The Benefits of Using a Grinder

Keif is always a nice present. It can make your stash go longer to, at least for me it does. It breaks it down into small enough parts that you can use less then you would if you broke it up by finger. No sticky fingers either.

Consistency of ground herb size is why I like a grinder. Plus the no sticky fingers thing. My Mendo Mulcher has an inner screen and "pollen" catch under that. I really don't get that much though. But it's a nice 3" diameter and that is a plus.

Originally Posted by ThatGuy113

Keif is always a nice present. It can make your stash go longer to, at least for me it does. It breaks it down into small enough parts that you can use less then you would if you broke it up by finger. No sticky fingers either.

i agree on all aspects.. firstly, it will definitely make you bud go much further than just throwing a hole bud into your bowl or w/e by far.. a nice sized bud in a grinder will break up into a larger amount then if one were to not use a grinder ime..
and the kief thing is just icing on the top of the cake as well.. nothing better then either running out of bud and unscrewing your grinder to find a nice bunch of kief sitting there waiting for you to enjoy, or just sprinkling some on top of your bud whenever the feeling hits..

i've been smoking for 20 years or so, and only in the last 5 or so have i been using a grinder, and for the life of me, i don't know what i ever did without one for so long up till that point.. imo, the grinder has to be one of the best stoner inventions in the last decade or so hands down..

Grinder is necessary for my sessions these days. Not just the regular two part grinder. The ones mentioned where it grinds, falls through little holes onto a screen that catch the bud and then a lil chamber below that for keif catching. It gets the full potential out of your bud...

I have a 3 chamber grinder like kmksrh21 and love to press a tiny ball of hash every once in a while

A grinder? What? Nah man I don't use grinders. Grinders are a lazy man's tool, do you think that back 100 years ago they had Grinders? My fingernails and the stems are my grinders I deveoloped a perfect method to grind weed easily, just use your Fingernails and rub the bud off against the stem it works like a charm every time. If I want a really killer, tight packed joint I might use a grinder so I can grind it as fine as I can get it but other than that I always break mine down manually.

kief is the biggest thing for me, its just as easy to cut up a bud with scissors. but having that stash spot in the bottom is always a bonus when the bag runs low.

From secondary school physics (if i remember correctly) - reactions (including that of burning) happen faster when the matter has a larger surface area. A grinder maximizes the surface area by cutting up the bud and fluffing it out aswell, minimizing wasted material which is not burned. You also keep all the loose trichs contained within the grinder for use later, whereas with the finger method you loose stuff on your fingers, on the scissors, table etc.
I cant go without a grinder nowadays, nothing wrong with being lazy heaveykush!