Curing containers: jars, grove bags, or something else?

Grove bags get a lot of hype but honestly they're a different tool than jars, not a better one.

For terp preservation specifically, i keep going back to glass. There's something about a well-sealed mason jar at the right humidity that just lets a good pheno express itself fully over weeks. I've done side by sides on the same cut, grove bag vs jar, and the bag material does something subtle to the smell. Hard to explain but the gassy top notes feel a little muted at the end compared to glass. Could be my nose playing tricks but i've done it enough times that i trust what i'm smelling.

Grove bags make sense for larger commercial-scale batches where babysitting burping just isn't realistic. If you're processing pounds and your goal is consistent sellable product, the convenience wins. But if you're hunting a special pheno and you want that smell to scream when you pop the lid six weeks later, jars are still the move in my opinion.

Your method sounds dialed. 20 years and a consistent burping routine is not something you throw away because of hype on a forum.

The jar crowd is mostly right but i'd push back on one thing. Two weeks of burping and done is pretty aggressive. I still crack mine at week three and four, less often, but I do it. Stopped around two weeks once and paid for it in the back half of a long cure. Smell went flat.

Grove bags I've tried on bigger outdoor harvests where I just don't have the jar count. They're fine. Not magic, not terrible. The "set it and forget it" pitch is real, which has value. But if your flower goes in a little wet you can still get yourself in trouble. The bag doesn't bail you out, it just forgives you faster than glass does on small swings.

Your setup sounds solid. Twenty years of consistent results is its own data set. I wouldn't burn it down for a trendy bag.