Wet Dottle
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Due to several reasons, including insanity, I regularly weigh the net contents of each tin and bag of tobacco that I buy. I keep a detailed record of it all, and today I decided to summarize and share my findings with you. Most are good news.
-- The vast majority of tins and bulk packages had more tobacco that advertised.
-- European makers have the most accurate packaging, often being within a fraction of a gram from the advertised net weight. American tins are more liberally filled, often having a couple of grams above advertised net weight.
-- All the tins that had less weight than the advertised net weight were from European manufacturers. But this was a very, very small percentage of tins, and the deficit was small.
--Usually, bulk packages have more tobacco that the advertised net weight. The surplus is, in average, larger than that of tins. But there is a large variation from shop to shop.
-- On the negative side, there is a particular blender/shop whose packages were consistently below the advertised net weight. Actually, all the tobacco I bought from that blender had less than the advertised weight. Sometimes the deficit was very large, more than 50%. It is a shop/blender very dear to many in multiple news groups. I don’t want to be flamed, therefore I’m not posting its name.
-- On the positive side, in general we are getting more tobacco than we are paying for. By far, the most generous blender is Cornell and Diehl: their tins often have more than 3 grams over the advertised net weight. That’s one extra bowl in each tin! For most generous bulk baggies, the award goes to Smokingpipes.com.
Disclaimer: the above comments reflect my personal habits and experience. I have no affiliation of any kind with anybody involved in this trade. I should probably see a shrink on regular basis, but prefer to spend my money on funner things.
-- The vast majority of tins and bulk packages had more tobacco that advertised.
-- European makers have the most accurate packaging, often being within a fraction of a gram from the advertised net weight. American tins are more liberally filled, often having a couple of grams above advertised net weight.
-- All the tins that had less weight than the advertised net weight were from European manufacturers. But this was a very, very small percentage of tins, and the deficit was small.
--Usually, bulk packages have more tobacco that the advertised net weight. The surplus is, in average, larger than that of tins. But there is a large variation from shop to shop.
-- On the negative side, there is a particular blender/shop whose packages were consistently below the advertised net weight. Actually, all the tobacco I bought from that blender had less than the advertised weight. Sometimes the deficit was very large, more than 50%. It is a shop/blender very dear to many in multiple news groups. I don’t want to be flamed, therefore I’m not posting its name.
-- On the positive side, in general we are getting more tobacco than we are paying for. By far, the most generous blender is Cornell and Diehl: their tins often have more than 3 grams over the advertised net weight. That’s one extra bowl in each tin! For most generous bulk baggies, the award goes to Smokingpipes.com.
Disclaimer: the above comments reflect my personal habits and experience. I have no affiliation of any kind with anybody involved in this trade. I should probably see a shrink on regular basis, but prefer to spend my money on funner things.