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i was wondering what i could use as a grinder, would a Bullet work?
this is a bullet - The Bullet Blender
Or how about an ordinary everyday household pepper grinder like this one - Pepper Grinder
any other suggestions would be helpful, at the moment i use a pair of scissors and one of my shot glasses :D
How bout an herb grinder, space case or sharpstone or whatevver personaly I like to use sizzors and a shot glass or just sizzors if I dont have my grinder handy
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I bought an herb grinder and it's the best smoking related investment I've ever purchased. The bullet would grind it up way too finely. I don't know about the pepper grinder. I just say get an actual grinder. You wont be disappointed. Well, unless you buy a crappy one I guess. I don't think I've ever seen one that didn't do a good job at grinding herbs though.
I have used a regular blender before, and it works fine. You just have to be careful to not run it too fast. You can control the consistency of the product by controlling the blender speed. :thumbsup:
Goto the store and buy one of those small electric coffee grinders. Dont just hold the button when grinding, hit it for short bursts so its not to powdery.
Its definatly an investment to buy a grinder. I can't even believe i managed cope without one.
They make your life so much easier, less time grinding, more time smoking.
You have a few options that aren't hard on the wallet.
You could buy a simple coffee grinder. Around $10 at Wal-Mart or any major retail store. I find they have pros and cons though myself. For small amounts of weed, I find it pulverizes the shit out of it. That's good for grinding up large amounts of hash making or whatever, but for bowls and joints. I find it an overkill.
I have a Sharpstone grinder w/kif catcher. It was about $25, but it was a good investment. I get a bit of kif here and there and it easily grinds the herb up nicely.
yeah, just buy a grinder. Can buy it everywhere.
got a grinder and dont want to be without it. so much faster
and the beauty is eBay. It wasn't the wonderous thing it has become when I first started smoking and there were zero headshops around. Now, they seem to be more prevalent in some areas but ebay is your second source, you can get pipes, lighters, screens, vapes, grinders, everything but the product itself.
Not to mention all of the online stores that are super-legit now. It's a good time to be a pothead, that's for sure.
I'm gonna go against the grain here and say that I vastly prefer breaking up bud by hand as compared to using a grinder. I personally think that grinders are a waste of money and just one more needless step to further complicate what is supposed to be a simple experience.
Grinders are the way to go
Grinders are great but just don't buy a metal grinder because they break too quick and easily. Both me and my friend had a metal grinder and within the course of 3 months all the metal spikes had broken off inside. A small plastic grinder for about $7 at any local headshop works just about the best for a cheap price i have found. That's my opinon though, the plastic just seems to hold up better to the green.
You baught a cheap one, the good ones are machined so the spikes inside cant break off. Dont buy those cheap ones, cause most are made of aluminum and when they break you could be smokin aluminum shavings, that is heavely linked to alzhimers and a whole bunch of other shit. just make sure the spikes are not pressed into the mettal and were shaved out of the metalQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr. TBAGU 420
also, to the cat that said "Breaking apart by hand is a simple process and shouldn't be messed with"
You've clearly missed the simplicity of a grinder. Yes, hand-breaking is a nice little process but grinders DO simplify it and make it about 20x faster.
I'm all about the rituals when it comes to this stuff but breaking up never really felt like a ritual the same way rubbing off keif for hash or using a glass wand or snuffing out a bowl on your slider before you pull it out on your bong.
Grinders also make it super-easy to separate stems and seeds from the mix. You CAN smoke those things and the little crappy seeds get pulverized pretty well and the little dinky stems get chopped up well. the rest is easy to spot and pull out of your stash box.
I also want to note that my grinder is one of my major redundancies when it comes to this stuff. It collects keif and I keep a separate keif box (I tend to grind up 28g at a time) and those grinders just don't have the storage. Mine's like 3" in diameter and I'll go through just that in a night. I really like collecting keif and it's way easier with a grinder and keif box.
But the ritual of breaking up weed just keeps you from getting high that much more. You also appreciate glass screens more when you grind up your stuff.\
Not to mention it gives a lot more surface area to vape and ignite.
Grinders 4 lyfe!!!
it is nice gently breaking a nug,slowly filling a joint with your fingers...once in a while..99% off the time USE A GRINDER!!!!,they are ace!!!!once you get one youll wonder how you lived without!