Which SNUS For Us?

[workinwifdakids]

I got a package in the mail today.


Svenskt Snus - Göteborgs Rapé.

I'll report back!

[Jericho941]

I eagerly await your review, having tried the US stuff. Between Camel and Marlboro, Camel was the most palatable, but having read Chris' post I think I'll stay away. Marlboro snus tasted like grass clippings dipped in molasses. Super gross.

[workinwifdakids]

Well, hello again, gentlemen!

The Snus experiment has ended with mixed results. The item itself smells immediately of blueberries, with a thin back-end smell of old garbage. Under the lip it turns into the consistency of hard-packed, dense sawdust. The feel isn't entirely unpleasant. There was no initial smell or flavor, but it did burn the lips and tongue more than other smokeless tobacco. The burning feeling went away after a minute or two. The result was mild - a could feel the nicotine or whatever. It was a mild effect, though, not like the rough high I get from others. It stayed in my blood until I got tired of it.

The scent after I spit it out was fairly ugly - again, that old but mild smell of garbage and blueberries. Here's the kicker, though: there was no way to spit it out like standard chew. Even the finger hook method was just a wreck. I had to sit there and drink-swish-spit for SEVERAL MINUTES to get all the junk out! Because it was pencil-shaving like particles, the stuff just went everywhere. I'm not a complete novice at getting rid of chew, and I usually make a bit of a mess getting rid of it. This, though, was beyond messy.

On the positive side, they were right: no spitting whatsoever! I spit once at the beginning, and expected it to continue, but no such thing. I drank with it in there and that was fine, too. The scores:

Nicotine Effect: 8/10
Ease of Use: 8/10
Smell, Taste: 2/10
Ease of Disposal: 1/10

[Erik]

Here's the kicker, though: there was no way to spit it out like standard chew. Even the finger hook method was just a wreck. I had to sit there and drink-swish-spit for SEVERAL MINUTES to get all the junk out!

Hence the appearance of portionpacked snus.
From what I gather about disposal, most people keep it in there for so long that it gets packed solid, and will fall out as a "unit" when you lift your lip up. Takes an hour or two though, and most people seem to just replace it with a new one immidiately anyway, so anything left wont be that big of a problem to them.