Aztec 55% Full Spectrum CBD Cartridges (Twin Pack)

Full spectrum, and what we can and cannot tell you about the THC

This is a full spectrum extract, which is the grade that deliberately keeps the wider range of compounds the hemp plant produced rather than stripping them out. That is why the ingredient list names CBG and CBC alongside the CBD. It is also why THC is part of the conversation, because full spectrum is the only grade that retains it on purpose.

Here is what we are not going to do. Aztec publishes a THC figure for this line as a percentage. Two of the shops ranking for this product republish that figure as a considerably looser percentage than the brand's own, and one of them presents its version as the reason the product is legally compliant. We are not going to repeat any of those numbers as reassurance, and we are not going to convert a percentage into milligrams for you, because a percentage is not what the law measures and a converted figure would only look authoritative.

The rule that actually applies is that a CBD product sold to a UK consumer must contain no more than 1mg of controlled cannabinoids, meaning THC, THCV and CBN, in the container. An absolute quantity, per container, regardless of the container's size or the concentration inside it. Percentage figures on CBD listings come from Home Office hemp cultivation rules that cap what a licensed grower's standing crop may contain in a field. They govern farming. They are not a retail test, and a page that says a product is legal because of one has told you nothing.

So the honest position: we are obtaining the per-batch certificate of analysis from our distributors for every full spectrum line we list, and until we hold one for a given batch we will not publish a per-container figure for it. If that matters to your purchase, and on a full spectrum product it reasonably might, ask us before you order rather than after. No competing page on this product makes that disclosure, which is precisely why it is worth making.

What is in the cartridge

Aztec's specification is unusually detailed for this corner of the market, so it is worth setting out properly rather than leaving it in a bullet list nobody reads.

The distillate is CO2 extracted, which is the slower method, and Aztec states it contains no additives or cutting agents. The cannabinoid profile is 55 per cent CBD, which works out at roughly 550mg in a 1ml cartridge, with CBG at 2 per cent and CBC at 0.5 per cent named separately. The rest is terpenes carried through from the strain.

The hardware is a fully ceramic CCELL cartridge. That matters more than it sounds on a distillate this thick. Ceramic heats the concentrate directly rather than relying on a wick, and an all-ceramic body means nothing plastic sits against the liquid, which is the usual culprit when a cartridge tastes faintly synthetic.

The Aztec compatibility trap nobody mentions

Aztec sells two entirely separate vape formats and they have nothing in common mechanically. These cartridges are universal 510 thread, which is the most widespread vape connection there is and will screw onto thousands of batteries. Aztec's Premium CBD Pod System uses a proprietary magnetic pod and is explicitly not 510 compatible.

That means a customer who owns the Aztec pod kit cannot use these, and a customer who buys these cannot put them in the Aztec pod device. Same brand, same shelf, two closed worlds. Not one page ranking for either product says so.

The practical upside of 510 is real, though. Because the thread is universal, you are not locked into anything: any 510 battery will run these, and we stock replacement 510 battery pens for exactly this reason. If you already own a 510 battery from any brand, you already own everything you need.

All ten strain profiles

The flavour coverage across the pages selling this product is incoherent. One lists five, one lists four and shows all of them as unavailable, and one lists ten. There are ten.

As with any terpene-led cartridge, the names describe the strain the profile is modelled on rather than the plant in the cartridge. Since these are full spectrum, more of the original plant character carries through than it would in an isolate liquid, so the earthier profiles taste genuinely earthy rather than like a sweet approximation of one.

The range splits into three groups. The Kush and classic names are earthy and heavy. The haze and citrus names are bright. The dessert and fruit names are the sweetest and the easiest starting point if strain flavours are new to you.

How it compares with the other 510 and cartridge options we stock

Cartridges are a different proposition from pods. A pod ties you to one brand's battery; a 510 cartridge works with almost anything, which makes the comparison below about what is inside rather than about what will fit.

Aztec's own 55 per cent vaping kit uses the same distillate and adds a device, so it is the natural pairing if you own no battery at all. Iguana Smoke's cartridge is the other full spectrum option in our range and holds twice the volume at a lower concentration. Euphoria's cartridge is a different thing entirely and carries an important caveat, set out in the table.

Using a 510 cartridge without ruining it

Thick distillate behaves differently from e-liquid and most first-time cartridge problems come from treating the two the same.

Take short draws and give the ceramic a moment between them. A long hard pull on a cold cartridge pulls more air than vapour and can leave the concentrate scorched at the contact point, which is what people mean when they say a cartridge tastes burnt from new.

Watch the wattage if your battery has settings. Cartridges are built for low power, and a battery set for sub ohm work will cook this rather than vaporise it. If your 510 pen has a preheat mode, that is the setting these were designed around.

Store them upright and out of the heat. Distillate thickens in the cold, which makes the first draw of a winter morning harder work, and it thins in a warm pocket, which is when a cartridge can weep at the mouthpiece. Neither is a fault.

Who should not buy these

If you own the Aztec pod system, these will not fit it. Buy Aztec's own refill pods instead, and read the compatibility section above before you order anything else from this brand.

If you specifically want a product with no THC in it at all, full spectrum is by definition not that. An isolate or broad spectrum option is the right choice, and we stock plenty. This applies particularly if you are subject to workplace testing, where the sensible course is to avoid full spectrum entirely rather than to reason about quantities.

If you are new to CBD, a 55 per cent distillate cartridge is a steep first purchase and the strain flavours are an acquired taste. A lower concentration pod kit will tell you more about what suits you. And if you have no 510 battery, remember there is none in this pack.