Nectar - Sandy & 33rd
7/21/2015
First off this is the best shop in Portland bar-none. I have been going here since they opened their first space in the Pearl and they've only gotten better. Great prices, nice people, and lots of locations. What more can you want? If you've got a Nectar shop near you stop searching and head there.
Now onto products. If you're interested in the Vape Pens let me save you some time picking them out.
If you are going to be a regular user, get XLVape. No questions asked it is the best product for regular use. Don't be scared off by the lower potency ratings. The potency HAS to be lower to achieve the proper viscosity for a refillable pen. If you're certain you want to use the pens regularly get XLVape there is no good reason to get the disposable ones.
The drawbacks to disposable pens are as follows:
1. They are PLASTIC. Do you really want to smoke out of plastic?
2. They BURN more than VAPORIZE. The temperature they burn at is too high and you're getting smoke not vapor.
3. If you use them regularly you'll end up with a stack of dead cartridges - total waste.
4. They leak! If you have them in too high a temperature they will leak out the bottom. You can try to avoid this by storing them upside down, but in the grand scheme this is an unavoidable problem.
5. If they fail there is no recovery - you can't easily transfer the oil to another pen.
If after all that info you still want a disposable, here's what you need to know.
If you want the biggest clouds and smoothest fastest operation than Pure Joy is your weapon of choice. The drawback is you can kill one of those carts in a single day.
If you want longest lasting best hit, go with True North. The only problem is you can't get their 1G carts anymore, so for a regular user they aren't an option. But for an occasional user they are good.
CO2 Company is a good middle ground between True North and Pure Joy. They last a little shorter than the True North but don't hit as hard as the Pure Joy.
Finally, Golden Xtrx is another good mid-ground alternative. However I just can’t believe their test results. It’s not possible for percentages as high as they report with the viscosity of the substance in their cartridges. So for lack of trust I tend to avoid them.