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Live Resin vs Regular Distillate: Which Is Better?
The new kid on the hemp block is live resin, which is a unique type of extract that’s changing the game by enhancing the bioavailability and flavor of hemp products – mainly vape carts – by a longshot. Live resin is in high demand these days, but how does it compare to a type of extraction a lot of us are more familiar with – distillate? Let’s find out.
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The Profile on Live Resin
Live resin is a hemp extract made with fresh, flash-frozen plant material as opposed to plant material that’s been dry-cured, which is the more traditional method. Dry-curing is great for manufacturing flower, but it minimizes the impact of the buds’ sticky resinous trichome glands that contain the beautiful terpenes and flavonoids that give each strain its distinctive flavor profile and effects.
Live resin is basically a fresher, more potent type of extract that is darker in color and thicker in consistency, speaking for itself when it comes to just how concentrated it is. Most commonly used in vape oils since its powerfully flavorful and syrupy nature is very vape-friendly.
How It’s Made
To produce live resin, first the plant material that was cultivated must get dipped into a flash-freezing agent like liquid nitrogen. This maintains the integrity of the terpenes and flavonoids in the trichomes perfectly, preserving them so that when you taste them, it’s like the plant was picked yesterday. From there, the manufacturer can employ standard extraction processes, knowing that they’re going to yield a far more compound-rich extract.
Pros:
- Live resin has a stronger and fresher flavor because it has a higher concentration of terpenes, and the terpenes are preserved when fresh rather than dried.
- Live resin aids in the entourage effect by working synergistically with. cannabinoids in a more powerful way, for a stronger overall experience.
- Live resin offers thicker cloud production because the extract itself has a higher viscosity level.
- Live resin lets you enjoy a strain as nature intended since the secondary compounds are more potent and diverse.
Cons:
- Live resin is more concentrated, so it might be a little bit harsher on the throat.
- You may get more clogs in your vape cartridge if you allow your vaping system to get exposed to those cold conditions for too long.
The Profile on Distillate
Distillate is a type of extract made to purify a specific cannabinoid in the hemp plant. Binoid’s cannabinoid products are made with distillates because they offer ultra-pure forms of the cannabinoids you crave, like delta 8 THC, delta 10 THC, THC-P, THCV, HHC, and HHC-O. Distillate is a flavorless and odorless liquid that is free of terpenes, flavonoids and other cannabinoids.
It’s the most common way to infuse a product with a single cannabinoid, such as a gummy, vape oil or tincture. Can also be paired with separately extracted terpene extracts, which you will commonly see in vape cartridges and disposable vapes.
How It’s Made
Distillate is produced by applying a solvent to the plant material, to create an extract of the plant’s chemical composition. From there, the extract is exposed to distilled steam, at different levels of pressure and heat. The goal is to apply the ideal pressure and heat level to naturally discard the undesirable compounds, such as the terpenes, removing each unwanted compound until all that remains is the purified form of the cannabinoid that’s desired.
Pros:
- Distillate has a versatile consistency that makes it easy to infuse into all kinds of hemp product types.
- Distillate is about as pure as you’re going to get in terms of isolating a singular cannabinoid.
- Distillate is naturally potent, and also can be enjoyed on its own as a concentrate for dabbing or producing your own cannabinoid products.
- Distillate is flavorless and odorless, which can be good if the user does not enjoy terpenes in their hemp products.
- Distillate allows you to enjoy a stronger serving of one cannabinoid without having to consume any others in the plant.
Cons:
- Lower-quality distillate products may contain residual solvents, due to a lack of thoroughness during the processing of the product. High-quality companies like Binoid remove all residual solvents to offer an ultra-pure extract.
- Distillate is very potent, and it’s easy to get heavy-handed when using pure distillate, rather than a product infused with a controlled amount of distillate.
- Distillate is easy to fake since its odorless, colorless and flavorless nature can be mimicked using other ingredients, which is why you want to only buy from trusted brands like Binoid.
You Can Actually Choose Live Resin and Distillate For a Clean and Simply Amazing Experience!
Live resin and distillate are, as you can see, two different types of extractions that serve distinctive purposes, and are often paired together. Take Binoid’s Live Resin Vape Cartridges, which pair cannabinoid distillates with terpene-rich live resin to offer the best of both worlds. So, there really is no need to choose between the two because they’re complementary, giving you the best ways to savor cannabinoids and terpenes, respectively. However, if you want an AIO disposable live resin device, check out the selection from Delta Extrax (Delta Effex), as each comes in in 2 gram sizing.
