Ya they both have there pros and cons.
When I can afford 1500-2000 cash I’ll probably grab one.
It cost me $450 to buy the stuff to build this one.
ipa is cheap and washing the residual from squishing is awesome
use a vac or purge correctly No issues!
For sure, I have nothing against oil, but rosin is so therapeutic to smoke, I have asthma. I give the second squished bud pucks to my uncle and he washes them with acetone or isopropyl.
I used 1 oz of trim and 2 cups of 99% alcohol and made 1.5 grams of some honey oil.
I bought a $80 prepress mold from lit extractions. I cut two pieces of parchment paper to fit inside the mold. Lay one in the bottom, fill up the mold, put the other piece on top of the plant matter, install the top, squish it down. Remove top piece and top paper, add more green, repeat until you have a large enough puck. Throw puck in the freezer, plug in the plates. When plates are hot, take the puck out of the freezer and squish it.
In 20-30 minutes I can turn an ounce of sugar trim into 4g of beautiful rosin and have it scraped off the paper.
We make rosin about twice a week. The wife and I like it fresh, usually only squish 7-10g at a time, but an ounce works fine too. I can get just over 5g rosin from an oz of bud on the first squish.
I'll save 4 of those squished bud pucks, stack em and squish them again to get another gram out. Then I give a whole bunch of those to my Uncle to wash for himself.