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Choice Botanicals Kratom Experience (Maeng Da)
Product: Choice Botanicals Maeng Da Kratom (100 count capsules)
Manufacturer/Vendor: Choice Botanicals
Website: https://choicekratom.com/
Cost: $44.99
Fat Sam’s Legal High Rating
General Product Info
Choice Botanicals Kratom was a new addition at my local headshop. The clerk there offered me some information about Choice, claiming it was their top selling kratom brand. He said it was due to quality, not quantity. The bottles they were selling seemed expensive to me, but they do come loaded with 100 capsules. I decided to make the plunge after hearing the sales pitch. The bottle I ended up with is their Maeng Da “Green Strain.” The label is professional and very creative, not being a standard rectangle, but actually cut to look like leaves.
There is a question on the side of the bottle that reads “What makes Choice Botanicals Kratom better than the rest?” and underneath it, it reads: “Jumbo Count, More Kratom, Vegan and Kosher.” To my understanding though, most of the capsule brands are vegan and kosher friendly, and there are better deals than 100 capsules for $44.99, so unfortunately I remained skeptical. Though the bottle does claim to be lab tested and 100 percent natural.
Product Administration
Unfortunately there is no supplement facts label on this product, and thus no usage instructions. I began with 4 pills, which I presumed to be 2 grams of non-extracted kratom. I had nothing to eat inside of 4 hours from taking the pills and I consumed the capsules with about 1 glass of water. Additionally, I took 8 more pills over the course of the next few hours.
Product Effects
I have a lot of experience with kratom and I expected this product to work fairly well due to its strain (Maeng da). The four pills did not do anything for me, but after I took 4 more, I begin to feel the normal, lightly giddy effects of the kratom about 20 minutes later. Unfortunately, it did not last very long, maybe about 30 minutes…and so I took another 2 pills. I was able to extend the feeling a tad longer, then decided to take 2 more pills, bringing my total up to 10 pills. This did allow me to continue to feel the happy, uplifting feelings, for about 30 more minutes. Although, I then began to feel the dragging effects of coming off the kratom, which I normally do not feel unless I’ve been taking a lot more.
Final Thoughts
Unfortunately, the drowsiness and desire to “withdraw from life” was pretty much 4 or 5 times as long as the positive effects. The trade off was not good and I felt like I spent too much time miserable after the very short period of feeling kind of “okay.” The price is way too expensive for nearly .50 cents a pill, for barely any positive effects. Normally I have pretty good things to say about kratom, but there are most certainly better kratom brands out there than Choice Botanicals. And while the label was pretty neat, it was a little blurry, making me think it was printed by an amateur printing company.