I hear ya LIP, I harvested a plant a little early (well, I think, hard to tell without magnifying glass) and it was pretty decent, as you could tell from my Lowryder Smoke Report where I was rambling like an idiot.
Shallow Hal, cheers for the link, but Ive managed to get my hands on a 14x loupe from the guy across the road... bargain really, got my watch fixed aswell and paid a fiver for both. Ive had a look and the trichs are clear with literally a few turning cloudy, maybe 25%. I know that pistils arent an accurate way to tell when to harvest, but for the last couple of months its all Ive had to go on sadly.

Its an outdoor plant (Hal or LIP will probably know the answer best seeing as they live in the UK) so when do you think the trichs will be all cloudy? Im harvesting on the 15th no matter what so I have some bud for my birthday - 5 days drying will be more than enough, at least, it better be lol - but I just want to know how quickly they turn cloudy. I prefer more of a sativa high anyway, and when the Lows are harvested cloudy they make you slightly couchlocked and babble at the same time, which I love.
Ive got a small bud which I picked off earlier to look at drying right now anyway. Its literally a small bud, when its dry ittl be the size of a penny ah well, its something to smoke on Friday afternoon watching Countdown