Absolutely no doubt you do not need any of this tech to ship a clone. However, if that clone does get stuck somewhere for an extended period of time. This could help survive in good shape. And the person who received it can clean it and ship out another clone. This could continue with basically no effort. In my world, we should all be adding a sticker to the clone chamber. Kinda like a cool passport for the shipper and each person adds another sticker and onto the next guy it goes …. Cheers !!!
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Nice. Thanks!
Neoprene collars are a really good idea! They seem like they would work perfect to hold the soil in place.
I figured there had to be something to hold the soil in place but I didn’t see anything in that top video, which is why I asked.
Appreciate the info and pics!
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Yeah, i soaked the rooter in luke warm water to help thaw it out. Sprayed with water and put a plastic bag over them to act as a hunidity dome(they were too tall for my clone dome.
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Yes. $15 makes sense to insure health. Seems the Cannabis industry is always making wheels rounder. Coming from the guy with a $300 dryer. That sticker idea is cool as hell.
Peace
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Sounds like you’ve done everything you can!
Fingers crossed for you! 
lol
Are they shipping replacements? Have you heard back yet? I feel like they will, or at least I’d hope.
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They were really good about getting our replacements out. Defiantly no fault of bdsc. The mail system has gone to shit like everything else
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Fellow Minnesotan here. Was interested in how the shipping goes on clones. Looks like orders need to be restricted to April, May, September and October due to climate.
I put my cups against that jewel any day. I just don’t see how they could take the advantage even at the same price point. And cups are 1/50th of the price. Additionally they take up more space in veg area. The key to having clones last long in postal care is to have them well rooted and hardened off, vegging for a few days after rooting accomplishes this easily. Reusing the shipper would be a good way to pass around viroids and bypass quarantine procedures.
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I have received so many cuts over the years, hundreds, but not once have I had one arrive looking that bad. The one is pretty big, so it looks like it had been vegging/hardening for a bit, but I have had snips or freshly-rooted clones arrive after being in the mail for 8 days and, they were healthy and had zero issues: The brown definitely makes them appear to have been frozen. Remember that, at refrigerator temperatures, people keep clones in their fridge for 3-4 months with no issues so, these had to have been subjected to way too low of a temperature to ensure their survival and, it has really been cold back east.
Most clone vendors ship 2-3 day USPS. it only costs $10.00 for a USPS 3-day priority mailer which can fit 20 cuts, or 5 full-sized clones in root riot or rockwool cubes, or a flat-rate envelope which can hold even more without issues, so not sure why they chose to ship using other methods.
I am glad they are re-shipping, hopefully this next batch arrives in much better condition.
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I’ve only ever recieved cuts like that in the hottest months where you knew it was a gamble.
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Heck most my clones I’ve shipped out were well rooted plugs straight out of the clone dome/seed starter tray. Still easily last 7 day shipping times.
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Must have been a while since you sent anything priority mail. It’s $20 these days for 3 day. And I like others have reported, have gotten tracking on ground packages and watched things go around in circles for days.
Frozen would pretty well kill it. Maybe that’s why the postal service asks if it’s perishable. Shipper should be willing to replace it at the prices quoted tho. No question.
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You put in cups after received? I thought they’d frozen in transit or something? You sent pics from the clone shipper to him yeah?
That one is a big ass clone.
I’m just satisfying my curiosity before I place an order…
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Looks like the lady in the bathtub in the shining.
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Yeah, i took photos from the time i opened the box throughout. Yes i planted them, hoped for that 1% chance they woupd pull threw.
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Nope, sent one last week and another about 3 weeks ago… Priority1-3 day mail starts at $9.65 plus tax. That’s using your own box, it’s $11.00 if you use a USPS-provided priority mailer. I use the smallest boxes that hold one of these triple clone shippers, not a huge --double the cost-- box mostly filled with air and bubble wrap, like people tend to send me
This priority package costs the same to send as the smallest priority box and, the clone holder fits in either… but I can fit 3x of these clone holders in a box that fits in this priority
mailer.
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@herojuana.tom Ohhh how i miss the Lemon G!!!
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Granted. Thing is I would have to acquire the items you show. I can use a box and some solo cups for about $20 Does appear I could save a bit use my own box though.
OTOH you don’t want these. 
thrips. Treated two days ago with some of HA’s formula and due a new spray. lol
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