Stealth and shipping both vendors are about on par with eachother, however the price differences were different between both vendors, but the quality I think is slightly higher with NWB strains.
First off, I'll start with the pic of Purple Hog Train:
I just got a single nug picture, this strain is particularly fairly frosty and heavy with the brighter orange hairs. A very lovely looking, smell, and tasting bud:
The grower (Headlight) grows some fantastic Sour Diesel and Alien OG that I have sampled, so I knew this would be a good hybrid, both sativa and indica effects came out.It was a nice fruity / floral taste in the smoke and the smell, the high is relaxing to the mind, but also gives couch lock and the munchies.
Very good for sleep and having trouble eating, as I was having trouble with both but especially sleep, and the more I smoked this strain it kept relaxing me into dozing off.
He is on TMG, there are a few varieties of this from different growers and can be bought at different price levels depending on the grower and variety, the top price I believe being $297 / ounce (which would be the HL A+++ quality stuff) and offering of samplers / different quantities / different products that you can order alone or add onto an order.
And for HumboldtFarms on AlphaBay, their strain Green Crack:
It is my favorite Sativa, and I forgot that signature smell, so got a nice surprise opening the smell barriers and getting a kick in the face of that wonderful smell.
It has a great smell and taste as well, the bag appeal is a bit less, but if you zoom up on the buds or put them under a smart phons LED app or something you can see the trichomes all over it:
It produces a roaring Sativa high with lots of laughter and lifted spirits in the room of smokers, signature piney Sativa taste and smell, with a hint of some type of faint fruity flavor. $107 total for a half oz, which is a great price for quality / shipping time / stealth.
My only issue was as can be seen, a majority of the buds were wispy and looked as though they were compressed at some point, but this did not have any noticeable impact on the strength of the flowers kick.
NW-Buds has some slightly higher prices on top shelf products, but I feel their quality rating is more honest to the customer, labeling things Top / Middle / Low shelf (which I think has always been empty) and provides descriptions on if something is up with a certain batch.
Whereas other vendors will not tell you it is old, it just goes on sale at great prices, but your not sure what is wrong with it that your getting it at such a great price, disturbing :)
Anyways, both very good, the PHT made a great night time burnout in front of the TV smoke and the Green Crack of course boosts your funny meter through the roof while still getting you stoned enough to trip over every other sentence.
I would probably stick with NW-Buds Sativa strain because they are so ridiculously over the top beautiful (like the infamous Alien OG), but on a budget or with extra coin that you can quite afford NWB, I wouldn't hesitate to use HumboldtFarms again to grab a quantity below an OZ.
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How fast was the shipping? Both strains look amazing