By Luke Sumpter


Have you ever smoked cannabis using cannabis? It might sound strange at first, but it’s common practice these days. Smokers process their buds using hemp grinders, empty the contents onto hemp rolling trays, and wrap them in hemp papers. But it doesn’t end there—smokers are also replacing lighters and matches with hemp wick. This environmentally friendly option removes butane and other nasty chemicals from the equation when lighting blunts and bowls, which makes that first hit all the tastier.

Types of Hemp Wick

Before we get into the uses of hemp wick, it’ll help to cover the different types available to consumers. Despite their differences, most of them share something in common: they’re made from natural fibres coated in beeswax. Why beeswax? Well, this bee-derived substance helps the wick to burn gently and evenly, creating a candle-like effect. As for the different types of hemp wick, you’re likely to come across the following options when shopping around:

  • Balls: Many hemp wick products come in the shape of a large ball. Users slowly unravel these large spheres as they burn their way through the product.
  • Cylinders: Some hemp wick products come in cylinders wrapped in packaging. Users simply pull the wick out of the case instead of unravelling a ball.
  • Standard: Standard or thin-strand hemp wick has a smaller flame, burns faster, and feels more accurate when applied to the end of joints and blunts.
  • Thick: Thick-strand hemp wick creates a larger flame, feels heavier in the hand, and helps to quickly ignite large bowls and the ends of exceptionally thick cones.
  • Lighter sleeves: Hemp wick lighter sleeves feature small reels of hemp wick at the base. They form a shell around BIC lighters and position the tip of the wick beside the flame outlet. They only require one hand to use, making them ideal for the road.

Different Uses of Hemp Wick

Aside from lighting joints, blunts, and bong bowls, hemp wick has a wide array of other uses. Check out some of the most popular ways people use hemp wick below:

Candles People that find joy in making their own candles often use hemp wick in the core. Hemp wick burns slowly and consistently and adds an especially nice touch to hemp candles.
Arts and crafts The durable and long-lasting nature of hemp wick makes it a popular choice in art projects and natural jewellery making.
Cooking Hemp wick works great when lighting camping stoves and fires, especially when you need a long implement to keep your hands away from hot places.
Gardening The beeswax coating makes hemp wick sturdy and protects it from the elements. It comes in handy in the garden when attaching plants to trellises, and also works as a makeshift screen in ScrOG setups.

Why Use Hemp Wick When Smoking Weed?

Now you know all of the uses of hemp wick, but why should you use it? Isn’t it easier to simply apply a light or match to your joint? Doesn’t hemp wick just mean you have to take another step between rolling and inhaling? We get that hemp wick entails carrying around another item in your smoking arsenal, but the benefits far outweigh a slightly more packed stash box.

Whenever you apply the flame from a match or lighter to the tip of a joint and take a breath, you aren’t just inhaling smoke from combusted cannabis flowers. Lighters release butane, a toxic gas that can cause harm to the lungs, heart, and even brain. Butane also tastes nasty and detracts from the otherwise terpene-rich tastes of the first few hits. Matches—with their glue and combustible chemicals—aren’t much better.

Hemp wick helps to sidestep exposure to these chemicals and replaces them with natural materials: hemp and beeswax. Sure, no matter how you light your joint, you’re still inhaling toxic byproducts of combustion. Using hemp wick, however, prevents adding even more pesky chemicals to the picture.

Why Use Hemp Wick When Smoking Weed?

How to Use Hemp Wick

So, you’re curious about using hemp wick when you blaze, but where should you start? Simply follow these steps:

  1. Unfurl your hemp wick: Unwrap your hemp wick from the ball or cylinder it arrived in. Take a generous length so you can freely move the wick around. If smoking outdoors, find a spot sheltered from the wind.
  2. Light the end: Use a lighter to ignite the end of the wick. But hang on a second; didn’t we just rebuke the use of lighters? Yes, but lighting a hemp wick is different from lighting the end of a joint. After letting your wick burn for a couple of seconds, the butane will have burned off.
  3. Apply to joints and bowls: The beeswax coating makes hemp wick rigid, meaning it’s easy to move around and won’t sag. Lightly move the flame to the tip of your joint or the top of your bowl and inhale as you would when smoking with a lighter. If you’re hitting a pipe, you can let the wick keep burning between hits.
  4. Extinguish and let cool: Once your bowl is empty or your joint is burning well, extinguish your hemp wick by blowing it out or quickly squeezing it with wet fingers. Let it cool down before wrapping it up and packing it away.

Where to Buy Hemp Wick

Upon discovering this handy tool, it doesn’t take most conscious cannabis users long to make the switch. But where should you buy it? Well, we offer our very own hemp wick at RQS. Our hemp wick comes from high-quality hemp cultivated ecologically in Europe, with a natural beeswax coating that makes it burn slowly and evenly. We wrap our hemp wick in a ball shape that fits snugly in the hand and features 75 metres of wick (enough to burn for 24 hours!). Take the next step in your cannabis consumption journey with smoother and less chemical-laden hits.

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COMPANY NAME: SNORKEL SPAIN, SL (hereinafter ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS)

C/ Vilar d'Abdelà, 5 (nave 1) CP: 08170 de Montornès del Vallès

+34 937 379 846

support@royalqueenseeds.com


The present Privacy Policy sets out the terms on which we will treat personal data at ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS; this includes any personal data collected through our website https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/ as well as any other data we process in the course of our business activities.

ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS collects the following personal data for the purposes listed below:

SECTION 1 – PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

1.1 Account purchases

Account purchases can only be made if you are in possession of a personal account. When you create an account or purchase something from our shop, as part of the buying and selling process we collect the following personal information that you provide to us:

This information is required for delivery. In addition, when you browse our shop, we automatically receive the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer. Based on this information, we can optimise your online experience and at the same time protect our online environment.

Purpose of data collection

We collect and store account-related data for the following purposes:

(a) to carry out obligations arising from any contracts between you and us, and to provide you with information, products and services that you may request from us;

(b) to set up, manage and communicate with you about your account and your orders;

(c) to conduct market research and analysis;

(d) to confirm your age and identity, and to detect and prevent fraud.

1.2 Newsletters

With your explicit permission, we may send you newsletters about our shop, new products and other updates. We send newsletters based on your explicit consent. In the event that you purchase a product, and in accordance with current regulations, we may send you commercial communications in accordance with the legitimate interest of our company, always about products or services similar to those you have purchased or contracted. In any case, you may exercise your right of opposition through the channels announced in this Privacy Policy. The following information is collected in relation to the newsletter:

We do not need to know the sex of the person in order to send the newsletter (data minimisation: by law we must ask for data that is strictly necessary to provide the service, and in this case knowing the sex is not necessary to send the newsletter).

Purpose of data collection

The data collected is used to:

(a) personalise our emails, including your name and gender;

(b) provide gender-specific content.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by using the link provided in the newsletter or the contact information provided in section 2.

1.3 Customer service and contact form

In order to provide appropriate support, our customer service employees have access to information related to the account. Consequently, their support will be highly effective and friendly. The data provided in our contact form is used by our CRM provider, SuperOffice. We will only use your details to respond to your message.

SECTION 2 – LEGITIMATE INTEREST

If you have purchased any of our products, please note that we may process your personal data for promotional purposes, based on Royal Queen Seeds' legitimate interest only to offer you products or services from our company and about products or services similar to those you have purchased. You may exercise your right to opt out of future messages by the means set out in this Privacy Policy or through any notification you receive.

2.1 How do you withdraw consent?

If you change your mind, you can withdraw your consent for us to contact you for the purpose of collecting, using, or disclosing your data at any time by reaching out to us at: support@royalqueenseeds.com.

SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE

We may disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law or if you breach our Terms of Service.

SECTION 4 – HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA?

At Royal Queen Seeds, we will not retain your data for longer than is necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of data; however, the longest period we will normally hold any personal data is 10 years.

4.1 Account information

Data relating to the account remains relevant for as long as the consumer is in possession of an account. Therefore, the data remains documented for as long as the account exists. When our customers delete an account, the associated data will be deleted within a reasonable period of time. Requests regarding the inspection or correction of stored personal data or the deletion of an account can be sent to support@royalqueenseeds.com.

4.2 Newsletters

In the event that you give us your consent to inform you about our products or services, we will keep your data until you express your wish not to receive any further communications from us. However, we regularly (every month) carry out a relevance check. Registered customers (and their personal information) will be deleted whenever customers do not reply to our request. In addition, our newsletter mailing has an opt-out feature. Consumers can withdraw their consent by using this opt-out feature.

SECTION 5 – COOKIES

Cookies are small information files that notify your computer of previous interactions with our website. These cookies are stored on your hard drive, not on our website. Essentially, when you use our website, your computer displays its cookies to us, informing our site that you have visited before. This allows our website to function more quickly and remember aspects related to your previous visits (such as your username), making your experience more convenient. At Royal Queen Seeds, we use two types of cookies: functional and analytical.

5.1 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies are used to enhance your online experience. Among other things, these cookies track what is added to your shopping cart. The use of these cookies does not require prior authorization.

5.2 Analytical Cookies

Analytical cookies are used for research and market analysis. The data collected with these analytical cookies is anonymous, making it unusable for third parties. The use of these cookies does not require prior authorization.

SECTION 5 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

Third-party services are required to conduct transactions and provide our services. In general, the third-party providers we use will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to enable them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies regarding the information we must provide to them for your transactions.

We encourage you to read the privacy policies of these providers so that you can understand how these providers will handle your personal information.

In particular, certain suppliers may be located or have facilities located in a different jurisdiction than yours or ours. Therefore, if you choose to proceed with a transaction involving the services of a third party, your information may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Service of our website.

Web analytics service (anonymous data)

On this website we have integrated an element of a web analytics service (with anonymisation functionality). Web analytics can be defined as the gathering, processing and analysis of data about the behaviour of visitors to websites. An analytics service collects, among other things, data about which website a person came from (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages they visited or how often and for how long they visited a sub-page. Web analytics is mainly used for website optimisation and for a cost–benefit analysis of internet advertising.

Courier service

To complete deliveries we use a courier service. This courier service carries out the delivery between our company and the consumer's home. To complete these logistics, the company requires access to the consumer's name and address information.

Mailing service

Royal Queen Seeds uses a third-party mail service provider to send its newsletter. This provider has access to limited account information related to opt-in consent (e.g. email address).

Marketing services

Royal Queen Seeds has the support of a company that specialises in marketing and communication activities. Their access to personal information is very limited and mostly anonymous.

Payment services

At Royal Queen Seeds we use external payment services to handle our transactions (e.g. credit card payments).

SECTION 6 – SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry standard best practices to ensure that it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored using AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional industry standards that are commonly accepted. Information related to the account is protected with a hashing method. This method transforms the information into a generated hash. As a result, confidential information is protected and invisible, even to us. In addition, our databases are exceptionally protected against unauthorised access. For example, access to the database is only possible and permitted via approved IP addresses (e.g. from Royal Queen Seeds headquarters). Other attempts and addresses are rejected at all times.

Furthermore, data is anonymised as much as possible, so it cannot be directly linked to a specific consumer. With this data, however, we may be able to carry out market research and analysis. In addition, the third parties concerned (e.g. mailing service) are examined prior to our collaboration, comply with the GDPR from the EU and receive a processing agreement. Within Royal Queen Seeds, employees are assigned different access permissions. Specific permission provides access only to information that is strictly required to perform a task. Digital security measures are subject to change and must meet high requirements to ensure the safety of online customers. That is why, at Royal Queen Seeds, we appoint a security officer. Regular verification and improvement of security measures (where necessary) are part of the role.

SECTION 7 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please check back regularly. Changes and clarifications will be effective immediately upon being published on the Website. If we make substantial changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated so you will know what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

SECTION 8 – YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO: