I'm looking at getting a grinder like this http://www.amazon.com/CHROMIUM-CRUSH...1402325&sr=1-3 maybe even this one. I have read somewhere that aluminum grinders are the best? Anyone with experience in using these grinders and which material is the best?

i like the aluminum way better than plastic had one like this and loved it

go to walmart and get a coffe grinder for under $20....I use that for grinding the weed for my volcano

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yeaah if you want massive kief loads get a coffee grinder, however its not the most portable :P

i had a 3 chamber plastic grinder i got for like 10 bucks at a headshop, it grinded well and collected a lot of crystals but it didnt survive too many drops, and one of the teeth fell off in my weed once.
now i got a big 3" aluminum that just steals the kief off of weed, i got it for 25 at a shop and its my best grinder by far. however ive heard aluminum can flake, i guess the chromium crusher doesnt. however to collect the most crystals off ur weed u need a grinder with a bigger surface area so that all the crystals can fall freely through the screen. im sure if u looked around u could find a bigger one at a local headshop for under 30$, but that crusher looks pretty sweet. and the teeth are better than standard spikes, my grinder leaves chunky weed but that would pulverize.

$12 shipped for this one http://cgi.ebay.com/Space-Metal-Toba...d=p3286.c0.m14

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I had a sharp stone grinder that was great for a low/mid priced grinder, have a spacecase, and a mendo mulcher. The Spacecase is by far the best and smoothest grinder I have used. It collects kief very well and grinds to the perfect consistancy.

The mendo mulcher is cool, I really bought it because it looked sweet and it is made in the USA, but the action is rough, and the grind a bit too fine for me. It is well made, but really needs the phenalic spacer that the sharp stone and spacecase have to smooth it out. I never use this one anymore.

Best value was the sharpstone, collects great, grinds great and I got a hash press with it in a package deal off ebay for about $30 or so. The press works great too. It is pretty much a spacecase knock off.

For my keif collecting needs at harvest, I got a 20x24" framed silk screen from pocono silk screen(around $30) which I lay over a 20x24" mirror. When I trim, I cure all the trim then I crumble everything over the silk screen and give it a nice few rubs back and forth over the screen, 8 plants worth of trim run like this is a beautiful thing. When I lift the screen off the mirror, the glass has a nice layer of blond dust which I scrape up with a razor blade and stuff into the press, a little heat and a few turns on the press , cool in the freezer and bamm!! Out comes a nice hunk of killer gonja essence.

But have you tried them and are they any good and catching the kief?

they're all pretty much the same, idk about quality but everyone i know that smokes daily has one. they aren't too shabby. Closetking has the right idea, i always make outstanding hash with any simple coffee grinder and a "pollenator" screen from your nearest headshop. i have one made by wicca. hope this helps.

I love the cheap low power Proctor Silex ones with the dome top that has a flat slice on the dome.. The top collects alot of really primo crystal really quickly, doesn't instantly pulverize, and the one I have has probably endured 400-500hrs over the last 13yrs..

get a silk screen and break ur trees up on it ?