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On Sale - Spider Farmer®2L Auto-Cure Smart Jar | Portable Vacuum Seal Curing Jar with Smart Lid | 4 Pcs 2-Way 62% Humidity Packs | Wide Mouth and Flat Bottom | Curing
One touch burping! Brilliant!
https://www.spider-farmer.com/products/curing-storage-smart-jar-4pcs-humidity-packs/
I got 3 jars for $134.00 USD total
1 charge and the battery will last 6 months. I love these things and I will definitely be buying more.
Highly Recommended!
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Experienced3d ago
Curious about these, been seeing them pop up around. My only hesitation is the vacuum seal part, i've read mixed things about whether pulling a hard vacuum actually helps the cure or just slows it down differently than burping does. The whole point of burping is gas exchange, not just pressure management.
Not saying they're bad, the humidity pack integration is genuinely smart. But at that price i'd want to know the terps are surviving the process the same way they do in a traditional cure. Anyone done a direct comparison nose-to-nose with regular mason jars?
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Experienced3d ago
The vacuum question is a fair one but i think people overthink it. From what i understand these jars still let you do manual burps, the vacuum is more for storage after the cure is done. At least that's how i've been using mine, cure it the old way first, then seal it up tight for the shelf.
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Seedling2d ago
Correct. That's how I do it.
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Experienced2d ago
Good to know it's not just me. Makes the price easier to justify when you're using it for the right stage of the process.
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Seedling2d ago
Same as Mason Jars, but no light hits it and you can't break steel if you accidently drop it.
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Experienced2d ago
The light thing is a real point, i'll give you that. Dark storage does matter for terp preservation.
But "same as mason jars" is doing alot of work there. The gas exchange question is still unanswered. A vacuum environment isn't the same as a burped jar, the chemistry is different. Not saying worse, just different, and for someone hunting specific terpene expression i'd want actual data not assumptions before committing to a new cure method.
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Experienced2d ago
the gas exchange point is valid but i think people overcomplicate it. done plenty of cures in plain mason jars with boveda packs and the terps came out fine. at the end of the day consistency and darkness matter more than the vessel.
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Experienced3d ago
the vacuum thing is a real debate but honestly i think people overthink it. the biggest variable in my cures has always been the initial dry, not the jar method. come in with properly dried buds and almost anything works. come in too wet and no fancy jar is saving you.
that said $134 for 3 jars is a tough sell for me personally. i run perpetual so i'm pulling small amounts every few weeks and i just cycle through a bunch of regular mason jars with boveda packs. works fine, costs basically nothing.
if you're doing one big harvest a year and want the convenience factor i get the appeal. but i wouldn't expect them to outperform a well-managed traditional cure, just make it more foolproof.
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Seedling2d ago
I'm pulling large harvests every 6 months and my wrists are trashed so unscrewing and screwing on lids all the time is not working for me. Old people get Arthritis from years of trimming.
People will debate "what shade of Blue the sky is".
It's not a debate, it's information! Jar instructions (and website) specifically state "dry buds before using the jar".
Lots of Smart Jars on the market, Analog and Digital, this is just another option available I'm letting people know about.
I get the feeling you like to be right about everything. A case of Mason Jars and a box of Boveda doesn't cost basically nothing. Try like $50.00
I have been using Mason Jars for over 30 years, and it was time to upgrade and enter the 21st Century.
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Experienced2d ago
fair point on the arthritis thing, that genuinely hadn't crossed my mind and it changes the math completely. if burping 20 jars is physically painful then yeah, one touch automation is worth every penny. that's a real need, not just a convenience preference.
i'll walk back the "basically nothing" comment too, $50 is $50. i was thinking about it from my own perpetual setup where i already had the jars, so the marginal cost is low. starting from scratch is different.
still stand by the dry being the biggest factor but you're right that i framed it like a debate when you were just sharing a product. wasn't trying to be that guy.
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