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  • mwood72

    Loose Virgin :)

    Well I gave into temptation with all the good things I'm reading about loose Snus on here and had my 1st pris of General this morning. Possibly someone might be able to answer some of my questions?...

    1. The General loose came in a cardboard tin. Is that usual? Portions always seem to come in plastic tins.

    2. Not speaking Swedish I managed to ram some snus into the wrong end of my Prismaster before discovering I should have used the other end Any ideas how I could get the Snus out of the other end?

    3. Some little bits of Snus crumbled away from the pris when I inserted it. I spat them out. Is that the right thing to do or does it not harm you swallowing a little?

    4. Is it normal for loose Snus to look like mud in the tin?

    I must say it felt really good sliding the pris under my top lip from the Prismaster and having a nice bump under there I'm really getting into this
  • phish
    Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 265

    #2
    Yay I knew you would eventually

    1. Some of them come in cardboard tins (mainly swedish match), some in plastics, some in metal.

    3. You can swallow then but as you get better at forming a prilla you should get less little bits. I remember starting, sometimes my prilla's would crumble before i even got them under my lip

    4. Ha yeah, my friends always say it looks like nicotiney soil

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    • Zero
      Member
      • May 2006
      • 1522

      #3
      Only Swedish match uses cardboard tins for loose. I asked them why and their reply was that it was simply for reasons of tradition - in the days of old, snus was always packaged in waxed cardboard tins and Swedish Match has carried on that tradition.

      As for cleaning out your prismaster - have you tried rinsing it under water?

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      • mwood72

        #4
        Originally posted by Zero
        As for cleaning out your prismaster - have you tried rinsing it under water?
        Funny, I did eventually work that out for myself It looked so firmly packed up there that I didn't think water would flush it out but it did with great ease.

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        • mwood72

          #5
          Originally posted by phish
          3. You can swallow then but as you get better at forming a prilla you should get less little bits. I remember starting, sometimes my prilla's would crumble before i even got them under my lip
          Possibly you could remind me which brands clump together the best?

          Originally posted by phish
          4. Ha yeah, my friends always say it looks like nicotiney soil
          Yummy nicotine soil though

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          • mwood72

            #6
            Another quick question if I may? Does anyone know how many grams of Snus the Prismaster delivers? I was just wondering whether it was 1g or more? Also does the Icetool allow you to measure how much you use so that you can vary the size of your pris? I don't think the Prismaster does?

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            • The Wolf
              Member
              • Oct 2007
              • 132

              #7
              Originally posted by mwood72
              Also does the Icetool allow you to measure how much you use so that you can vary the size of your pris?
              Yes.

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              • Zero
                Member
                • May 2006
                • 1522

                #8
                Originally posted by mwood72
                Another quick question if I may? Does anyone know how many grams of Snus the Prismaster delivers? I was just wondering whether it was 1g or more? Also does the Icetool allow you to measure how much you use so that you can vary the size of your pris? I don't think the Prismaster does?
                here's some photos (scroll down)

                http://www.snuson.com/viewtopic.php?t=284

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                • Zero
                  Member
                  • May 2006
                  • 1522

                  #9
                  ...and a new photo.

                  The small pris is an icetool-formed version of the contents of a regular portion (about 0.9ml), the large icetool pris is a 2ml pris (2/3 full) and the last is a full pris from a prismaster (about 2ml). A 5p coin and regular portion are there for size comparison.

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                  • mwood72

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Zero
                    ...and a new photo.

                    The small pris is an icetool-formed version of the contents of a regular portion (about 0.9ml), the large icetool pris is a 2ml pris (2/3 full) and the last is a full pris from a prismaster (about 2ml). A 5p coin and regular portion are there for size comparison.
                    Thanks Zero this is very useful. Me thinks I might invest in an Icetool so I can control what I'm getting more.

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                    • Soft Morning, City!
                      Member
                      • Sep 2007
                      • 772

                      #11
                      Originally posted by mwood72

                      Possibly you could remind me which brands clump together the best?
                      Roda Lacket & Goteborgs Prima Fint clump together very well, by hand or by Icetool. Honestly, Icetool is completely unnecessary with those two brands. I can bake them by hand in less time than it takes me to get out my Icetool.

                      Also, the regular Goteborgs Rape, though a bit more challenging than the Prima Fint and Roda, also hangs together well.

                      Also, there are some more coarse brands that stay together pretty well too. Grov Snus stays together in the mouth pretty well. It can stand up to more abuse than other brands, at least in my experience.

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                      • jqlynch
                        Member
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 132

                        #12
                        Just for the hell of it today, I baked a pris of General, because the can wasn't as cold as I usually keep it, and I really enjoyed it. I forgot how much different the initial texture of the pris is when hand-baked vs. using the Icetool.

                        I continued on the same kick when I got home, and baked a pris of Grov. Soft Morning, City! is absolutely right -- once it's together, it keeps together with incredible tenacity. I tend to poke and prod to get a taste of the pris every once in awhile, so it held up especially well under that kind of abuse.

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                        • mwood72

                          #13
                          Thanks for the recommendations of Roda Lacket & Goteborgs Prima Fint clumping well together. I will try these.

                          I was just wondering if it possible to use the Prismaster in a way to only get the equivalent of a large portion of Snus? I'm just hesitent to invest in an Icetool until I know loose is really for me.

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                          • Craig de Tering
                            Member
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 525

                            #14
                            Zero recently posted a sweet photo of all the different sizes in one shot.

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                            • mwood72

                              #15
                              From Zero's pics I think I've found the way to get a Pris with roughly the same amount of Snus as a large original portion - I set my Prismsater plunger to 1/2 way, pushed it into my Snus tin and then pressed what was in the Prismaster against my thumb and the slided it under my lip. it felt about right both size and nicotine wise. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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