I appreciate the ideas.
After I posted this, I remembered that Firefly has good customer support, so I started a chat with a representative and sent the note that I had posted here.
The comments were similar to what you are telling me. The representative went further, suggesting that I tear the weed and not use my shredder and that I reduce temperature on the second session.
I am using very dry weed, about a year old, that I have kept air tight but not humidity controlled. I want to see if the CBN comes up, as I am dealing with insomnia. The weed is potent, but is also hard, and it crumbles - not soft and sticky like when it comes new from the dispensary.
The shredder (followed by straining with kitchen strainer) produces a very uniform and, by my standards, coarse output. I like this a lot. Last night I tried tearing the weed apart and putting the chunks in, per the Firefly recommendation. I thought that the hits were satisfactory, but not great, a bit weak. I stirred this morning, and unlike with my shredder, no charred spots were present - a plus. Tonight will be my second session - it will be with the once used and now stirred bowl, and I will see what happens.
What I don’t like about this method is the lack of uniformity. I would think that a uniform airflow across all of the weed would be best, and that this would be best accomplished by a finer “grind” than the chunks that I put in last night. What I put in last night obviously has non-uniform air spaces. Air is like water, taking the path of least resistance. This suggests to me that I am not going to get uniform extraction and hits.
My question is, is anybody using a Santa Cruz shredder, other than me? Or, is everybody tearing the weed apart?
The message I am getting, loud and clear from you folks, is that tight packing can lead to combustion. Got it. So, how about loose packing with dry weed? Do you shred it or do you tear it apart?
After I posted this, I remembered that Firefly has good customer support, so I started a chat with a representative and sent the note that I had posted here.
The comments were similar to what you are telling me. The representative went further, suggesting that I tear the weed and not use my shredder and that I reduce temperature on the second session.
I am using very dry weed, about a year old, that I have kept air tight but not humidity controlled. I want to see if the CBN comes up, as I am dealing with insomnia. The weed is potent, but is also hard, and it crumbles - not soft and sticky like when it comes new from the dispensary.
The shredder (followed by straining with kitchen strainer) produces a very uniform and, by my standards, coarse output. I like this a lot. Last night I tried tearing the weed apart and putting the chunks in, per the Firefly recommendation. I thought that the hits were satisfactory, but not great, a bit weak. I stirred this morning, and unlike with my shredder, no charred spots were present - a plus. Tonight will be my second session - it will be with the once used and now stirred bowl, and I will see what happens.
What I don’t like about this method is the lack of uniformity. I would think that a uniform airflow across all of the weed would be best, and that this would be best accomplished by a finer “grind” than the chunks that I put in last night. What I put in last night obviously has non-uniform air spaces. Air is like water, taking the path of least resistance. This suggests to me that I am not going to get uniform extraction and hits.
My question is, is anybody using a Santa Cruz shredder, other than me? Or, is everybody tearing the weed apart?
The message I am getting, loud and clear from you folks, is that tight packing can lead to combustion. Got it. So, how about loose packing with dry weed? Do you shred it or do you tear it apart?
