Back in 97 I went to Amsterdam and met Mila the head of pollinator.nl
She invented bubble hash and I had read about it and also an automatic water hash maker they had fabricated.
When I reached the shop it was the most amazing place. There were tons of peyote cactus, DMT grasses, mushrooms you name it. She and some other people were hanging out around a 40 gallonish tub and someone was stirring the leeaves and ice inside with a 4' length of broomstick.
I actually bought bags then and there. I packed my sleeping bag inside them like they were a cover. I shouldn't have worried as no one really knew what bubble hash was in the US at that time.
I also asked to buy some hash from her and she pulled out bubble hash the size of a stick of butter. She cut off about a half inch and sold it to me for almost nothing. I spent all day in that shop just listening and learning.
Yes, i am very familiar with Mila and her work. When i started making BH we (two other friends and i) bought the Lawrence Cherniac 'Bubblelator ' washer and a set of 'Iceolator' bags. Unfortunately after about 50 runs in those bags , they started to fall apart, that's when i did the research on Mark, the 'Bubbleman' and found him to have a real passion for it and was an expert with many , many runs teaching growers how to make it properly. I soon went out and got his 8 bag , 5 gal. set of bags, at first i used all 8, then i figured out that having 5 grades of BH lying around was a little pointless , especially since there were really only two or three grades that i coveted, the 120, 73 and the 25, so i started to only use three collection bags , instead of 5 in the 8 bag set. It saved me a lot of time as , when i make my BH i always save up my trim so i can spend a few hours doinf a bunch of runs instead of just one or two. As long as a grower cleans and properly dries the bags before storage , they last many , many years...i proved that.My bags look almost new , except of course for the 220 bag...she's a lil rough but still 100% effective and reliable.Cheers gang....love this BH chatter.