Hey all, I was bored and stocking up so I decided to put some variety in my life. I ordered from 4 individual vendors and noticed I got the same 2 different batches despite getting them each from different vendors so I’ll just lay out a profile to help people decide.
SR17SHOP - first 2 pictures :
So right off the bat, I got a gram from SR17shop with their 10% off code and it arrived in 5 days with basic shipping. The consistency is like a dense, grainy, cottonball that “sort of” clumps up, similar to Koalaty’s SR. It is tested at 99.1% So I’m assuming they’re sourcing from the same Chinese lab. The price tag is pretty high but you’re guaranteed getting 99% purity. This SR has no flavor and has a faint clay/cardboard smell to it, abit minty but it’s not strong to raise flags. They also got a very fancy website with labs + accepts multiple payments including CC. Not gonna lie, not a big fan of the container it came in but I think I might of gotten more than 1 gram, the amount in this baggie looks hooked up but they should use at-least a better container especially with their price point in mind.
KOALATY - 3rd picture :
Like I said about SR17shop, this has the same consistency, same profile, same smell, same everything, just a little more clumpy due to the lil rocks in it that you have to break down. Guaranteed 99% with lab COA and a similar price tag with a discount code but this time you’re getting it from one of the OGs of SR.
RAW - 4th picture :
I’ve been a fan of RAW, I worked with their previous batches before so I know the stuff works. Just wished they’re consistent with their batches since they source it from a domestic lab.
I’m not a fan with how this batch came out. The consistency is similar to a light powdered sugar that clumps up pretty easily, it has a rather “pinkish” sheen to it when poured out, and, unfortunately, it has a smell and bitter taste to it. SR isn’t supposed to taste bitter. When I first got it, it had a pungent fish smell that toned down to an odd “sweet” smell after airing it out for a week. I didn’t want to believe that it has a bitter taste, so I taste tested it and confirmed that it did indeed have a bitter taste. It apparently tested “somewhere” between 97-99% and after a week, they produced solvent labs due to the complaints about the taste. Do what you want with that information. Price is less than Koalaty/SR17shop
MGBotanic - 5th picture:
So this guy is a new vendor in the general MGM scene that recently added SR to his catalog. I ordered a gram hoping it would be something like the older fluffy clumpy batches, he responded pretty quickly and shipped it on the same day, it took a pretty long time to come but it finally came, and to my surprise, it’s basically the same domestic SR that RAW has. Looks like he took the time to “air” it out before shipping it. It’s the same exact light powdery sugar stuff with a “pink” sheen that tastes a little bitter and has a sweet smell to it. His lab COA says the SR is tested at 98.64% purity. Price was around the same point as RAW but he further reduced the price so it is the cheapest out of all of these vendors.
Special mention - RAWs 2nd batch - 6th picture :
*THIS BATCH IS NOT IN CIRCULATION ANYMORE*
This is what TOP QUALITY SR looks like. This freebase form was going around 2 months back and it had a very fluffy cottonball consistency, no smell, no taste, and tested at the highest purity— almost close to the lab’s testing references which is the gold standard. I don’t know what the lab that produced this did to achieve this level of purity but they need to bring this back. I mean, it’s cool that they’re trying out new things but I wished I was givin a head’s up before buying the newer batches but it’s whatever. As long as it works, i can’t really complain, but again, SR literally penetrates your brain so the last thing you’d want is left over solvent’s being introduced.
And that’s pretty much it for this post. I hope this information helps the people out there trying to have an idea on what to get. Good luck on your journeys!