I've got a stash. I'll likely be fine. I've got about 20 small bits of different weed stashed and some fancy frozen hash -hopefully- in the post. It's delayed but I've not given up hope yet.

Despite my stash, sometimes I get a wee bit carried away and I get ahead of my schedule so it would be useful to have a shortlist of vendors staying open.

If you are a vendor or know of a vendor who's staying open please let everyone know in the comments.

I know some people will have waited on payday or will have had a tough month budgeting for Xmas so will be looking to get some bits in. I believe it'd be a useful reference for the LB community.

Thanks for helping folks.

As the year draws to a close and we are knee deep in department stores brainwashing us with their visions of unfathomably wholesome Christmases in order to sell us more shit we don't need, it's nice to look back and reflect on the year. In this case I'm reflecting upon the lovely LB vendors that have ensured I have remained continually stoned.

Thank you to all the good people who keep this website running and make it what it is. That includes the devs, the vendors and the consumers who share their experiences and help us choose what to buy - and what to avoid. Thanks to all of you too for reading my stoned drivel on a regular basis. I genuinely appreciate it.

This vendor list is correct as of December 2024. If any or all of these vendors fall apart after this point please don't blame me. It's not my fault. I've written about my own experiences. Other experiences may differ but it doesn't mean I didn't get the service I've stated below.

Always look through ratings, recent reviews, and topics to see where a vendor is at and make your own decision.

If in doubt message the vendor. The response or lack of a response will probably be a good indication of whether you want to order from them or not.

However, do give vendors enough time to reply. They are selling weed, they're not your wife.

Here's my 2024 vendor list:

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Green Cat
https://littlebiggy.net/link/9GReqt

Overall:
It's no secret that my current favourite weed vendor is Green Cat. Trust in the cartoon cat. They've been super reliable and have always delivered decent quality stuff that matches the listing.

Products:
They have some high quality cheapies, some keenly priced imports, and overall offer great value. One of the best bits of weed I've had came from Green Cat. It was Blue Nerds and was a delicious blue / silver taste with a creeping and lengthy stone. The best value weed I've had also came from GC - the Cookie Dawg. Their menu isn't huge but does change frequently so there is something new to try.

I've not had any hash from GC yet but they often get a quality commercial in stock. I've actually got a bit of Gold Seal on order currently, mostly for a trip down memory lane rather than an expectation it'll be a face sweating hash.

Service and Delivery:
Stealth is on point, delivery tends to be fast and communication is good. $6 delivery cost for tracked 24. You won't go far wrong with GC.

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Dr Distillate
https://littlebiggy.net/link/7JrVXL

Overall:
My go-to vendor for distillates and RSO. Fantastic logo. Love the nutty science guy. I regularly buy extracts here too and they've always been lovely. I'm currently going through all the crumble waxes one at a time.

Products:
The product range extends beyond the distillate, RSO, and extracts I usually buy here into different weeds and other cannabis products. I can't vouch for the other products but what I buy is good quality and a fair price.

Service and Delivery:
Quietly reliable vendor that tends to deliver in good time. Delivery costs $5 for a tracked service.

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Eddy's Hashbar
https://littlebiggy.net/link/zui7Gg

Overall:
Lots of fancy hash. Fast and reliable with a wide range of products and special offers.

Products:
While hash is the focus there's a range of weed and extract too. I've not had weed from Eddy's so I can't comment but the hash and extracts are spot on. I picked at the sale priced jungle boys cold cure hash for 25 bucks a g for quite a few weeks. Really lovely stuff.

Service and Delivery:
Eddy's is very invested in LB and delivers fast and free. They have Hash Wednesday sales with a number of bargains and there's often a sale item listed. Super reliable top notch vendor with a solid reputation. Eddy's have great communication too.

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Shroom of the loom
https://littlebiggy.net/link/XjhiLB

Overall:
High quality vendor with high quality products.

Products:
Great quality weed and extracts - plus mushrooms which I don't do these days but are available so worth mentioning for the more adventurous folk looking to expand their minds. My mind is already big enough from previous expansions.

Alongside high quality weed they also have a few hash options. I've had the Rasta Mafia hash from here a few times and it's a fine bit of commercial hash. Certainly one of the better commercials.

I'd ordered the Tommy Shelby shatter a number of times previously but it's not available now. I was tempted by the red seal hash here but went for GC gold seal for a jaunt down memory lane.

Service and Delivery:
SOTL offers a great service with next level stealth. They're super strict on their quality control and take pride in what they do so you know you're getting something decent when you order here. Delivery is $5 tracked.

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Myconauts
https://littlebiggy.net/link/qXvcmh

Overall:
Great value extracts and I love a bargain - not much else to say. Seems like they're building a solid service.

Products:
They usually have a super cheap extract on sale amongst a small list of extracts & concentrates.

Service and Delivery:
They have been solidly reliable for me. I've not spoken to them so can't comment on comms but generally this is a good sign that things have always gone smoothly enough to not need a bit of a chat about anything. Delivery is $6.28

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Green Avenger Weed
https://littlebiggy.net/link/t1W3NF

Overall:
Some surprisingly decent bits of commercial hash with fast free delivery.

Products:
A mixture of interesting weed strains and commercial hash. I've ordered hash here a few times and it's been a decent level.

The Simpsons kush is a touch crumble with an old school rocky taste and a heavy kick. It really is better than you expect from the picture.

The titanic hash is dark and oily, needs a bit of heat, but smokes up a charm with an indica stone. It also exceeds the expectation of the picture.

I've not bought weed here for ages but they always have some interesting strains and often have orange leaning flavours.

The reviews have been a bit mixed recently but the bits I had previously were all good and delivered fast. I'm genuinely curious what their current bits are like if anyone's ordered recently?

Service and Delivery:
Personally I've always had my order delivered quickly and it's always been spot on. However it seems I've missed some logistical issues here. Looks like they've taken action in both acknowledging the issues and improving. Delivery is fast and free.

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Pistach
https://littlebiggy.net/link/b6VSPq

Overall:
Okay, this is probably a controversial final addition to this list and you certainly roll the dice ordering here but you do get super cheap bud delivered quickly... Usually. I've not ordered here for a while but I've had quite a few orders previously when money is tight.

Products:
A lot of super low cost weed & hash that's often pretty good. The weed tends to be decent for the price, if not always a perfect example of the strain. Quality does vary but if you want to get stoned fast and cheap there's something for you here.

Service and Delivery:
You don't have to go far to find complaints about this vendor. My own ratings have ranged from a 2 to a 10.

My experience though, to be fair, has been largely positive. The biggest frustration for me is sometimes getting poorly chosen substitutions or end of bag shake buds when the last time you ordered the same bit you got a large tasty solid bud.

Communication isn't that great but they've usually responded and sorted out any issues I've had.

If you're low on funds and want something delivered fast and free that'll get you stoned then a Pistach special can save the day.. Usually.

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Other Vendors

It's fair to say a number of other vendors here are also excellent but it just happens I don't order from them so much for one reason or another. I guess all of us over time repeat business with the people that fit our needs the best. I'd be interested to hear your own recommendations though in the comments.

Notable mentions would go to Real D who I should order from more often but generally I avoid signed services. TheGoodStuff who also have a great range of hash and products and TheHashCollective who've also got a great range of high quality hashes.

I don't order weed from The Spacemen very often as it's a signed service and costs 9 bucks so isn't the best fit for my life but I've had some lovely bits from them in the past such as the Citrodelic Sunset which was very nice with a lovely orange tang.

The Green Team are also notable and although I've not ordered from them in some time they always had a huge range at a decent price with free delivery and good communications.

Dr Green Thumb has one of the most enticing hash menus that I've never indulged in. One day I will though.

Cannabis Cannibals are a super friendly and interesting LB vendor with a mix of UK grown bits. I like those guys hence why I'm mentioning them.

There are probably other vendors I should mention but have forgotten about. I apologise to them but that's an unfortunate quirk of building your customer base from potheads.

We're Done Here

So that's my non-exhaustive and probably forgetting someone list of core vendors that I mostly ordered from this year. As always I hope it was informative and if not I hope it was entertaining at least.

Please remember to check out vendors yourself. Don't blame me if it goes wrong for you. We're all adults here - surprising as that is.

I'll see you in the next topic. Please jump into the comments and let me know your favourite vendors and experiences.

Dithering:
I'd been looking at options for dabbing concentrates for ages. Polly Puff had recommended an Ace Cup a while back but it didn't seem as portable as I wanted and also like it may make more vapour smoke than my little ol' lungs could handle. It's an expensive bit of kit to invest in if I ended up not liking it. So I did what I usually do when I'm unsure: Nothing. Nothing at all.

Commitment:
Recently I decided to finally commit to buying something cheap and simple to dab with just so I could see how it was. Crikey - it's a minefield. There is too much choice. Too many different options, all with a distinct angle on how dabbing should work electronically. There were more shapes and sizes than an Ann Summers catalogue. This also confusingly included a lot of differing technical terminology making direct comparisons tricky.

I think the pen I have is a wax pen. I have no idea if this is actually distinct from a dab pen and if it is, I've no idea why it is or what the difference is.

A wonderful discovery:
This shopping mission did however introduce me to a wonderful chunk of the internet that I didn't know existed. And that is the cannabis paraphernalia reviewers on YouTube.

I saw quite a few wonderful dab equipment reviews where the reviewer takes a few blasts on the device and becomes instantaneously too spangled to say anything useful about what has just happened.

You'd see their spaced out eyes staring through the camera calling out for help. But while their useful words were sparse, the frozen rabbit-in-headlights look was actually a good marker for equipment performance in this instance; their eyes so glazed over it reflected the dazed world they were in almost enough to see into it.

I probably shouldn't condemn them too much as most of my own topics probably read like that too for the exact same reasons.

What did I buy?
I ended up buying a Utillian 2 wax dab pen. The reviewer said, after taking a blast on it, "oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah," before taking a long pause to think carefully what he would add to this but still only managed to add another, "oh yeah." I couldn't help but want a device that could reduce my vocabulary to that of a 1980s Casio calculator and was sold immediately. Oh yeah.

Utillian 2 wax dab pen:
It's a little pen that comes in a storage box a bit bigger than the footprint of a credit card but much fatter, so it's easy to transport the pen without destroying it.

Inside the box, the pen is in two bits which magnetically stick together. It's all magnetic which is pretty cool and simple. There's a charger and dab tool in the box too.

It's got 4 different voltage / heat settings and uses two little coils in a chamber where the extracts go. Was 40 quid from a seed shop online. Did I do well?

In use:
In use, I like it. But I've nothing to compare it too. My lungs won't take a big hit on normal bongs or pipes these days so I only have little but constant puffs on the thing but even that can still be a bit harsh for me. It does get me super stoned though.

There's a bubbly attachment available for it so I might give that a go. It certainly makes extracts go a long way compared to rolling them in a joint.

Thanks:
Thanks for reading my topic. I doubt that you've learned anything because I largely failed to but hopefully it was briefly entertaining.

I would like to better understand dabbing extracts and the best equipment so if it's your bag please jump in and educate me and possibly other folk on LB.

LB Community Help:
What do you use for dabbing / smoking extracts?

This has been a curiousity of mine for a while. How and why do the hash producers / distributors go to so much trouble to make the hash - literally an entire season of work - then wrap it in plastic with a shite label?

How, during that long season did one of them not think to download one of many graphics apps or ask their mum's friend's son's mate who's handy with computers?

Is it simply irrelevant to many hash producers what the label looks like? Perhaps it's the culture here where a fancy label adds to the price and how easy it is to sell many products as they form a brand or product identity.

Take the Titanic hash from GAW here.
https://littlebiggy.net/link/R9AeKG

This is actually a pretty nice basic commercial hash. Someone has put some love into producing it. Yet they slapped a crap picture of a sail boat onto it making it look like they'd not taken it seriously at all.

How does that titanic hash not end up with one of many easily sourced photos of the titanic on it? It's one of the finest examples of a mismatch between label and quality.

GAW actually have a few nice hashes but mostly with terrible graphics. I'm not picking on GAW though, if you look at Eddy's commercial hash listing here:

https://littlebiggy.net/link/5jWrj7

You'll see similar lackluster designs albeit more on point than the titanic. The BMW does have a BMW badge, and some have at least used easily sourced images. The super turtle in particular looks like someone put some effort in to create that label. It's an example of the sort of graphical embellishment that I believe hints at extra effort by the team.

This Rasta Mafia hash from SOTL has a nice quality graphic but still there's little love gone into the label. The image itself is a stock image that's unaltered. The hash again is a decent commercial but you'd not note the quality by the hastily prepared label.

https://littlebiggy.net/link/agse21

Green Cat have just dropped a New Zealand flag hash which I've not tried. The label is at least a collage of two photos so someone put some effort in but I've no idea what it's trying to say as it's hard to imagine what the NZ link is - although if someone knows please fill me in. I'd like to think the plant pictured is what the hash was made from but I suppose its likely as relevant as the flag is.

https://littlebiggy.net/link/HHNEIi

And to hammer home the point one last time below is a pineapple beldia from Pistach.

https://littlebiggy.net/link/k7oQau

I guess the pineapple sorta makes sense but it's not a graphic that inspires any faith in quality.

There are of course better examples of hash labels such as some of the hashes at Dr Green Thumb like this tropical nerds.

https://littlebiggy.net/link/mEEBYV

I'm not sure if it's a stock image or stolen or if they created it but it's a nicer looking label and the hash looks pretty nice too. It feels like in our culture that these go hand in hand.

As soon as you look at Cali hashes they instantly look good quality due to posh labelling and proud branding. My favourite Barz LA being a great example of something that looks high quality before you even see the hash. You know there's a team behind this that love what they do and want to proudly represent themselves. The label is like a stamp of approval.

https://littlebiggy.net/link/6HlEIN

And in this case the label ain't lying. This is a fantastic hash that's probably one of the nicest I've tried. It is of course also about four times as expensive as a commercial Moroccan hash. I'm unsure if this proves my point or if I've just started arguing against myself.

So to round this topic up, why have the Moroccan and Spanish hash producers / distributors seemingly failed to learn the basic marketing trick of a posh label and brand being a keen indicator of quality? It'd surely help both their sales and pricing to do that part well and it'd seem relatively straightforward to create a decent label if you're already committed to printing a bunch of colour labels anyway.

Chefs say it best: The first bite is with the eyes.

I'm genuinely interested in hash production so please do chime in with your own knowledge on the subject.

Thanks for reading my topic. I hope as always it was useful in some way and if not that it was at least entertaining.

I'll see you in the next topic.

Please share with me your best and worst hash labels plus feel free to educate me about hash production.

When I was a kid:

When I was a kid we used to have just 3 channels on TV, no mobile phones or internet, and at Christmas we had basic cardboard advent calendars with little doors that when opened would reveal a crap picture of a star or a donkey underneath.

And that was it. Every day a new crap and badly printed mystery Christmas picture was revealed until Christmas day when Santa would arrive and let you down just as badly. Where's my f**king Raleigh Burner huh Santa? That was Christmas.

Christmas 2024:

These days you can get calenders stuffed with chocolate, or Lego, or beer, or chocolate Lego beer (probably), and now it seems you can get one with cannabis edibles on LB.

What a time to be alive. Advent perfection.

I don't know if this is the only stoner advent calendar as it'd work for hash or weed or extracts too - maybe if it was a fridge calendar. And while I'm personally unlikely to buy one I'm down with the concept and I'm glad it's available. I hope they sell out and it makes Christmas more magical for all who buy them.

It's definitely a significant notch up from seeing a tiny blurred picture of three kings revealed in a torn cardboard window.

The magic of Christmas:

As always thanks for reading my topic, I hope we've all learned something about the magic of Christmas and now have a warm feeling as though sat in a thick knit jumper in front of an open fire while holding a steaming mug of mulled wine with both hands and a smiley choir wearing wooly hats sing carols outside the window in the snow covered street. If not hopefully it was entertaining in some way anyway.

Would you buy a cannabis advent calendar? Are any others available?