To grind or not to grind?

I'm contemplating buying a grinder. I'm pretty set on this one 2.25" CHROMIUM Tobacco Herb Grinder + Pollen Press - eBay (item 320290993355 end time Aug-31-08 22:59:04 PDT) but I'm not sure I need one at all. I smoke on average 1 gram every 1.5-2 weeks, I smoke every day but I'm very efficient. My concern is that the grinder would waste more weed than it's worth, what with having pieces and kief stick to the teeth. Is it worth it to buy a grinder if I use so little?

Get a grinder with metal teeth and a keef collector on the bottom. PERFECT invention right there. Stores and saves your keef while you smoke the ground up buds.

Probably not, man, in all honesty

Any more opinions?

I smoke like you, I'm very efficient with my herb, and I always grind. The grinder in that picture looks a lot like mine, and my method is to grind the days worth of herb, and to put the grinder in my car, so I don't have to bring my stash with me.

Buy a space case, I know it's expensive, but after ruining 3 other, cheaper grinders,"dull teeth", The space case is just built better. and the screen they use on the kif collecter is great, all grinders b4 left greenish kif, the space case leaves nothing but pretty blonde kif. I paid $80 for mine, but having spent 30-40 on each of the 3 b4, you can see the overall savings in the end.

I believe grinding depends on the weed you have.

Some weed picks better than it grinds.
Regardless of how often you smoke it.
I mean i have a friend who smokes maybe once a month and even he has a grinder. It's a shit one, but it still does it's job.

thcheaven said:

Buy a space case, I know it's expensive, but after ruining 3 other, cheaper grinders,"dull teeth", The space case is just built better. and the screen they use on the kif collecter is great, all grinders b4 left greenish kif, the space case leaves nothing but pretty blonde kif. I paid $80 for mine, but having spent 30-40 on each of the 3 b4, you can see the overall savings in the end.

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I guess I got lucky! my $20 grinder leaves only blonde keif! (but I still don't have enough to do anything with it.)

i got a grinder cuz i was tired of breakin up my weed with my hands... and i love it! mine has the keef catcher thing... and damn, i love that too!

I decided to order it. I'll post a review here when I get it and when I can find some bud.

The only thing with grinders is that it can take off some of the THC Crystal shit... It will just stick to the teeth. But then you could actually make some hash if you were to collect it!

i had a nice grinder with a smiley face on it but a cop took it and said he was gonna throw it on the side of some highway.... jerk

grinders are good for when your weed is funky as hell and wouldn't otherwise smoke in a wooler. takes all the work out of it, and makes it possible to smoke much better weed in a paper or shell.

lgolos said:

I'm contemplating buying a grinder. I'm pretty set on this one 2.25" CHROMIUM Tobacco Herb Grinder + Pollen Press - eBay (item 320290993355 end time Aug-31-08 22:59:04 PDT) but I'm not sure I need one at all. I smoke on average 1 gram every 1.5-2 weeks, I smoke every day but I'm very efficient. My concern is that the grinder would waste more weed than it's worth, what with having pieces and kief stick to the teeth. Is it worth it to buy a grinder if I use so little?

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We use a wooden grinder with steel pins. The best I've ever used are the plastic ones that you can get from most head shops or online at places like Hempcity.net

Both of these grinders do collect some resin in the grinding process, but not enough to get concerned about. Besides, they're easy to scrape (the two I'm referring to) which means you get some nice resinous stuff to ice your cones, or save for lean times.

In respect to the grinder you're looking at, it collects all the fines in the meshes, which I have found to be harder to clean (YMMV).

Oh, one other thing. If you do get one of the plastic ones, don't try to nuke it to soften the resin. They warp and fuck-up if you do (from experience)

There is a picture of the ABS plastic grinder here:
Welcome to Hempcity. Home of Willie Wortels Sativa, Indica and Sinsemilla. -=www.hempcity.net=-

Seriously, they are very good grinders.

I guess there's some stuff stuck to the teeth and screen in my grinder, but it's quantities so small it's equivalent to the smoke that leaks from a pipe sometimes, or the herb that falls when you pack a bowl. negligible.

yeah, although grinders do collect resin, it will make your joints and blunts and shit burn SO much better... plus it will be easier to pack it all, and easier to work with.

leowjb said:

yeah, although grinders do collect resin, it will make your joints and blunts and shit burn SO much better... plus it will be easier to pack it all, and easier to work with.

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and that's the best part. It makes your bowls burn s much more consistently.

Bookworm said:

and that's the best part. It makes your bowls burn s much more consistently.

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lgolos and worm...go google electric grinder then click the one thats like 12 bux. this is what it looks like!!!!!



ok so besides tha fact that its outomatic and it works better than ANY manual grinder...it also makes instant keef!!!!!! the centripital force(big word for circular force...) separates the keef(kif) and it cakes into the corners at the bottom of the clear capsule..very easy to scoop out, and your weed will be properly mulched or grinded, picking clean any stems that may be involved, and leaving the stems unbroken so you can easily spot them and separate them!!! best invention yet...any advanced smoke shop should sell em for about 12-14 buks...that mettle 1? is like 2ice the price!!!!

BUY ONE OF THESE I PROMISE ITS WORTH IT!!1!

upon request i'll even upload a flick or pic of my auto grinder....its simply wunderful...

I've seen em, but never seen one in action. I'm definitely curious.

Bookworm said:

I've seen em, but never seen one in action. I'm definitely curious.

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i'll make a quik vid juss for u worm!!! they're truley valuble...and like half the price of any metal grinder...

hey gimme a lil bit tho...im kinda lazy...