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Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 4:29 am
by Burninator
Have just been sticking with TFH the last couple years but I’d like to get out and play the field a bit again :lol:

Been a while since I’ve ordered from Denette/Soul/HL/Nodfather/Rhino but I would imagine they’re all still high quality. Is there one who’s pulled away from the pack?

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:13 am
by Kelleytoons
Denette is my favorite (aside from TFH). Recently Oties has shown some very interesting things, though.

My gut tells me that since nearly all vendors (with the exception of TFH) get their stuff from the same suppliers what we are noticing right now is some good stuff is coming in for EVERYONE. So if you pay attention to the reviews here you can pick up some fire from a lot of places. But the two vendors I mention above I'd certainly make sure I considered first.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:14 am
by Arob1000
Asides from TFH, Oties, Okies, Lucky, D615 and Mitraman have all had excellent kratom of late. Kinda hard to go wrong right now...

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:58 pm
by NiqueKristan
Kelleytoons wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:13 am Denette is my favorite (aside from TFH). Recently Oties has shown some very interesting things, though.

My gut tells me that since nearly all vendors (with the exception of TFH) get their stuff from the same suppliers what we are noticing right now is some good stuff is coming in for EVERYONE. So if you pay attention to the reviews here you can pick up some fire from a lot of places. But the two vendors I mention above I'd certainly make sure I considered first.
That’s the case with bulk, but most small batch vendors have different suppliers/farmers (Denette literally had 6+ suppliers).

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:10 pm
by Eu4oric906
Kelleytoons wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:13 am Denette is my favorite (aside from TFH). Recently Oties has shown some very interesting things, though.

My gut tells me that since nearly all vendors (with the exception of TFH) get their stuff from the same suppliers what we are noticing right now is some good stuff is coming in for EVERYONE. So if you pay attention to the reviews here you can pick up some fire from a lot of places. But the two vendors I mention above I'd certainly make sure I considered first.
Ive never tried Denette, how do you go about ordering or is it private? Didn't see a website.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:41 pm
by Kelleytoons
Sorry, Denette is members only but he does have open events (so watch the forums).

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:57 pm
by Badgame85
Eu4oric906 wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:10 pm
Ive never tried Denette, how do you go about ordering or is it private? Didn't see a website.
Yeah your options of securing Denette615 (my favorite as well) Texas Family Harvest, Luckys, and Rhino's are all limited. These vendors require a membership or at the very least evaluation (Rhino). Checking out the Trading Post is always a fantastic option to obtain some exclusive stuff!

In regards to my questions, I always order from the same 5-7 vendors. Basically all the ones already listed in this thread.

But pulling away from the pack and making a serious push to my top 3 vendors is LSMS (Lone Star Mitra Source)
Getting some REALLY good burns right now with his products and I'm testing out all of his new drop right now. Don't sleep on him/them,

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:22 pm
by Eu4oric906
Ok yeah i have seen some in the trading post, so will grab some there or at an open event. Im a member of luckys but none of the others. I got a few samples of LSMS thrown in on a trading post buy and have really liked it. Appreciate the intel.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:43 am
by Kelleytoons
Badgame85 wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:57 pm But pulling away from the pack and making a serious push to my top 3 vendors is LSMS (Lone Star Mitra Source)
Getting some REALLY good burns right now with his products and I'm testing out all of his new drop right now. Don't sleep on him/them,
And what, I am horrified to ask, are any of the really great things from LSMS? (Sigh - I may NEVER have enough).

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:54 am
by Markra
Well his jade maeng da and og pmd are pretty much legendary. Right now he has a red version of the og pmd (usually a green)

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:40 am
by KurtisCards
Personally Benni has been the only thing reliable for me, every time I try and branch out, I don’t feel anything 😂 PMD from RVa, and anything green/white from Benni and I’m str8 😎

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:16 pm
by NiqueKristan
Kelleytoons wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:43 am
Badgame85 wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:57 pm But pulling away from the pack and making a serious push to my top 3 vendors is LSMS (Lone Star Mitra Source)
Getting some REALLY good burns right now with his products and I'm testing out all of his new drop right now. Don't sleep on him/them,
And what, I am horrified to ask, are any of the really great things from LSMS? (Sigh - I may NEVER have enough).
There were just a few offerings on the Trading Post. There are no duds from him.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:52 pm
by terposton
Texas Family Harvest, Texas Family Harvest and Texas Family Harvest but other then them, Oties, Fused Flora and Lucky Herbals. I do want to try LoneStar to keep it local.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:38 pm
by BookofEnoch1914
Me personally, TFH and Denette are Tops in the rotation. So much Variety just between those two alone. Lucky, Rhino, Benni, Okie, Mitraman and SoSA make regular appearances as well.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:17 am
by kwest13
BookofEnoch1914 wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:38 pm Me personally, TFH and Denette are Tops in the rotation. So much Variety just between those two alone. Lucky, Rhino, Benni, Okie, Mitraman and SoSA make regular appearances as well.
I have a new bag of TFH top shelf green MD that I have yet to try. I'm waiting to tolerance to balance out before I try it, but I can't wait. I'm a Lucky's member but haven't tried them yet. Okie's has been hit or miss for me. Okie's whites hit pretty good for me but green bumblebee didnt hit at all for me. I had ordered a 250g bag because of all the good reviews.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:48 pm
by BookofEnoch1914
kwest13 wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:17 am
BookofEnoch1914 wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:38 pm Me personally, TFH and Denette are Tops in the rotation. So much Variety just between those two alone. Lucky, Rhino, Benni, Okie, Mitraman and SoSA make regular appearances as well.
I have a new bag of TFH top shelf green MD that I have yet to try. I'm waiting to tolerance to balance out before I try it, but I can't wait. I'm a Lucky's member but haven't tried them yet. Okie's has been hit or miss for me. Okie's whites hit pretty good for me but green bumblebee didnt hit at all for me. I had ordered a 250g bag because of all the good reviews.
Definitely come back to it if it didn't hit the first few times. I have been pleasantly surprised the 3 or 4th burn after fizzling initially.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:05 pm
by uspatriot995
Lucky's July batch was extremely good (sold out mad fast - 1.98% MIT). Their Green Hulu slapped and spanked. Oties is also killin' it - loving their green. TFH is sublime, divine, ultimate. If I had to pick 3 vendors for eternity, it would be those.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:16 am
by Rambo
As many/most others have said, TFH has an awesome selection. I got so many gems from my one-time order with them.
Would also recommend Otie, Benni, Okie and All Natural Artisan - you can’t go wrong with any of them!

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:08 pm
by Daydreamsofmountains
Lonestar 💯many other wonderful ones, but Chris’s stuff is the 🐝 knees for me

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 4:32 pm
by kwest13
BookofEnoch1914 wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:48 pm
kwest13 wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:17 am
BookofEnoch1914 wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:38 pm Me personally, TFH and Denette are Tops in the rotation. So much Variety just between those two alone. Lucky, Rhino, Benni, Okie, Mitraman and SoSA make regular appearances as well.
I have a new bag of TFH top shelf green MD that I have yet to try. I'm waiting to tolerance to balance out before I try it, but I can't wait. I'm a Lucky's member but haven't tried them yet. Okie's has been hit or miss for me. Okie's whites hit pretty good for me but green bumblebee didnt hit at all for me. I had ordered a 250g bag because of all the good reviews.
Definitely come back to it if it didn't hit the first few times. I have been pleasantly surprised the 3 or 4th burn after fizzling initially.
How does not hitting until your 3rd of 4th burn even work?

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 4:47 pm
by BookofEnoch1914
kwest13 wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 4:32 pm
BookofEnoch1914 wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:48 pm
kwest13 wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:17 am

I have a new bag of TFH top shelf green MD that I have yet to try. I'm waiting to tolerance to balance out before I try it, but I can't wait. I'm a Lucky's member but haven't tried them yet. Okie's has been hit or miss for me. Okie's whites hit pretty good for me but green bumblebee didnt hit at all for me. I had ordered a 250g bag because of all the good reviews.
Definitely come back to it if it didn't hit the first few times. I have been pleasantly surprised the 3 or 4th burn after fizzling initially.
How does not hitting until your 3rd of 4th burn even work?
Sometimes the first time or two you try a new vendor or batch you get very little effect. I'm saying try it again at a later date, it may hit very well. This has happened to me and others on this forum countless times. I have given up on batches, all together...forgotten about them then try a month later and I'm blown away with the effects.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 5:43 pm
by Loveandpeace
Eu4oric906 wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:22 pm Ok yeah i have seen some in the trading post, so will grab some there or at an open event. Im a member of luckys but none of the others. I got a few samples of LSMS thrown in on a trading post buy and have really liked it. Appreciate the intel.
So friend?... It has been 6 weeks or so since you signed up over here at the good ol' MM. Are these vendors better than what you had been used to?

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:28 pm
by Eu4oric906
Loveandpeace

So 3 years ago I started out with the bulk vendors, google searches. Tried kraken, hippo, kats, mitragaia. Id get some good leaf, but id get bags that did next to nothing. I thought that was the nature of kratom, and continued.

Last year I wanted to explore other possibilities, didnt feel I tried enough other sources, so started reading on reddit and got involved there. Felt it was alot of social media manipulation and new people who love average stuff, but id see vendor names repeat and tried alot of small batch shops. Down the rabbit hole I went, eventually becoming member at luckys my first “private” membership.

Someone from here posted about double M, so over I came. I felt experience in the room, and people willing to share in more depth. Sorry for the long reply, but to answer your question id say I am just starting to try alot of the private places you all enjoy so cant speak to those just yet. What I value is the collective batch specific intel and experience. I make less meh buys I feel, but I buy a hell of a lot more FOMO style. Im a more informed buyer and I value this community in spite of it making me overbuy. I trust the room more than I did reddit, and its led me to better product.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:35 pm
by BookofEnoch1914
Burninator wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 4:29 am Have just been sticking with TFH the last couple years but I’d like to get out and play the field a bit again :lol:

Been a while since I’ve ordered from Denette/Soul/HL/Nodfather/Rhino but I would imagine they’re all still high quality. Is there one who’s pulled away from the pack?
I will tell you Denette's current Green & Red Platinum KA21 are Phenomenal, as are Red Thunder & Green Super Dragon AM14. Classic Dry Season Leaf. Super Long legs and Potent.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:42 pm
by Kelleytoons
Got Denettes Platinum and Thunder in the mail today. Yay!!

Now need to make pills (this weekend for sure - I'm SO behind but I definitely want to get these two in my rotation).

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 11:37 am
by kwest13
Kelleytoons wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:42 pm Got Denettes Platinum and Thunder in the mail today. Yay!!

Now need to make pills (this weekend for sure - I'm SO behind but I definitely want to get these two in my rotation).
I haven't tried capsules in forever and just tried them the other day for the first time in awhile. They didn't do anything for me. And they were from a vendor that has powder that works really well. How long are capsules supposed to take to start working?

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:27 pm
by Arob1000
BookofEnoch1914 wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:35 pm I will tell you Denette's current Green & Red Platinum KA21 are Phenomenal, as are Red Thunder & Green Super Dragon AM14. Classic Dry Season Leaf. Super Long legs and Potent.
I’m waiting for his next SK shipment before ordering but so many good choices, it’s becoming harder and harder to wait. Hopefully next week!

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:40 pm
by Arob1000
BookofEnoch1914 wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:35 pm I will tell you Denette's current Green & Red Platinum KA21 are Phenomenal, as are Red Thunder & Green Super Dragon AM14. Classic Dry Season Leaf. Super Long legs and Potent.
I’m waiting for his next SK shipment before ordering but so many good choices, it’s becoming harder and harder to wait. Hopefully next week!

Eu4oric906 wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:28 pm Someone from here posted about double M, so over I came. I felt experience in the room, and people willing to share in more depth. Sorry for the long reply, but to answer your question id say I am just starting to try alot of the private places you all enjoy so cant speak to those just yet. What I value is the collective batch specific intel and experience. I make less meh buys I feel, but I buy a hell of a lot more FOMO style. Im a more informed buyer and I value this community in spite of it making me overbuy. I trust the room more than I did reddit, and its led me to better product.
Glad to have you here man, I went the other way, here first then on Reddit when I have extra time. Very glad I missed the bulk kratom phase most of you had. Agreed MM is the place to go for deeper more intelligent conversations about kratom instead of 🔥 🍂 💯 emoji filled posts and close ups of kratom powder/bags.

Reddit has its own gems too, so does MeWe, too much for me to deal with but I’ve tried some MeWe only vendors products from the trading post.

Check out the review section on MM, lot of good leads on quality batches and you’ve already seen some of the stuff that pops up on the trading post, it’s a great resource!

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:44 pm
by uspatriot995
terposton wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:52 pm Texas Family Harvest, Texas Family Harvest and Texas Family Harvest but other then them, Oties, Fused Flora and Lucky Herbals. I do want to try LoneStar to keep it local.
I'd like to check out LoneStar, I checked around the forum, and it looks like he does Email only. I found an Email in an old thread and Emailed him but haven't heard back yet. Would someone point me in the right direction? Thanks!

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 1:19 pm
by Kelleytoons
kwest13 wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 11:37 am
Kelleytoons wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:42 pm Got Denettes Platinum and Thunder in the mail today. Yay!!

Now need to make pills (this weekend for sure - I'm SO behind but I definitely want to get these two in my rotation).
I haven't tried capsules in forever and just tried them the other day for the first time in awhile. They didn't do anything for me. And they were from a vendor that has powder that works really well. How long are capsules supposed to take to start working?
Vendor's capsules never work for me - but the ones I make myself always do. Remember that unless there are labs FOR THE CAPSULES reported, those filled are likely to be from VERY old batches (or at least not the same one the labs for their powder is). The two things are they always take at least 55-75 minutes to kick in. AND you need an empty stomach (no food for at least three-four hours). Other than that powder and capsules work exactly the same (I always advise to take capsules with something high in acidic Ph - I use Propel but there are lots of choices out there).

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:35 pm
by Eu4oric906
Arob1000 wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:40 pm Glad to have you here man, I went the other way, here first then on Reddit when I have extra time. Very glad I missed the bulk kratom phase most of you had. Agreed MM is the place to go for deeper more intelligent conversations about kratom instead of 🔥 🍂 💯 emoji filled posts and close ups of kratom powder/bags.

Reddit has its own gems too, so does MeWe, too much for me to deal with but I’ve tried some MeWe only vendors products from the trading post.

Check out the review section on MM, lot of good leads on quality batches and you’ve already seen some of the stuff that pops up on the trading post, it’s a great resource!
Thanks you, I kind of forget theres other boards on here sometimes. Heck maybe it was a post by you that I saw on reddit lol. I still pop in over there from time to time, has its place.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 5:19 am
by kwest13
Kelleytoons wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 1:19 pm
kwest13 wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 11:37 am
Kelleytoons wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:42 pm Got Denettes Platinum and Thunder in the mail today. Yay!!

Now need to make pills (this weekend for sure - I'm SO behind but I definitely want to get these two in my rotation).
I haven't tried capsules in forever and just tried them the other day for the first time in awhile. They didn't do anything for me. And they were from a vendor that has powder that works really well. How long are capsules supposed to take to start working?
Vendor's capsules never work for me - but the ones I make myself always do. Remember that unless there are labs FOR THE CAPSULES reported, those filled are likely to be from VERY old batches (or at least not the same one the labs for their powder is). The two things are they always take at least 55-75 minutes to kick in. AND you need an empty stomach (no food for at least three-four hours). Other than that powder and capsules work exactly the same (I always advise to take capsules with something high in acidic Ph - I use Propel but there are lots of choices out there).
You would think those clear "vegan" capsules would kick in a bit sooner than 55-75mins. But yeah caps from vendors never worked for me. I WISH they did because they are so handy when needing to dose on the go etc.

Re: Best vendor for you lately?

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 2:21 am
by IndelibleDotInk
Most of the small batch vendors here have their tried and true suppliers and keep them exclusive for the most part. They are not all from the same kratom sources like bulk kratom tends to be. Not that it doesn't happen, but it's a big deal to steal someone else's source.