Rove vape carts are now subjected to being faked. Fake cartridges have been a problem in the cannabis industry and now Rove is no exception. The good thing about Rove is it’s also one of the easiest to tell if it is real since it is only available in two states: California and Nevada. We will explain how to spot potential fakes and how to make sure you are getting the real thing.
Rove lists the THC percentages on their packaging for their California carts. In Nevada, you always will receive information as well, either in the form of being on the packaging or in the form of a sticker, showing the complete cannabinoid profile of the cartridge.
Basically, if you don’t see a THC percentage with your cart, it’s fake. Take a look below at a legitimate California Rove brand cart.
Now take a look below at the fake cart and notice there is no sticker on it.
It’s not to say they might make fake stickers later as well, but for now, this is the easiest deterrent to determine whether a Rove Brand cartridge is real or not. In Nevada, you will have a sticker attached to the information as well. In general, if you are outside of CA or NV, it is more likely you will see an either real CA Rove cart or a fake than a Nevada version. NV prices are high and there are 10x more people in CA, so it’s less likely someone would be distributing NV versions in illegal states.
Below are some more real Rove carts that came in white boxes.
Now take a look below at a fake Rove cartridge in its box. Notice there is no sticker at all indicated any cannabinoid content.
Notice there is no sticker? That’s an obvious fake.
The sticker is not enough but is one deterrent. Many of the fakes out there now have stickers too, although they contain made-up figures on the oil since the oil is not even in the cartridge yet and no one knows what oil will be put in it. See below a picture of a fake Rove cartridge with CA! stickers.
The only way to really know it’s really is to buy from a legit store,
and how to do that is explained below.The easiest way to find real Rove carts is to use their store locator. If the store you got it from is not in there, it might not be a legitimate store. When you get them on the street in other states, make sure to check out the sticker situation explained above. If there’s no sticker you can be sure it is fake and not legitimate.
UPDATE 8/31/19: Rove is now using QR code stickers on all their products!
It’s an in-house verification system tied in with their phone app Rove Rewards. They explain Rove Rewards on dual posts to their Reddit and Instagram channels. Briefly, it works similar to the CannVerify system we just blogged the other day. You take your Rove product and scan the sticker on the box with the Rove Rewards app. their phone app Rove Rewards.
If the data matches, the server will send back a message that it is a genuine product.
If the same user scans the same QR code again, the server will send back a message that the QR code is genuine, but has already been validated.
If a user scans a genuine QR code that has already been validated by another user the server will send back a message that the QR code has been validated by another user.
If a user scans a QR code that is not in our system the server will send back a message that the QR code is invalid.
So there you go! Our thanks to Rove products for being proactive in protecting the safety of their customers. We’re certain that most cartridge companies are following suit, as we’ve seen here and there.
We’ve got a few new sightings of latest box designs + counterfeit counterparts for Rove’s “Featured Farms” products.
OOPS: Real Rove cartridges actually do sometimes have a “TM” after the brand name on the box. You can see this in the product box shot on Rove’s own website.
Despite that fault, the rest of the info seems to be a good supplemental guide to determining real from fake. Rove fakes are just blowing up all over the Internet now, so expect to see more variations on the theme adding to the confusion.
Some vendors might just be using the hardware and putting good oil in it. More likely than not, fake carts are going to be junk, but there are some oil makers out there just using the hardware. They would be better off just using CCELL carts than a fake brand, but a fake branded cart does not always mean the oil sucks too. However, on fake carts there is no quality control, so who knows if there is a safe level of pesticides and residual solvents in the carts.
If you are concerned about fakes in your town see other posts on the following fake vape carts: Dank Vapes, Cereal Carts, Brass Knuckles, Eureka Vapor, Cookies, and Space Vape. Fake hardware is an issue to and you can also determine carts are fake if they use fake CCELL hardware. If you are looking for the best carts, check out our best carts lists for California and Nevada.
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These Rove carts are available in Missouri as well. They are black with all THC reports in white on a black background. They are legit. Tangie is 83.9% THC and a GMO Cookies 87.9% THC. The liquid is now and will ALWAYS be clear.
My friend sold me a few rove carts, and the oil is brown... NOTHING like the color of the oil in all the pics on the site...IS IT FAKE ??????
Most likely yes so many fake Roves out there
Watch out fake disposable rove carts being sold in the NJ, Philadelphia, New York area.
They are not just carts but the whole pen all in 1. They are absolutely garbage do not buy them the hardware is garbage I had mine for 2 days before it died and there is no way to charge it.. Trust me I took the whole thing apart. Really cheap flimsy hardware.. I guess the oil was okay but wasn't as good as the original rove carts that were around last year before covid-19 hit.
They're bei6 sold on the DW for dirt cheap. Fakes all over Michigan and Ohio.
I have a robe cart is it fake it's the waui brand
Hey hey!
What a fun read - I’ll be sharing with my colleagues. This is appreciated!
I got a Tangie sativa cart from a plug I trust in Seattle Wa, but it didn’t have a sticker on the front and it didn’t have a QR code. It did have a barcode and the thc and cannabis %, just on the back... is this real or fake??
If its Rove and from a plug it's 99.9% fake. If you're in Seattle best to just hit the shop. Legal stuff is so much stronger even if it costs more per ml, the cost per high is a better value.
I found one of these carts in NC. Packaging was almost flawless, except it had a black sticker to show the thc content instead of silver/white, the THC percentage was also at the wrong spot on the sticker, the percentages weren’t stacked, it had the total cann in one spot and the THC percentage in another spot. It also had a QR code so my friend entered it in on his phone and it said potentially counterfeit. My friend asserted that even if the cart was counterfeit that it probably was still real wax because the bubbles don’t move like at all and the wax is clear as hell, however I learned that the wax being clear is actually a sign of it being fake. My plug is someone I trust who I’ve grown up with and he told me he was a little worried at first but then a bunch of people he sold them to said they were straight. I bought the cart so I could use it on vacation and I don’t have enough money for another, so I guess I’m just gonna pray for my lungs. I cannot go to a dispensary of course as possession of weed for any reason is illegal here, matter of fact getting caught with one cart is a felony.
My cart was given to me and while it passes all the visual test (I only have a flip phone so I can't check w/app) but the oil taste lemony which I associate with fakes and this cart can be refilled with for me is a red flag. Do the real ones unscrew? Have a lemony flavor? Thanks!
Lemony taste could be real. Real ones also unscrew..... but there are soooo many fake Roves out there if it's not from a shop it probably is fake.