rodders83
Well-Known Member
Hey all so this is my first ever review here but i have the Gnar Jar for a mini review so let me tell you what i thought about my month owning the Gnar Jar.
The Shipment Packaging:
The UPS Intl package from www.gnarjars.com arrived in a small firm cardboard box no bigger than needed to firmly hug the jar and with fragile stickers on the outside and proper customs and postage forms. Everything as you would want to save space is seen here and professionally done. Although i did find it took a good knife to slice into the box which made me paranoid about cutting down on glass! I think people with shaky hands could have real problems here Niko i would prefer not to tape over the easiest route into the package! Also the Gnar Jar stickers are not something i used and i felt sort of bad about putting them in the trash. Another thing to slimline maybe?
The Gnar Jar:
So like me i bet if you buy one the first thing you will notice is the size is quite large compared to everything else on the market! How big you say? Well i currently have managed to pack in 42 grams of my popcorn sized Mango buds and i have room left for another few grams yet so two ounces packed firmly is the upper limits and an ounce of trimmed and manicured buds seems optimal. You will also notice that the cool triple seal FDA approved silicone lid is huge and no surprises when they state it will hold 7 grams of sticky oils. Now initially upon opening i noticed that usual weird silicone smell all these products seem to have this trait but it will go away by simply soaking in hot water for an hour and i can confirm mine now smells of bud instead of silicone after just a few days. Ah yes i hear you Minnbobber will smell escape you say? Well this is the part of the review i have been most thoughtful about as we have on here someone who did complain about CVaults leaking smells and i previously had my material inside my 3L version and the clamping force on that product meant i could never ever smell my stash period. A Gnar Jar has a different all silicone approach where the lid comes in two parts the top one has screw threads to screw down and when you lift it open you will find the surface upon which your oil will be placed and be compressed into honeycomb patterns! Now at first i did not screw my lid on tight enough and that left the closet smelling slightly weird and it took me a while to figure out that this was a weak link in the way the jar will create a seal. In that the smells will come through the thinner silicone layer for the concentrates and up into the oil compartment and then be at the mercy of how the user applied the screw seal. I think this is probably the only area i have criticism though and could easily be made thicker and stronger in future but it seems to only show this characteristic in small confined spaces and less so if you give it a good screw clockwise. So all in all i would say this offers around 80% of the protection of a CVault which considering the materials used in construction and dual function is what really pleases me about this product and i am happy i bought one because where else can you store so much varied material in one place? The fact that they might beef up the silicone layer and will offer UV glass is downright crazy just think about stuffing in nearly two ounces and 7 grams of oil in one jar!
The Shipment Packaging:
The UPS Intl package from www.gnarjars.com arrived in a small firm cardboard box no bigger than needed to firmly hug the jar and with fragile stickers on the outside and proper customs and postage forms. Everything as you would want to save space is seen here and professionally done. Although i did find it took a good knife to slice into the box which made me paranoid about cutting down on glass! I think people with shaky hands could have real problems here Niko i would prefer not to tape over the easiest route into the package! Also the Gnar Jar stickers are not something i used and i felt sort of bad about putting them in the trash. Another thing to slimline maybe?
The Gnar Jar:
So like me i bet if you buy one the first thing you will notice is the size is quite large compared to everything else on the market! How big you say? Well i currently have managed to pack in 42 grams of my popcorn sized Mango buds and i have room left for another few grams yet so two ounces packed firmly is the upper limits and an ounce of trimmed and manicured buds seems optimal. You will also notice that the cool triple seal FDA approved silicone lid is huge and no surprises when they state it will hold 7 grams of sticky oils. Now initially upon opening i noticed that usual weird silicone smell all these products seem to have this trait but it will go away by simply soaking in hot water for an hour and i can confirm mine now smells of bud instead of silicone after just a few days. Ah yes i hear you Minnbobber will smell escape you say? Well this is the part of the review i have been most thoughtful about as we have on here someone who did complain about CVaults leaking smells and i previously had my material inside my 3L version and the clamping force on that product meant i could never ever smell my stash period. A Gnar Jar has a different all silicone approach where the lid comes in two parts the top one has screw threads to screw down and when you lift it open you will find the surface upon which your oil will be placed and be compressed into honeycomb patterns! Now at first i did not screw my lid on tight enough and that left the closet smelling slightly weird and it took me a while to figure out that this was a weak link in the way the jar will create a seal. In that the smells will come through the thinner silicone layer for the concentrates and up into the oil compartment and then be at the mercy of how the user applied the screw seal. I think this is probably the only area i have criticism though and could easily be made thicker and stronger in future but it seems to only show this characteristic in small confined spaces and less so if you give it a good screw clockwise. So all in all i would say this offers around 80% of the protection of a CVault which considering the materials used in construction and dual function is what really pleases me about this product and i am happy i bought one because where else can you store so much varied material in one place? The fact that they might beef up the silicone layer and will offer UV glass is downright crazy just think about stuffing in nearly two ounces and 7 grams of oil in one jar!
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