told my brother about it and ordered a pack for him, when it actually turned up it blew his mind so much he's got brain damage now.

I’m in my 40s, cannabis user for 25 years.
Contacts dwindle as you get older, I felt like I was getting ripped off paying street prices for shitty weed and a good growing friend had to spend some time at HMP.
Anyway I googled 2 and a half years ago and I’m glad I found such a fantastic community!!
Never looked back

So the local stuff got that bad i had to look elsewhere, and I'm glad I did,thanks Google. although watching the post man everyday is pure torture in itself but worth it lol

It feels like Christmas morning though sometimes when you hear the doorbell and know your oz has arrived lmao

Same here though I think I found this website from reddit, didn't even know a clear web site existed was very sceptical of the whole thing but so glad I took the chance.

High and polite bought me here. Had to sign up for newsletter for the link. I still read the newsletter too.

boom! High and Polite newsletter, that's the one I saw...it showed me the way!

Same here!

i saw a qr code downtown, guess ive made someone some pretty good btc by now :)

I googled 'how to buy weed in the UK' as the street source I had got nicked. I found a search result that was a small article about scam websites and gave a list of those that were found to be scam. At the bottom, it then mentioned 2 or 3 sites that were legit, LB being one of them.
I spent the next few months lurking and reading and plucking up the courage to order. i then spent a while sorting out a source of crypto, then bottled it again for about a month. I finally went for it with an order from TGT with some hash. It arrived the next day. That was Nov 2020. I'm now on 100+ orders.
I've since got a mate signed up and soon my sister will be on LB.

Think we read the same article and had a similar first experience 👌

If it were, they clearly missed out on some good ref token earnings!!

Man this sounds so relatable.. I also thought scam as it was clear web and website even looked dodgy at first, didn't know what would happen but with the reviews from trustpilot and on here, using bitcoin for purchases and stuff it just tempted me now on like order 30 don't have to buy dry ass dog from my local anymore

Same. Except I jumped straight in and bought couldn't believe it came the next day. Life was changed forever. I was like a kid in sweet shop from that moment on.

Yeah I think that's about the same for me. Had been looking for a go between for a few months and found a place where I could get Delta 8 or HHC and thought I'd just settle for that as getting weed on the clear net would be unlikely.

Then when I investigated a lil further I saw the newsletter an English dude did where he had a list of reliable sites (probably the same one you're referring to). I'm pretty sceptical and researched it a lil and found it was likely legit and put in a guest order which never showed up btw. But I persevered and I eventually got some stuff which arrived next day.

Tbh I love this place and think this is the way forward. No more bs with shady dealers that you don't know from Adam. Not being made to feel like you're a scumbag just cos you want a lil smoke, most people seem to be like minded here which is a breath of fresh air.

That being said, I have been disappointed with the service from some of the vendors and it's typical that I find this place and our beloved RM has turned into an absolute shit show (although I support the principle of strike action).

Anyway I'm persevering and hopefully I'll find my go to vendors. Only been here a month or so, so fingers crossed I have better luck in the future.

Greencat, the spacemen, and thehashcollectice haven’t let me down..

Yeah since I wrote that post i've been much luckier and found some decent vendors, big shout out to; The Gentleman Dealers, Mad Dabber and Dr Greenthumb who all had decent service and stuff :D Also I tried Greencat and had a mixed experience, but now that you mention it The Spacemen were decent too ;)

Gave up buying non descript skunk of mates of mates as didn’t like the edgy buzz and the shifty pick ups. Wanted to return to the more relaxed hashes I used to smoke in the 90’s which had disappeared years ago so tentatively typed in ‘buying weed online’ into Google. Read an article name checking LB and the rest is history. Thought it could be bogus but kept everything crossed and hey presto. Still can’t quite believe it two years on. Enjoying my indica dominant hash and weed and am far more educated than was ever before. Got my next door neighbour onto it to and we swap bits all the time. Genius.

My man decided to retire from dealing after near 30 years,so after no hashish for six months i decided to see if i could buy on the dark net,imagine my surprise when google told me to go to LB,even bigger shock when i got my first delivery as like everybody i thought it was a scam lol
100 plus club now lmao

Supply dried up beginning with lockdown. LB saves the day

Tapped “I WANT WEED!!” into my search engine. Google is my friend....