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I can run around an ounce of flower in bottle tech (3 can squeeze onto the plates in a pinch) but usually just run 10g pre-pressed bags as it’s a better work flow for 1 person as I don’t usually press huge volumes.  The most hash I’ve run was 28g of bubble in two bottle techs that yielded around 70-75%, which he then used to start learning how to make diamonds with using a heat separation.  That batch crashed but he’s since got his own press and figured out the tech, although the last bubble he shared with me was 5 star melt that barely left any residue in the banger.

As far as yields I press a lot for various home growers so it can be all over, I’ve seen flower as low as a 5-10% return and as high as 30% (purple kush was always good).  I’ll only press my own varieties if they yield 15-20%, currently looking for one that’ll consistently yield 25%+ to grow just for rosin.

Same with hash, I’ve seen yields of under 40% from kief people have asked me to press (5 years ago my buddy who’s making diamonds/5 star brought 14g of kief to a pot social to press, oh how far he’s come lol) to just over 80% for some killer FF bubble I made with a friend.  Overall the returns from the plant weren’t great as FF bubble doesn’t yield huge amounts but it was gorgeous smoke, bright and tasted like breathing in the live plant.

With rosin it really is quality in, quality out which is why I’m not expecting much from this jar the neighbour dropped off but we’ll see.  By the time the press had stabilized I was too tired and fell asleep, after shutting it off of course.