Why you should invest in a proper grinder and how to choose your grinder

Hey blades, so it's often debated between fellow members here, and fellow stoners whether you really need or grinder, or if it's even worth the purchase.
I am here to tell you that yes, it is absolutely worth it to have a grinder. While you may not need one, it will help you in your stoner life.

Point 1: Cost effective.

Now at first, depending on what kind of grinder you want, $40 can seem like a hefty price to pay. I thought the same way, and was very apprehensive about getting my grinder (2 screen, 5 piece Scan grinder.) It seemed like a waste of money, when I could just buy a $20 shitty no screen grinder, and save $20, or buy a 20 sac. However in the long run, it will save you money (depending on how much you smoke, if you smoke everyday within two weeks you will have earned your money back. If you smoke only once a week, or maybe twice a week a most, then it will take you longer to earn that money back.) Every time you buy a sac (0.5g's minimum) you will get enough kief for a bowl. So essentially you are giving yourself a free sesh, for every sac you purchase. Again depending on the size of sacs you pick up, within 5 or so pick ups, you will have enough almost made 1/4 of your money back!!

Point 2: Free weed.

I can essentially scrape my grinder everyday and get a fresh bowl of kief. At first it may not seem like you are getting that much free weed, but it all adds up. Just last night I scrapped my grinder and bought a 5 sac (0.5gs.) Fast forward to 5 minutes before I started writing this, and I had enough kief to pack a MONSTER bowl. I'm scared to even smoke this thing!!!!!!!!!

Point 3: Get the most out of your weed.

Lets say you have a measly, no screen grinder. You are not getting the most out of your weed, simply because the static caused by the herb moving around, will pick up any kief that had fallen off. So it will take very long to get even a tiny amount of kief. I used to have a no screen grinder, and it would take a half ounce to get the amount of kief I get from picking up a gram two days in a row.

If you finger bust or scissor bust you bud, then you are getting a fraction of the kief you would get with a no screen grinder!!!

Point 4: Kief gets you fucking destroyed.

It's simple, kief get's you absolutely ripped, in such little amounts, and higher then bud could get if. If you were to pack two full bowls of kief out of my vapour genie, you would be high for hours! More then any weed will do.


What kind of grinder:

Well, this really depends on how much money you can spend, how long you want it for, and what you want to use it for.

There are three standard grinders, and I will talk about each from the experience I had owning the different kinds.

No screen:

Generally, these will be of lesser quality, as most quality grinders have screens. That isn't to say they will be bad though! They still get the job done, but more often then not will have sub-par teeth then other screen grinders do. Also if you are looking for kief, this is not the way to go. However, if you don't have a lot of money, this is definitely a good buy.

1 screen:

These are good grinders, and will give you a lot of kief. However your kief won't be of the finest quality as you will see in just a minute. Don't get me wrong though, you will get awesome kief, and lots of it! Teeth on screen grinders are generally well built, and rugged, simply because by buying a screen, your going for a higher price range of materials. There is nothing wrong with a single screen grinder, but I'm talking about maximizing everything you possibly can.

2 screen:

These are the king of grinders, and will have everything you could possibly imagine. By going for 2 screens, you are going for a higher range of grinders, thus costing slightly more (maybe $5-$10 extra then a single screen,) so naturally you are getting higher quality parts and more potential. You may be wondering why you need two screens in the first place. It's all about how your kief gets filtered. With two stages, you can see the filtration of kief and how it works. When it goes through the first screen, it's slightly rough, not super pale, but still looks good. When it goes through the second screen, you will see kief like no other.

It's incredibly smooth, and you can practically see the individual pieces of kief on the bottom. It's so smooth, that it looks like a green version of an unmentionable. Not only that, but you a treating yourself to one of the highest quality of kief you can smoke. That is why personally, I think two screen grinders are the shit. The kief you get out of it is of a calibre only attainable by two screen grinders (NOTE: I'm strictly talking about kief that you obtain from grinders.)

I've smoked kief from a single screen grinder and my two screen grinder, and single handedly the two screen wins without a doubt. Sure it may run you about $40-$50, but within a month at most you will have earned your money back. You will be treated with premium quality kief when ever you want, and a smooth high.

 

A cool trick to make little kief balls to dome in chops. To make this get a plastic ziploc bag. Over time when you scrape your kief, put it in the corner of the bag, and twist it. Keep doing this and every time you finish putting one in, squish it with your grinder. After a couple times of putting it in there, you'll get a kief cake, and you can turn it into a ball.

Put that ball in your smoking method of choice and light it up.
You'll be ripped for sure.

@sackofsuck

I can see how you would like to bust it up by hand, but unless you wash your hands before you touch the bud, your oils and dirt from your hands will get onto it. With a proper grinder the bud is chopped much finer, and it is of a higher quality the chopping it by hand.