When it debuted just a couple of years ago, the Focus V CARTA revolutionized portable dabbing with a battery-powered convenience that gave the Puffco Peak some serious competition. Limited edition CARTA designs would appear sporadically, starting with the Magna CARTA and Holy White CARTA, eventually being joined by the Crimson CARTA, the Emerald CARTA, the Adam iLL CARTA collaboration and the Nebula CARTA. While each of these iterations offered bold new colors, the design of the e-rig remained largely unchanged. But with CARTA announcing their new Laser Line collection in the last quarter of this year, we’re seeing for the first time a new design that goes beneath the veneer while offering the same reliable performance that’s made CARTA a favorite for years.

Why is It Called the “Laser Line”?

The CARTA Laser Line models introduce a couple of notable design changes, the most obvious being the addition of bright LED lights built into the bases of the e-rigs, earning them the “laser” moniker. The glass bubble top of the CARTA also got a new look that stretches beyond the colored glass of the limited-edition models, introducing a new two-tone design. Each Laser Line color features a matching perc and a frosted glass bubble top. The upward facing LED lights shine up through the neon colored glass of the percolator and work with the frosted glass of the bubble top for an otherworldly glow unique to the Laser Line collection.

Choose Your Statement

Fans of CARTA have most likely noticed that whenever Focus V reveals a new limited-edition model, its based on a single color design. The Laser Line collection is different in that it introduces an array of new colors from which you can choose. While neon green was the flagship color, the Laser Line has simultaneously dropped additional colors including electric shades of blue, pink, orange and yellow. With dayglo shades that look to the future while nostalgically recounting the aesthetics of classic early ‘90s R&B and new jack swing, rave culture, punk and a collage of bold fashion and art movements, the Laser Line says a lot more than a thousand words with its picture. Unlike the limited-edition CARTA models that focus on one pronounced statement, the multitude of color options offered by the Laser Line allows you to choose your statement.

Retained Features

The Laser Line CARTA collection also adheres to that old adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The functionality and included accessories are the same as any of the other CARTA models including 4 temperature presets, custom temperature and duration setting capabilities, Bluetooth, batteries that are both removable and rechargeable, a rugged and long-lasting Everlast atomizer, silicone carb cap tether and a convenient carrying case. It’s the kind of quality you’ve come to expect from CARTA.

The success of the neon green Laser Line CARTA was obviously enough to warrant the inclusion of the other 4 colors. Unlike Focus V’s limited-edition e-rigs such as the Nebula, the Laser Line is an established collection that will remain in continuous production like the standard CARTA model. If you love CARTA and want the world to know, the Laser Line is the way.  

Want to bring the CARTA Laser Line to your shop? Ask your Master-Minded sales rep about it today!

People have been transforming spare counterspace into fully functional edible factories for a few years now thanks to the Magical Butter Machine. Your Magical Butter Machine is designed and precision crafted to bring you the easiest extraction experience with the highest quality results. But if you’re completely new to the experience, even a machine this user-friendly can leave you with questions. Fear not, rookies, because we’ve got the tips that can help you hit the ground running, allowing you to enjoy all the exciting trials with none of the errors!

Don’t Forget to Decarb

Many novices to the Magical Butter Machine don’t realize that plant material needs to be decarbed prior to being added into the Magical Butter Machine. There are several ways you can go about decarbing your material, but one of the easiest solutions come from the manufacturers of the Magical Butter Machine in the form of their DecarBox™. Specially designed for efficient decarboxylation, the DecarBox™ presents a heat-resistant silicone shell that prevents the escape of precious plant compounds and phytonutrients often lost in other decarb endeavors. Forgetting to decarb your product can be a costly error, so no matter how you do it, make sure it’s getting done!

Lecithin is a Game Changer         

Easily the most popular tip (and one that the creators of the Magical Butter Machine themselves recommend) is making sure you add lecithin of some sort to your recipes, whether that be soy lecithin, sunflower lecithin or some other variety. Can you make your concoctions without lecithin? Sure, but you may experience everything from a weak result to a boiling over mess. So, what’s the actual benefit of lecithin? It’s an ingredient that lends to better bonding, often resulting in a product that boasts stronger potency. Many veterans of the Magical Butter Machine look back on their early days and admit that the decision to incorporate lecithin into their recipes was a game changer. Just make sure that you’re using powdered lecithin, because capsules (even the gelatin varieties) often include additives that can lead to unpredictable results.

A Lot Can Happen in 2 Hours

How long should you run your extraction? The Magical Butter Machine offers some helpful suggestions with the built-in infusion times they offer. But did you know that most extraction occurs in the first 2 hours? You might marvel that the Magical Butter Machine can create such potent infused butter in just 2 hours, but those initial 2 hours are the most magical. There are definitely certain recipes where a longer infusion period is recommended but knowing that those first 2 hours are the most crucial can help you to plan accordingly.

There’s No Need to Waste a Mistake

Even if you follow all our tips, you’ll want to experiment. It’s half the fun of owning a Magical Butter Machine. But sometimes, our most ambitious ventures return less-than-stellar results. So, what do you do if you create a bad batch? Take heart; there are ways that you can salvage some product while learning from your mistakes. This method won’t work with every recipe, but you can try it with infused butter and similar products. Having learned from your mistakes, simply make a second, more potent batch to blend with the weaker results from your first batch. Your weaker results will piggyback on your stronger results so that nothing goes to waste.

Don’t Fear the Freezer  

Those of you used to working with plant material may be hesitant to pop your creations into a fridge or freezer and we don’t blame you. It’s hard to unsee them as icy graves for potency and flavor. But most of your recipes will do just fine within the preservative powers of a fridge or freezer. Infused butter, like regular butter, should be refrigerated. The most important precaution you’ll need to take is ensuring your product is kept in an airtight container. Beyond that, any potency lost to the cold should be negligible if you use your product within a reasonable time frame.

The Magical Butter Machine offers a lot of fun for the culinarily creative or can deliver simple, straightforward results if you’re not in the mood to experiment. But no matter your goal, the tips above will make sure you’re getting the most “magic” out of your Magical Butter Machine. Starting out your journey into home extraction with this knowledge will make sure that the surprises you run into stay pleasant ones!

It may seem like you need magic on your side to penetrate a social media algorithm; a confounding landscape where only the lucky can survive. But a hidden system is still a system, nonetheless. And often a team effort is the best approach. It makes sense that an app meant to promote community interaction would reward a team effort in trying to boost your followers, likes and engagement on your Instagram page or any social media platform. So today, we’re going to talk about how partnering with Master-Minded can give you the power of a coordinated strategy that gets the word out about your shop to a wider audience within your same industry.

An Easy Method of Partnering Through Social Media

There are a variety of methods and techniques you can use to increase your reach through a social media partnership, but one of the easiest is to simply tag Master-Minded (on Instagram @masterminded_distribution) in any content that showcases products that you’ve received through Master-Minded’s distribution services. But how does that help you? Master-Minded’s content team will then repost your mention to their stories, getting the word out to our nearly 28K followers. It’s a small investment of your time that can have some major returns.

How a B2B Company Gets You B2C Sales

But wait, aren’t Master-Minded a wholesaler? If you’re running a B2C business, how does promotion from the Instagram of a B2B business help you? While we’d absolutely love to have our entire audience of 28K be comprised of businesses looking for wholesale services, Instagram audiences don’t really work out that way. A huge portion of our followers are simply retail customers who discovered us through our robust catalog of products. Since we’re a wholesale company that only sells to established businesses, we can’t really help them. They need to know about the shops and online stores where they can purchase these products as a retail customer. That’s where your content and your tag come in. When your business tags us, we’re notified that you want to share. And when we share, a whole new set of eyes sees who you are, where you are and what you’re selling.

Follow for 5

Master-Minded gives you even more encouragement to tag your favorite distributor with our “Follow for 5%” incentive. Unfamiliar? If you’ve never tagged Master-Minded before, all you need to do is tag us in a post that displays a product you received from our distribution services and you’ll be eligible to receive 5% off select products in your next order. Once you’ve tagged us, simply let your Master-Minded sales representative know the next time you place an order. They’ll help you apply your onetime 5% discount!

The Benefits of Teamwork

While Master-Minded’s audience consists of both B2B and B2C followers, you can count on them having at least one thing in common: they’re interested in the products we’re distributing. When your tagged post is shared by Master-Minded, you’re benefitting from exposure to a cultivated, targeted market. Not only will the B2C portion of the nearly 28K audience be clued in to the availability of a product you carry, but your reputation will be reinforced by your association to one of the most trusted and reliable distribution companies in the industry.

Curious about partnering with Master-Minded but don’t know where to start? Talk to your dedicated Master-Minded sales rep and s/he will be happy to guide you in the right direction. A team approach improves your chances of cracking that Instagram algorithm while improving your reach. And if it’s your first time, you get that sweet 5% off bonus!

With consumer demand often shaping the market, it’s become more obvious than ever that people value portability. Even deep into the global pandemic, people want products they can bring with them no matter where their day takes them. We’ve seen it in vape pens, e-rigs and hand pipes for years, but a new generation of portable smoking accessories is hitting the market, further propelling this wave of convenience we’ve been riding.  Today, we take a look at a few of the products that are putting portability at the forefront of their design.

WaxNax

With cold start dabbing increasing in popularity, the demand for inserts is reaching new heights. Rather than risk the chance of the ultimate sesh fail, you can always arrive prepared with WaxNax. These handy and discreet insert cases keep you covered with 20 fresh inserts included in a snug and secure snap case. You can pre-load them if you know where you’re headed or simply have them clean and at-the-ready should the right opportunity arise. WaxNax even gives you your choice of sophisticated black or pristine white cases so you can properly accessorize.

Banger Saver

A relatively new addition to the portable accessory market, the Banger Saver revolutionizes banger portability by providing a platinum-cured silicone case lined with supportive pegs that gently cradle your glass. A solidified dream from the creative minds at Dab Nation, the Banger Saver takes away the certain doom that typically accompanies a dropped banger, allowing you to travel through a jostling, jolting public commute with peace of mind (instead of pieces of banger). With the promise that the Banger Saver can protect your glass from a fall of up to 6 feet, pocket fowls are no longer painful.

Combo Crusher

It feels like we’ve talked almost endlessly about Wolf Grinders on this blog, but they’ve given us a lot to talk about. When you’re talking about portable convenience, it’s impossible to ignore them. Pretty much every product they create is geared toward making an on-the-go sesh as easy as possible, from their space-efficient Scorpion hand pipes to their Combo Crusher 6-in-1 herb grinders. The Combo Crusher specifically takes portability to a new level by offering a removable hand pipe with a glass smoking bowl, a holster for a Bic mini lighter, a grinder with built-in kief catcher, and a screw-on pick piece so you can ash on the go. All of this is built into the body of the herb grinder, allowing you to tuck it all away in your pocket or purse when not in use.

Happy Kits

Compact and convenient are two attributes firmly at the center of Happy Kits’ business model. Specializing in travel kits, Happy Kit provides an array of diverse and comprehensive paraphernalia packs stuffed to the gills with everything you need to make that spontaneous sesh comfy. Different kit variations provide different supplies so you can choose the Happy Kit that best suits your sesh style. They’ve thought of everything so you don’t have to!

While it’s easy to simply think of the higher ticket items like e-rigs and vape pens when we consider portability, a lot of the pieces most integral to a solid sesh are your portable smoking accessories. These are the little details that count big. Customer demand for portability has found inspired innovative designs in this new wave of convenient accessories with a focus placed on smokers with places to be. Jet setting smoke aficionados can seize the day with renewed peace of mind knowing that every little detail is covered with these accessories.

Portable dab rigs have really cut themselves a nice niche in the market in recent years with the Puffco Peak kicking things off, joined more recently by the Focus V CARTA, RIO and Kandypens Oura rigs. While there are major differences between these 4 models, one fact remains: they must be cleaned and properly maintained to work at their optimum potential. Want to make sure you’re getting the most out of your wax? Read on to determine how these state-of-the-art travel rigs should be cleaned. We hope you have your Dark Crystal Glass Cleaner ready!

The Way to Keep Your Cleaning Process as Simple as Possible

While the Focus V CARTA, Kandypens Oura and Puffco Peak rely on an atomizer, the RIO is more like a traditional dab rig with mechanical power. Therefore, you won’t really need to worry about cleaning an atomizer if you’re using a RIO wax rig. Before we begin to go into the details of cleaning your travel rigs, we need to highlight one simple rule that will make your whole process easier. You should never let your wax drip down passed your atomizer. It adds a whole new dimension to your cleaning duties, and you don’t want to deal with that: trust us.

The Right Tools for the Job

When cleaning a portable wax rig, we like to have a trusty cleaning tool on hand like Dab Nation Dab Swabs or something that can deliver a thorough wipe down like Terp Wipes. With the RIO, Dab Nation Dab Swabs can help you really get in there with the core reactor banger and with the Peak and Carta, some sort of cleaning tool is crucial for thorough scrubbing of the atomizer. While Terp Wipes and Dab Swabs are specifically designed for cleaning wax rigs, water pipes and anything in between, you can also opt for a few drops of Dark Crystal Cleaning Solution and some standard cleaning swabs. Dark Crystal is specifically formulated for cutting through resin and accumulated grime; perfect for standard rigs but also a blessing for your portable e-rig cleaning endeavors.

Cleaning a Kandypens Oura, Puffco Peak or Focus V CARTA Portable Dab Rig

With the Focus V Carta, Kandypens Oura and Puffco Peak, we’d recommend cleaning your atomizer after 10 dabs but definitely not putting it off passed 30 dabs. This also depends on the size of your dabs. Keeping dabs on the smaller side is advisable for these portable dab rigs for premium performance. These 3 e-rigs will be cleaned the same way, more or less. Start by removing the glass top and giving the intake hole a thorough scrubbing. A lot of users overlook the intake hole but keeping it clean is integral to maintaining those silky hits. Next, you’ll want to remove the atomizer and carefully disassemble it. Atomizers can be sensitive so try to be gentle but thorough during this process. Grab one of your trusty Dab Nation Dab Swabs, Terp Wipes or other cleaning tool and swab down the atomizer, making sure to get the threading sufficiently. If you’re using your own cleaning tool, make sure you’re also using some Dark Crystal Cleaning Drops or, at the very least, high percentage iso. The coil should be removed completely and soaked in iso or swabbed down with cleaning fluid. How long you leave it soaking is a matter of preference, but we’d recommend 90 minutes. Once the coil is done soaking in the iso, you’ll want to give it a good rinse in hot water. Gently dry your atomizer (24-hour air drying is advisable), reassemble it, and reinstall it into your portable rig. Burn it for a solid 10 seconds and you should be good to go. It’s once again ready for adventure!

Cleaning the RIO Portable Wax Rig

As we mentioned earlier, there is no atomizer to remove from the RIO. Most of the cleaning will be focused on this portable dab rig’s banger which features an unusual core reactor design that can be a bit of a challenge to clean. Dab Nation Dab Swabs really excel when cleaning a core reactor banger because their bamboo handle allows you to really get into the crevices of the banger without risk of your cleaning tool snapping. An excellent feature of the RIO is that it includes rubber water stoppers that make it easier to clean; especially if you have some glass cleaner like Dark Crystal. These stoppers are similar to ResCaps, securing your rig for a more thorough cleaning. While the CARTA, Oura and Peak can go at least 10 dabs without cleaning, we recommend that you wipe down the banger of your RIO after every dab.

Of course, you’ll find other portable dab rig models on the market with their own variations, but cleaning will largely be a similar process to that of the Oura, Peak or CARTA. The RIO is in its own category, having much more in common with your classic wax rig than other portable rigs. No matter what model you prefer, cleanliness is mandatory for you to enjoy it at its fullest potential.