Puretane vs Power 5X

Twitch

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So one of the dispensaries I work with got a couple sample cans of this stuff called Puretane, the rep. said it is n-butane in a can. So the shop gave them to me and they gave me 2 ounces of their Super Lemon Haze. I took them home and began the process of prepping them. I did my usual song and dance weight, grind, weight, pack tube, place in freezer. (weight changes when you grind). I did this for both ounces and the weights came out the same 28.0 to 27.9 then froze for 24 hours.

Next day I get my hot bath ready, the pyrex warmed up and I decided to do the Puretane first. Now with n-butane there is no propane in the can to help propel the butane out, so I prepped a second warm water bath at 80F and set the 2 cans in it waited 30 to 45 seconds for the first can to warm up a little and I went at it. Warming up the can worked amazingly, it just gets the can warm enough to where the butane does not want to be in there it wants to be in my tube that is -70 to -80. I ran both cans and it did take longer to exhaust both cans compared to the Power 5X, but with the warm water bath only by a minute to a minute and a half.

After the blast I noticed it takes a little longer to evaporate off and it seemed to take longer in the chamber. I was not able to put them in the camber side by side, which is the only different besides the type of butane used. after the muffins had popped and the purge was done I was left with some very nice looking oil, but it was a shade darker then the stuff blasted from the Power 5X, the weights differed by .08. The one that weighed more was blasted into a dish that is con-caved so the oil stays in the middle and doesn't spread to the corners on small runs, the one that weighted .08 less had some oil left in the corner that could not be retrieved

final weight was:
Puretane- 7.40 - 26.52%
Power 5X- 7.48 - 26.88%

Thanks to A Wellness Center in Colorado Springs for providing me with the excellent flower to blast and the experimental cans to try out

The strain was Super Lemon Haze, very very stinky stuff
 

SnapsProvolone

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First off, thanks to @Twitch. for sharing. :D truly a quality individual and much fun to hang out with.

Doing a blind trial everything was within the percentage of flavor error I would normally attribute to variation in nail temperature. It is therefore difficult to quantify a flavor inconsistency without a bunch of dabs (working on that, will have a review later) or an enail.

Either extract was pleasing and further testing of these samples will be reported here in due course (I'm pretty fucked up atm watching football)

Regardless, my instant knee jerk reaction is to stick with Power 5 over Puretane even if cost was equal.
 

JointOperation

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yes.. i did this.. just i really hate walking around with my camera lol..

did it with capital butane.. and pure tane.. vs power5x and whip it 5x ..

capital and pure were both a little darker... and the whip it was a little lighter then the pure and capital.. and the power5x was the lightest..

im guessing its the amount of propane.. ..
 

Fadedawg

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So one of the dispensaries I work with got a couple sample cans of this stuff called Puretane, the rep. said it is n-butane in a can. So the shop gave them to me and they gave me 2 ounces of their Super Lemon Haze. I took them home and began the process of prepping them. I did my usual song and dance weight, grind, weight, pack tube, place in freezer. (weight changes when you grind). I did this for both ounces and the weights came out the same 28.0 to 27.9 then froze for 24 hours.

Next day I get my hot bath ready, the pyrex warmed up and I decided to do the Puretane first. Now with n-butane there is no propane in the can to help propel the butane out, so I prepped a second warm water bath at 80F and set the 2 cans in it waited 30 to 45 seconds for the first can to warm up a little and I went at it. Warming up the can worked amazingly, it just gets the can warm enough to where the butane does not want to be in there it wants to be in my tube that is -70 to -80. I ran both cans and it did take longer to exhaust both cans compared to the Power 5X, but with the warm water bath only by a minute to a minute and a half.

After the blast I noticed it takes a little longer to evaporate off and it seemed to take longer in the chamber. I was not able to put them in the camber side by side, which is the only different besides the type of butane used. after the muffins had popped and the purge was done I was left with some very nice looking oil, but it was a shade darker then the stuff blasted from the Power 5X, the weights differed by .08. The one that weighed more was blasted into a dish that is con-caved so the oil stays in the middle and doesn't spread to the corners on small runs, the one that weighted .08 less had some oil left in the corner that could not be retrieved

final weight was:
Puretane- 7.40 - 26.52%
Power 5X- 7.48 - 26.88%

Thanks to A Wellness Center in Colorado Springs for providing me with the excellent flower to blast and the experimental cans to try out

The strain was Super Lemon Haze, very very stinky stuff
They sent us a couple cases to test in a Mk III closed loop system, and we first vacuum distilled it before using it to extract some trim that was donated for the purpose and wasn't prime.

Sadly, I can't find the residual pictures at the moment, but did find it present in a light yellow/amber shade, in sufficient quantities to justify first vacuum distilling it.

It made a nice light extraction, about the same as yours, which smelled and tasted just like the last seasons prime trim that we ran, which is to say hashy because of the low levels of monoterpenes left in the aging trim.

I would certainly use it at the right price and have used Powers 5 as circumstances required.
 

Moss logs

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puretane comes out a lot clearer for me and i can usually tell when wax is made with power 5 because it has a distinct smell. pure tane doesnt really put off any smell it smells like co2
 
lol.. I got the exact opposite . puretane and capital butane has a weird bite to it.. u exhale threw your nose.. and sneeze and shit.. lol. I like whip it personally. but power5 x isn't bad..

ronson actually has been producing some great extracts..
 
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