Hey man I was in your same boat. I spent about a week doing a bunch of research…I ended up back where I started, overwhelmed.
I don’t think anyone out there is pushing out junk. The competition is stiff as you may have noticed. I think you just gotta find something that sounds good and give it a go, which is what I did…then I went a little overboard since my tax return came in lol.
I ended up getting stuff from:
Mephisto - they have some bad customer service reviews, but I had no issue and they sell autos only I think. They had a 5 pack for $29 bucks so I said fuck it.
Blimburn - I think they’ve been around a while and have strains that boast over 30%, we shall see.
Hyp3rids - doing some interesting things, lots of landrace and heirloom crosses.
Tenguseedco - here in the classifieds section. What I like about these is there is no shortage of examples in the thread of the fire coming out of there, not to mention the price, and you can ask questions and get answers. Sells clones too.
They all sent freebies as well.