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I think we would be hard pressed to find a grower who prefers to burp dozens of mason jars daily. The price for each Grove bag seems fair and would be awesome to have if you had to go out of town right after a grow. In the long run the shipping is going to eat at you and it's an additional thing you have to remember to buy. Some might argue that a sealed container is preferable to a breathable one but I really don't know and I'm sure it depends on a variety of variables. The technology information section on the Grove site is down for me right now so I can't really see exactly how they work.
All I know is the last time I weighed my options in that space I was first attracted to the shiny metal cvault containers but I couldn't justify the price. That's how I found the Gamma stuff because I liked the idea of a large, air tight and reusable container for curing but I would definitely be a customer of Grove bags for one off needs just based off of all the positive reviews I've seen on here.
The first time I used jars I was already looking for another option. I did what everybody does, pack n burp, used bovedas, and had a cabinet just for the stash. I didn't like so many jars so I went to large C-Vaults. Well my home runs warm and that cab was always around 80 and could get into the 90s in Summer. I found out the hard way what warm storage does to weed in jars or dark steel. Somewhere in there I also had some black food grade vacuum canisters used for things like flour and pasta.
So I started using a wine fridge set at 55* for storage. Well C-vaults are about the worst when it comes to storage efficiency but the cool down storage was a game changer. Another thing with C-Vaults I learned the hard way...line the things with parchment paper otherwise all sort of resin is left behind. Today there's a stash of grimy resinous and useless C-vaults the size of basketballs out in my garage. That really was a very bad investment but I liked using stainless steel
Next up were XXL lunch bins called Steeltainers. These were perfect! Rectangular shape and low profile so I could stack them. Each one held about 4oz. On the outside they have a plastic suit to insulate the steel. I lined them with parchment, filled with weed, put it all in a foodsaver bag and vacuum sealed them. Being firm walled I could pull out all the air without crushing the buds. No burping though so drying became an art I had to perfect and did to use them. But eventually I still needed more storage efficiency and that's when Grove came into the picture so now there's no wasted space.
I still believe a cold cure in a zero oxygen environment is the best cure for me. Grove is not that but it's very close and closer to jars and cvaults ever were for me.
Obviously I don't marry into anything regarding cure and storage as it's been a journey and will continue. While shopping grove I found some interesting and much less spendy options that may be just as good as Grove plus I can pull a vacuum on them. I also want to throw a couple groves into experimentation and see how long one will deflate after being filled with air because it's not like you can squeeze air out thru the walls. They hold air like any other bag but IDK for how long and I want to do a vacuum seal vs one that's not under a vacuum. I'm quite skeptical of "terp loc" and breathability of these bags but also realize temperature could play a role there....warmer bag being more permeable and colder bag being more sealed. That could be why some people are getting mixed results using them. With Grove, I see it as there's a way to use them as the manufacturer says to and then there's the way I'll use them I guess you could say lol. Another idea is cure for a desired time in a Grove then put the bag in another mylar bag and vac seal the mylar, locking the Grove up inside
In all of it though with everything I've tried my best advice is use something very slick on the inside that will not hold resin or line it with parchment paper, eliminate as much oxygen and head space in the container as possible, and keep them below 65* at all times