Quote Originally Posted by Marc Benson
"till the white hairs turns half orange or brown"

If you really think that the colors of the pistils are what determines the maturity of a plant you need to do a bit more reading. Pistils could be titty pink and if the trichomes weren't the correct color indicating the time to harvest it'd be junk if you smoked it.
Dude, its just a simple way to do it and yes the smoke will still be good... i dont think everyone buy a microscope for only 1 plant.