I guess we all have different experiences. I know that the Boost pack I got are shit.....they are hard to recharge. And they don't do the work the Boveda does.......Boost gets stiff much faster than my Bovedas. The Bovedas can be brought back to fresh time after time after time.
As for the Boveda sucking up the terpens I don't see that happening here. My question regarding that issue is "Where did the terpenes go" If the argument is that Boveda is absorbing them..then at what point does the Boveda reach terp saturation? I use and re-use Bovedas that are years old....I have the terpiest weed in town and my Bovedas have no smell.
I also buy Boveda at the smoke shop...only a few pennies more than amazon but I figure they get the real deal. That said, I got my Boost's off amazon......it's Bezo's fault!
Would not take Boost for free though, right or wrong..that's the truth.