Read somewhere the average home brewer uses 2 of their 10+ brewers regularly.

Every single person gave me a different place" is actually your answer, not your problem. Boulder is small enough that five people spread across town will each point you to their own neighborhood spot, and nobody's wrong. So stop asking who's best and start asking where they live or work. If two people from south Boulder both say the same truck, that's your signal. Cross-check by geographic pocket and the overlap will show up fast. Fourteen answers to one question means you asked the wrong question.

I used to save every glass jar thinking the tall pickle ones looked better on a shelf, but after fighting to get dirt past those skinny necks I switched to wide mouth only. A funnel made from a cut plastic bottle actually helps a lot with the narrow ones if you still want to use them.