Benni's Botannicals - Two Duds?

[Dinkle-berg]

EDIT: My tolerance was just so low that my doses were too big and not working! Read the thread for more info. Benni works!

Hi! Due to absolutely raving reviews from DoubleM, I ordered JongKong MD and got a bonus free ounce of White Borneo from Benni's Botannicals. For the last week or so, even though my tolerance has been fine prior, I have gotten nothing. I've tried adjusting my dose, rotating strains, less often, etc. and unfortunately these were not a hit for me. I'm going to try the frozen red bubble with grapefruit and lemon juice tomorrow morning to see if that helps. I hate that whether I get a burn going or not affects the quality of my day but I've adjusted the last 3 days to just accepting it haha. I can definitely tell the leaf is trying to work, but don't experience any euphoria, warm blanket, or mood lift.

Will update.

Sorry Benni's Botanicals. I know my body chemistry is not your fault. Don't let this write-up change your opinion of trying their stuff.

[Damen ck]

I'm in the same boat. Benni's leaf just doesn't work for me. It's too bad because of how many people say how good he is. I don't fault him of course, that's just part of the kratom experience.

[KurtisCards]

What's your dose size like? What strain/vendor were you talking prior?

[BallzDeep9]

I'm going to try the frozen red bubble with grapefruit and lemon juice tomorrow morning to see if that helps ...

Good Move. A small boost, but every little thing helps.. get in the red bubble habit. Kratom Iced Tea is also easy to measure, makes it easy to taper. Mix in some liquid vitamin. I mix powder Mag Citrate, and Vitamin C, with mine every day. Gets ya through the day!!

Benni is one of those vendors who stock a HUGE variety of "strains", or batches.. Smiley Time and Liza's are others.. These vendors buy from multiple Indo sources.. it's like they have a KBD buying disorder, just like we do? Buying a load from Indo, to then discover it's just average.. well.. Most vendors can't or won't put that aside. That's their money investment. So vendors get 100+ batches for sale, and it's your choice... good luck. Obviously, not all batches are the same!!

So... Which batch out of 100+ do you pick? Does anyone think, they'll just ASK the vendor, and you'll be told exactly which 1 to buy, that will be most potent and also fit your personal chemistry? No... vendors can't do that. They might have an idea, on quality.. but of course can't sell all the quality strains and be left with ALL average.. gotta sell everything ya know. Every vendor is different, more choices are a good thing... But imo Sample Packs should be offered.

[Dinkle-berg]

Just an update. No luck today either. A hint of a tickle came on with the red bubble but quickly left. In the mean time, I'm going to order from Fused Flora again today. They are always a hit with me.

[Dinkle-berg]

Hey everyone! Good news! The leaf wasn't not working, my tolerance was somehow miraculously weakened a ton. After I started getting wobbles a few times at 4.5 and 4 grams, I decided it was time to try even LOWER doses. I got a burn going with 3.5 grams this morning of the Benni. Woo!

[Jezabels64]

Hey everyone! Good news! The leaf wasn't not working, my tolerance was somehow miraculously weakened a ton. After I started getting wobbles a few times at 4.5 and 4 grams, I decided it was time to try even LOWER doses. I got a burn going with 3.5 grams this morning of the Benni. Woo!

That's awesome Dinkle (love the name)...My doses had been creeping up over the last month and I thought Kratom had stopped working for me...was trying to chase the dragon." UUUgghhh Anyways I listened to body and it was saying "just take 3gms and no more!" So I've gone down to 3-3.5gs from 6gs. Still a newbie (started taking Kratom nov 2019) and so still learning a lot. But I can say without a doubt that Benni Rocks!

[Somethingsacred]

Hey everyone ,
I’m a big fan of Benni’s products , and have enjoyed and had great effects from 98% of all I’ve tried .

Ballz ,

I couldn’t disagree more than I do about Bennis and smiley time having “just average “ leaf ... but everyone is entitled to their own opinions (:

I’ve found that with really good leaf , the bigger doses don’t do much , but cutting down the amount significantly... and wowow! Tolerance and be a batch for sure , I just speaking from my personal experience, Benni being the source of most my kratom collection , can’t say enough good things about his leaf , the man himself and the service he provides . To play devils advocate... we all have our unique chemistry , and some vendors just don’t jive not matter the other factors ... having tried plenty of diff sources over the years , I keep coming back to Benni on a reg basis ...

I’ve ordered once from Smiley , and was very impressed ... I’ve been meaning to post a review for a while , now I’m feeling motivated to finish it up .

Stoked that at the lower dose you had great results dinkle-berg ,

Kratom is a lovely trippy riddle , just when you think either tolerance or quality is a culprit , good things can come out of the smaller doses imo and experience . And sometimes all said and done were left scratching our heads saying wtf !?

Another thing that is trippy is when you try a batch that feels like a total dud , and then down the road can’t believe how good it is , and ends up being a favorite , this has happened more than a handful of times to me !

Hope you all are doing well in the virus climate and politically and socially crazy times !

I missed this forum , happy to drop in !