Preroll Joints
If you're planning on spending a night out with some friends and want to smoke, a go-to option is picking up a preroll.
In this post we will talk all about prerolls: the positives and negatives, alternatives, and different types of prerolls.
What is a preroll?
A preroll is a joint that has been rolled for you, usually by a machine. They are often sold in dispensaries in a tube, and they tend to be packed very tightly.
Advantages of prerolls
- You don't have to take the time to roll the joint yourself.
- You can easily bring them with you.
- You get machine-rolled consistency.
- The given tube is a convenient storage container.
It's great having a joint rolled up for you with consistent packing and a tube that easily stores your joint. But if you are looking for a less expensive way to consume flower without rolling yourself, check out this automatic roller that will roll for you so that you can have all the perks of rolling yourself.
Disadvantages of prerolls
- More expensive
- Lower cannabis quality
- Uneven burning (canoeing)
- Stems and seeds inside
- No customization (filter, herbs, size)
- Mass-produced, no love went into rolling
When you haven't gotten over the hump of rolling joints for yourself, it makes sense to pick up a preroll. Inevitably, this is a lower-quality way of lighting up. We opened a couple of prerolls that we picked up at dispensaries, and the cannabis inside was brown, full of stems, and was clearly lower quality. There are higher-quality prerolls out there, often infused and made with better cannabis; however, if you want to save money, you can make those same concoctions for much less.
We highly recommend learning how to roll a joint and understanding joint rolling hacks so that you can control the contents of what you smoke and spend less money on your flower. You can also infuse your own rolls with whatever you would like.
Infused prerolls
An infused preroll is a preroll that has additives such as kief/hash, wax, distillate, or various other concentrates.
Infused prerolls are designed to add a bit more kick to your session. The concentrated forms of THC give a stronger high without needing to dab. The beauty of infusion is that you can do it yourself.
How to infuse your own joints
If you know how to roll your own joints, power and respect to you. If you don't, you can learn how or get your own machine roller for cheap to do it for you so you can save instead of buying prerolls.
Next time you roll up, try infusing your own joint by sprinkling some kief over the flower while it is resting in the paper. This is the simplest way of infusing a joint while tasting phenomenal.
If you have wax, you can roll the wax into a long, skinny cylinder and rest it in the center of the flower, add flower around it, then roll. Ideally, the wax will rest in the center of the roll so that the flower burns around it. Wax is an ideal additive to infused joints because the liquid content in the wax helps slow the burn, making the joint last longer.
One other option is to add distillate to flower in your joint. This is a bit tricky because you want to warm the distillate to make it flow better. Since warm distillate is less viscous, it can coat the flower well simply by mixing the two together. If you are really wild, you can coat the outside of the joint with distillate and then sprinkle kief on the distillate to top it off.
When rolling infused joints, ideally you want to ensure even packing and a clean roll to make sure you don't waste any cannabis. Stabilizing filter tips will help your rolls come together for the perfect joint without adding any unnecessary taste to your roll.
Wrap up
Prerolls are a consistent way to consume cannabis easily. If you want a higher quality experience for substantially less, take the time to learn to roll for yourself or pick up a machine roller that will do it for you. This way, you can create whatever infused joint you would like while saving money and not sacrificing quality.
