Sorry, it's just the slang term around here for a 1g distillate syringe sold in the dispensaries.
Doh! i feel so stoopid now!
Ta!
Just thinking then on what you meant (ignoring my long BS above) about decarb and not altering the profile (so it still has essentially the same properties? Yes?).
First off you have to differentiate between whether you intend vaping or smoking it (inhalation of some sort) vs. oral consumption (lets leave sublingual out it for now). If you going to be inhaling it, then the decarboxylation occurs at that point, and there's no need to decarb it first.
But if you intend taking the oral route, which changes the profile of cannabinoids and terpenes anyway, since your digestive system takes it through a different metabolic pathway through the body before hitting the receptors and different reactions take place with the cannabinoids et al, then you also need to pre-decarb it if it hasn't been already.
Then, you're getting into the territory of how the decarb process can effect the product, which I think is where you were coming from? Correct me if I'm wrong please!!
(too late, I'm carrying on...
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So then it's down to the method used as to how it comes out, depending on the strain/batch and the quantity (sometimes). I'm sure you're familiar with the fact that there are many active compounds in cannabis and they have a range of properties like solubility and boiling point etc.
So if your decarb process goes above a certain temperature, for a more than a certain time, depending on the above variables, and even down to the type of container it's in (blah blah), then you're going to start losing some of those lighter boiling point compounds. It's not like those boiling point charts for terpenes, they don't cleanly boil off one at a time like petroleum in a fractionating tower, they merge and mix, but essentially the higher the temp, the more they evaporate.
Now it appears that the major compounds that give that sedative effect for many people seem to be in the higher range of boiling points, or more accurately to say, it's when exposed to higher temperatures they seem to be more prevalent, for whatever the reason. Conversely it also seems for many that eschewing the higher temp range for more of the lower boiling point compounds often gives more of a psychedelic or head high. But these are trends not absolutes, so when some say otherwise, that may be very true from their perspective, making the whole thing difficult to discuss accurately. (I could go into the nature of perceptions vs reality, and the brain functions involved, etc, but rather off topic I think!
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So basically my thoughts on decarbing, for whatever they're
really worth (your own conclusions are better than mine, because at least you know you're not lying or bullshitting yourself even if wrong, but you can't be 100% sure about me! (or anyone else you don't know)), are that the best method gives the most steady and consistent and accurate temperature change control. Something like a kitchen food oven is not the way to go. It'll work, but never be consistent or give you the fine control over it. There are products on the market that do this, and I expect they ain't too bad, but I suspect it'll be a matter of getting what you pay for. I honestly don't know what the best items are, but i bet many here would know much more and have used some of them.
If I was into making edibles (and hence needed to decarb) then if I wanted the most consistent and less likely to damage method, without any pricey equipment, I'd be tempted to use a basic pressure cooker. It's get's too almost the exact temp you'd likely want, but never go over and spoil anything! You could put damp weed in there (as long as it's cured) as it's going to get wet anyway. It would need to be placed in a container inside, and kept above the small layer of water so only the steam touches it (or it becomes a right mess to remove and drain with some oils going into the water and thus lost!). But it's very consistent, gentle on the compounds, but should be enough to decarb them properly, and can be left going for hours! Just like cooking a stew!
Obviously you'd want to dry it out after to remove the excess dampness, before going on to process in whatever way you intend.
Now it may be that for your particular tastes you found it didn't quite get hot enough, it may be it's not the best method, but from the point of view of a repeatable and reliable chemical reaction in a non-lab environment, that's also safe, I think it could take a lot of beating over many other methods, but not being into edibles, I don't decarb so haven't tried it. But it has many good lab practices for the nature of the reaction.
. They've been excellent & frankly similar in high. OTOH, I've had some beauty honey shatter (w/ pics shared here) that compares pretty good in vaping & high. I also would say that medium shaded to dark shatter is not near as good. Shatter can do reasonably well comparison-wise for high, depending on the quality imo 
