Pressing flower without bags vs with

[Mozzy]

Thanks for the pts. @Frankthetank , and all your good recommendations along the way

 

[Lil Dab]

Stay away from press club stuff. Only thing decent is the parchment. Price isn't worth the aggravation of blowing out bags constantly

Their Bubble hash washing bags are top notch pricey but worth it IMO no regrets with mine

 

[Mozzy]

Got some 120m DP bags and made an attempt bottle-teching 7g of this auto chopped at day 102, and that has been curing at ~63 RH for ~6 mos:

I let the plates warm up to 180f (took ~5m), pressed down to here (barely fit to start) for the first minute:

Then slowly (too slowly) over the next few minutes I squished it more and didn't max out for ~5m but let it go for another 2 because it was flowing still:

Wound up with ~1.2g:

Pressed the puck a 2nd time at 210f for 5m, squishing almost max by feel from the beginning, and got another ~.19:

Put the first press in the fridge and left the 2nd folded up in parchment and in a ramekin with a lid on a table...then pulled out the last of some bagless I pressed last week of this 109 day auto harvested a couple months ago:

 

[420autoflower]

I stopped using bags years ago when I came across this little handy device. The hand press mold saves time and money, very easy to use, no plant matter in the finished product, comparable returns and it makes a perfect puck every time.

 

[Mozzy]

Thanks @420autoflower , I really appreciate the feedback. Do you press it about the same as you did bagged flower?

 

[420autoflower]

Thanks @420autoflower , I really appreciate the feedback. Do you press it about the same as you did bagged flower?

Thanks for the points @Mozzy!

Yes… same heat, pressure and amount of time.

 

[McDee]

Don't have any bags so I pre-pressed by hand (in a high-ball/shot glass on parchment) and then pressed about an 1/8 of this stuff that was ~63% RH and was chopped ~6 weeks ago:

...about 3m at 190f , cranking it down in ~3 steps, got ~1/2g of this stuff:
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What a pain to collect...used it all yesterday , but my question is what differences will there be if I use bags to press instead of just bagless with flower?

I don't use bags either, but if you're not using a bag you should use a real pre press. It .ade a huge difference once i got 1. I got 1 from dab press that's 2"x4". I don't get plant material in my rosin. Every now and then I will get a piece, but that's normally if it's older/dryer or not as sticky. Even if you get some in it no biggie, it's still weed lol. It rarely happens so I don't use them. Try with & without bags, and go from there. I have yet to try bottle tech method so not sure it would do well without bag. I never have bags to try it lol. Once I get bigger plates I will try the bottle tech.