BMWO - 5 strains - July 2019
This requires a pretty extensive preface. BMWO was the very first MOM I tried back in March 2018, I was stressed, excited, and in awe to have been so slow to realize buying weed online was a thing, I simply googled and they were the first to pop, the site was pro, they had lots of choices, prices to me at the time seemed great (a quad on the streets here is 300+) and they had hash, and I'm a hash head.
Here's a link to that order's review:
https://canadianmom.co/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=812&p=6999
Gave them feedback after that order and they offered nothing. I didn't realize at the thing how most MOMs actually back their product and will usually refund or replace shitty product, I was used to sucking it up when I get bad shit from a street dealer. After a while they showed up on here and their representative dropped a message on here telling everyone to just email her if you have concerns/questions. This was many months after the buy, probably 6 months.
So I wrote to her, explaining how I felt I was robbed on my first and only order with them, explaining that 200$ of that 292$ order was absolute shit. I was very diplomatic about it. Their replies were equally diplomatic, but were leading nowhere. After a lot of arguing, they offered me a 60$ coupon, which I refused. After more arguing, they bumped it to 100$. After pressing harder, ended up getting a 200$ coupon offer. I refused it at the time, because first off, that 200$ did not cover shipping (I realized later they have a 99$+ free shipping policy now, but anyway) but more importantly, I didn't feel 200$ of THEIR product would be any compensation at all, but merely a way to shut me up. Despite pressing further (trying to get cash back instead of a coupon) I got nothing more. Neither the 100 or 200$ coupons were every applied to my account, but I think I still have that 60$ one in there.
Out of the blue, a few weeks ago, Micheal, their new representative approached me mentioning that bad review and how he would like to send me an OZ of samples to review. Considering I get that type of offer pretty often (MOMs live my reviews) it felt like it would be weird for me to accept that while I still had a withstanding issue with them. So I replied to him I would accept the OZ, but I would consider it a tentative replacement of my order, as opposed to a review pack. While in the end it's all the same, it means that I would not close that withstanding issue unless the pack felt like a satisfactory replacement of my original order. Micheal accepted those terms.
There's been a little hickup on the order composition, when I got the confirmation message that my order was ready to ship, it listed 17.5g across 5 strains instead of 28g, so I contacted Micheal again and he assured me it was an error and intercepted the package before it left, correcting the error. I ended up getting 3.5g x 4 and a 14g of Black Widow.
So this is the 'setting' in which this review is being done. Please read the end of the review for the rest of the story :)
MOM Name: BMWO (Buymyweedonline)
Overall rating out of 10: 9/10
Sign Up: Standard stuff, requires ID
Ordering & Pricing: Pricing is a bit steep, they seem to have a very generic pricing frame where stuff is rated AA,AAA,AAAA,AAAAA and the price is per grade, rather than per strain. All their AAAAA are 260$ from what I could see, all their AAAA 225, etc. Like it's been said several times before, they use a 5A system which most community members think it's misleading.
Communication: In the context of this order, they've been very compromising. In the past however, they really are like talking to Bell Canada... You get the impression you're talking to a pawn that has zero power to help you, and then they bump the issue to a superior and it always ends up in a never-ending run around.
Packaging: Small cardboard box, inside was a vac seal with plastic bottle containers. Not a fan of those bottles for long term use but they are certainly better than zips. Each container had 2 small bovedas, a lot of which were grainy/dried up.
Products / Photos:
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Strain Name: The Black
Strain Fidelity: First time having this mysterious strain. Not much info on it's lineage on Leafly or elsewhere I could find.
Size of buds: 6.5/10 Nice smallish round nugs
Bag Appeal: 7/10 It's not dense at all, pretty leafy and airy, but it's got some dark hues and quite a bit of trichomes to make up for it. Some parts of a few buds were almost black, name is on point :)
Cure & Humidity: 8.5/10 It's plush, fairly fresh and well cured
Smell Intensity: 8.5/10 Smells very good, not super strong aroma but once busted up, it becomes very odorant.
Harshness vs Smoothness: 9/10 No complaints here, it has a kushy taste and kush can be a bit harsh but this is a smoother derivate of it
Taste Intensity: 8/10 The taste is very present and persisted to the end of the joint. It's a smooth creamy taste, so not super intense but well bodied
Taste Complexity: 9.5/10 It's predominantly kushy, but it's also creamy and has a bit of a sour element to it, it trades between those 3 poles constantly as you smoke it, very pleasant and subtle complexity of taste. Could throw coffee and chocolate as tastes in there as well, very nice.
Buzz Intensity: 10/10 It's listed as an indica on leafly, but the buzz felt like a balanced hybrid. Strong headbuzz with a solid body stone, not couch locky at all. I only smoked a small joint and it got me good.
Price: 260$/OZ
Value: This is great flower. The leafyness and airyness of the buds knock it's value a bit. This would be an honest offer at 200$ an OZ.
'A' Scale Rating: AAAA-
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Strain Name: Black Widow
Strain Fidelity: Only had Black Widow once before, but legend has it it's the same strain as White Widow which I've had many times before. It's pretty different from the Black Widow I got before and not much alike any of the Whites I've had either. It has a predominantly peppery/kushy nose, which is not typical of Widows.
Size of buds: 7/10 Nothing huge but they aren't small by any means.
Bag Appeal: 8.5/10 Nice looking buds, trim could be better but the leaves are caked, some dark hues here and there, doesn't really look like the Widows I had before, it's darker
Cure & Humidity: 8.5/10 The cure is good, but it's a little over dried. Came with two bovedas. The cure locked the terps in real well though, so bonus points for that.
Smell Intensity: 8.5/10 It has a strong peppery/kushy smell, but it doesn't stink the room too much. Once ground though it releases a nice strong smell.
Harshness vs Smoothness: 9/10 Kushy strains tend to be a bit harsh because of how intense the taste can get, but this one was very smooth despite the strong taste.
Taste Intensity: 9/10 You can fully taste the terps and they obliterate the smoke, very clean taste
Taste Complexity: 9/10 While definitely not the typical widow, the taste is fairly complex. It definitely leans on the more earthy/kushy side of the strain, but you still get a little bit of fruit (more citrus than the usual berry taste), a bit of skunk, I truely enjoyed the taste on this.
Buzz Intensity: 9/10 As usual for Widows, it hits fast and hard, but despite that provides a very functional buzz that's energetic and not at all couch locky. There is a good body buzz going, but it's not sedating. Typical Widow buzz that I really like, perfect daytime strain with little to no crash.
Price: Sells for 260$/OZ
Value: While pretty great in almost every way, I feel this would be fairer in the 200-220 range considering it's definitely not an exotic/rare strain.
'A' Scale Rating: This is listed as 5A on their backward rating system. Definitely AAAA in my book.
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Strain Name: Blue Fin Tuna
Strain Fidelity: Never had tuna, this is supposed to have blueberry in it's lineage, can't say I smell or taste any blueberry or even fruit/sweetness in this strain.
Size of buds: 7/10 It was only a 3.5, it had one fairly big bud and smaller ones.
Bag Appeal: 9/10 Pretty caked, loudest smell of all this order, nice dark hues on some leaves, nice trim, good stuff.
Cure & Humidity: 8.5/10 Tad dry but good, cure is good too, this stuff is stinky
Smell Intensity: 9/10 Strong kush/skunky smell right out of the jar
Harshness vs Smoothness: 7.5/10 Again, a predominantly kushy taste that comes strong so it can get a bit harsh on big rips but it was a pleasant smoke.
Taste Intensity: 9/10 Strong taste, was good down to the filter
Taste Complexity: 9/10 Like mentioned before, no blueberry/sweet taste, but there is a little hint of berries in the finale, very so faint. The main taste is kushy, but with a freshness that's hard to describe, perhaps lemoney/citrusy with a hint of cream/tart. A lot of character for sure. I wasn't a huge fan of the terp profile, but this is not taken into account in the rating.
Buzz Intensity: 9/10 Good strong indica buzz
Price: 260$/OZ
Value: I'd value it closer to 200-220 as well. It's nice flower all over, but not exotic/craft.
'A' Scale Rating: Another 5A from their rating system, I'd call it an AAAA
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Strain Name: Lemon Walker OG
Strain Fidelity: Never had that strain. There is a slight lemon background but it's very faint, it's mostly kushy.
Size of buds: 6/10 Fairly small buds overall
Bag Appeal: 7/10 The small buds make it hard to evaluate, but the buds are really nice. Trim is a bit rough, but it has nice long orange hairs that redeem it a bit.
Cure & Humidity: 7.5/10 Drier than I like
Smell Intensity: 7/10 The dryness make it a bit mute, but being an OG it's a terp profile that I feel isn't the strongest to begin with.
Harshness vs Smoothness: 9/10 This was very smooth no complaints.
Taste Intensity: 8.5/10 Tastes stronger than it smells, reminds me a bit of cookie strains but with a dash of lemon sharpness mixed in, got progressively more tasty as I approached the butt of the joint which is a rare thing.
Taste Complexity: 8.5/10 It's really a duel between the characteristic OG taste and that sharp lemony cream taste, there isn't much else peeking through but it was very enjoyable.
Buzz Intensity: 8/10 The buzz was nice and strong. It's listed as a 80% sativa on their site, but it felt like a balanced hybrid more than a sativa leaning one.
Price: 225/OZ
Value: If the buds were bigger it would be worth the tag, as it is, I'd say 160-180ish
'A' Scale Rating: AAAA-
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Strain Name: Night Shade
Strain Fidelity: Never had it nor any of it's parents in flower form (Kashmere and Nepali). Those are both very old school strains.
Size of buds: 7/10 Average sized buds
Bag Appeal: 7/10 Fairly caked, nice long hairs, looks a bit generic
Cure & Humidity: 5/10 Very very dry and had almost no jar smell
Smell Intensity: 3/10 Faint, dead, terpless even ground it almost had no smell
Harshness vs Smoothness: 4/10 Unpleasant, cough inducing
Taste Intensity: 3/10 Mainly tasted smoke/combustion, no signs of terps coming through
Taste Complexity: N/A can't even begin to evaluate
Buzz Intensity: N/A didn't smoke enough, could not get myself to smoke much more than a quarter of a small joint
Price: 260/OZ
Value: This would get negative attention as a 100$ OZ
'A' Scale Rating: A at best. Terrible.
Incentive for Customers: They rarely have any significant sales, they do offer free shipping on 99$+ which is decent. They currently have a 7g free AA gift.
So in conclusion, I can finally put to rest this dispute and say with absolute certainty that they have owned up their end of the bargain, this order was fire. The Night Shade was very shit, but the rest was all pretty fire and was one of the best orders I've had in a very long while. Heck I'm not gonna lie, you guys all know how I like KC, I had a KC order the same day and I was more thrilled at the flowers I got from BMWO than KC that time around.
I would like to thank Micheal for finally making this right. I can now move on and I feel I got my money's worth from this deal. It's a shame (heck, it's a even almost a tragedy) that it took to long to finally get a resolution, but I'm glad that it's all over. Heck there's even a few strains in there that are worth re-upping on eventually.
