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Man I'm so ready after reading all the great feedback while waiting on mine. I'm sure they're just pumping them out right now.
Brilliant Cut Grinder
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Mr. Gweilo 420
Dude
Anyone heard any shipping news? I ordered on 22\1 and nothing yet. Not worried though.
jracerx
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My Jan 7 order shipped Feb 14
Mr. Gweilo 420
Dude
@Grinders for Life Hey guys any shipping updates?
started@52
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Ordered one this afternoon!Whole kit is on sale right now for $125. $10 savings. Every little bit helps.
sixstringsmash
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Whole kit is on sale right now for $125. $10 savings. Every little bit helps.
Holy shit they lowered that price by a lot! I purchased one 5 weeks ago and it was $180 on sale for $165. I wonder if since my unit hasn't shipped yet I can cancel my order and re-order it for that $40 savings?
sixstringsmash
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Yep that was the first thing I did, and it seems I was a bit boneheaded when I initially made my purchase a few weeks ago 
. They got back to me, extremely quickly I might add! Here's where I got confused and all.
The price is exactly the same as it was, I just thought that I was paying $165 when in reality I was paying $125. Where I got confused was they previously listed the grinders on their site in Canadian dollars and have since switched over to displaying them in US dollars. It's the same as it was they're just displaying the US conversion rate now. I honestly did not realize this in the least bit when I made my purchase and thought I was buying a $165 grinder hah. Upon taking a second look at my bank account I see I wasn't charged that much and I in fact only bought a $125 grinder. Whoopsies.
. They got back to me, extremely quickly I might add! Here's where I got confused and all.The price is exactly the same as it was, I just thought that I was paying $165 when in reality I was paying $125. Where I got confused was they previously listed the grinders on their site in Canadian dollars and have since switched over to displaying them in US dollars. It's the same as it was they're just displaying the US conversion rate now. I honestly did not realize this in the least bit when I made my purchase and thought I was buying a $165 grinder hah. Upon taking a second look at my bank account I see I wasn't charged that much and I in fact only bought a $125 grinder. Whoopsies.
Summer
Long Island, NY
2 solid reviews posted on the Herb Grinder thread:
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/herb-grinders.15/page-392#post-1356089
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/herb-grinders.15/page-392#post-1356115
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/herb-grinders.15/page-392#post-1356089
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/herb-grinders.15/page-392#post-1356115
Mr. Gweilo 420
Dude
Very quiet from Grinders for Life. How about some updates guys?
vaporculture
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I believe that the NewVape scoop is aluminum, not titanium -- same non-magnetic benefit in your case but a bit less hardy.
Ramahs
Fucking Combustion (mostly) Since February 2017
I've had my production model BCGrinder for over a month now. I'd had and been using the final beta model for a few months before @Grinders for Life sent me the final model that I've now been using for several weeks. I'd been meaning to get on here and post a review for a couple weeks now, but I never seemed to find the time.
For starters, as many have said here, I could see myself using only this grinder for the rest of my days and being perfectly happy. I haven't used every grinder on the market but, as you can see from the ones I currently own in my signature, I own a few of the top-rated grinders available. However, I haven't used anything except for the BCG since the day it arrived. It's everything I need for all my vaporizers.
The two places that gunk up on any grinder are always the threads and the inner and outer walls around the grinding area, where they make contact between the top grinding plate and the lower/middle grinding plate...of course, the gunked-up threads are eliminated by the all-magnetic threadless connections. However, the elimination of gunk collecting on the side-walls where they rub against each other as you twist the grinder has been eliminated because those outer walls never touch. As many here have said, the top section wiggles a little side to side because the upper teeth that surround the center pin are what holds the top piece in the center and doesn't allow the outer walls around the grinding area to touch, ever. So nothing ever gets smashed together between those walls....buildup there is eliminated!
^ Those two above unique aspects of the BCG are mainly why I feel that it's the best on the market right now. The first one, the threadless magnetic connections has been done before (though rarely), but never this well. The teeth and the center pin holding it together so that the sidewalls never smash herb between them and develop buildup is genius and Is completely original and unique to this grinder as far as I'm aware.
Beyond that, the cutting edge on the top of the center pin just eliminates the issues other grinders have with herb getting smashed between the magnets and stuck there.
The beta model had a bit of an issue with some loose leafy bits remaining behind in the grinding chamber long after everything else had fallen through, requiring a shitload more twisting and twisting and twisting before the last thin-light bits would fall through. That issue has been virtually eliminated with the changes to the teeth between the beta model and the current final production model. The fine grind plate still requires a little bit more twisting at the end of the grind to get the last bits down, but it does it with less twisting than any other grinder I've used with a fine-grind plate that fine, like my GR8TR with their fine grind plate. The fine-grind GR8TR always has leafy bits that don't want to go down. It may be impossible to do any better with that fine of a grind plate than what @Grinders for Life has done with the BCG. But the medium plate tears through it very fast and leaves no leafy bits behind whatsoever. I have to say that the medium plate is fantastic and shreds through anything I've put into it with just a few back and fourth twists, leaving nothing behind most of the time from the first time I open the grinder to check. The medium grind is the most versatile for all my vapes, and if I could only have one plate, that would be it.
I've barely touched the coarse plate because the medium is plenty course for 99% of my needs.
I've said before that I wish it was a little bigger, with thicker gripping area around the outside sides of the top-piece, because it would fit better in my hands, and a BCG that is physically about the size of the Super Weapon II would be an ideal size for my hands, and I still feel that way...However, after getting used to this size, it really is plenty big enough for the average user, including me. In fact, I usually grind, and then leave the herb in the grinder as storage, and spend a day or so scooping it out into my vapes. The grinder seals well-enough that the herb will be fine in there for that short of a period of time. So I don't really need a larger grinder at all...I just like the feel of a slightly larger size device in my hands, but I still don't need the larger amount of ground material at a time that the larger size would provide. So I'm also very happy with the current size now that I've gotten used to it.
There is really not much to criticize about this grinder. I brush it out after every use, and the grinder is still quite clean. Barely anything has collected on the inside surface. I doubt I'll need to clean this more often than every few months, as long as I brush it out regularly like I've always done with all my grinders.
I know that this grinder is a little more pricey than some of its other top-competitors, but it really is in a league of its own and I doubt that anyone who owns one will ever regret their purchase. The reason we aficionados want a higher-end product is because all the little perfected aspects of it make the overall experience better, and the BCGrinder has given me the best grinding experience that I've had so far with any grinder. Plus, the people who run @Grinders for Life have impressed me with how they've looked to the community and listened to us in designing and producing this grinder. They run the type of business that I feel deserves our support.
For starters, as many have said here, I could see myself using only this grinder for the rest of my days and being perfectly happy. I haven't used every grinder on the market but, as you can see from the ones I currently own in my signature, I own a few of the top-rated grinders available. However, I haven't used anything except for the BCG since the day it arrived. It's everything I need for all my vaporizers.
The two places that gunk up on any grinder are always the threads and the inner and outer walls around the grinding area, where they make contact between the top grinding plate and the lower/middle grinding plate...of course, the gunked-up threads are eliminated by the all-magnetic threadless connections. However, the elimination of gunk collecting on the side-walls where they rub against each other as you twist the grinder has been eliminated because those outer walls never touch. As many here have said, the top section wiggles a little side to side because the upper teeth that surround the center pin are what holds the top piece in the center and doesn't allow the outer walls around the grinding area to touch, ever. So nothing ever gets smashed together between those walls....buildup there is eliminated!
^ Those two above unique aspects of the BCG are mainly why I feel that it's the best on the market right now. The first one, the threadless magnetic connections has been done before (though rarely), but never this well. The teeth and the center pin holding it together so that the sidewalls never smash herb between them and develop buildup is genius and Is completely original and unique to this grinder as far as I'm aware.
Beyond that, the cutting edge on the top of the center pin just eliminates the issues other grinders have with herb getting smashed between the magnets and stuck there.
The beta model had a bit of an issue with some loose leafy bits remaining behind in the grinding chamber long after everything else had fallen through, requiring a shitload more twisting and twisting and twisting before the last thin-light bits would fall through. That issue has been virtually eliminated with the changes to the teeth between the beta model and the current final production model. The fine grind plate still requires a little bit more twisting at the end of the grind to get the last bits down, but it does it with less twisting than any other grinder I've used with a fine-grind plate that fine, like my GR8TR with their fine grind plate. The fine-grind GR8TR always has leafy bits that don't want to go down. It may be impossible to do any better with that fine of a grind plate than what @Grinders for Life has done with the BCG. But the medium plate tears through it very fast and leaves no leafy bits behind whatsoever. I have to say that the medium plate is fantastic and shreds through anything I've put into it with just a few back and fourth twists, leaving nothing behind most of the time from the first time I open the grinder to check. The medium grind is the most versatile for all my vapes, and if I could only have one plate, that would be it.
I've barely touched the coarse plate because the medium is plenty course for 99% of my needs.
I've said before that I wish it was a little bigger, with thicker gripping area around the outside sides of the top-piece, because it would fit better in my hands, and a BCG that is physically about the size of the Super Weapon II would be an ideal size for my hands, and I still feel that way...However, after getting used to this size, it really is plenty big enough for the average user, including me. In fact, I usually grind, and then leave the herb in the grinder as storage, and spend a day or so scooping it out into my vapes. The grinder seals well-enough that the herb will be fine in there for that short of a period of time. So I don't really need a larger grinder at all...I just like the feel of a slightly larger size device in my hands, but I still don't need the larger amount of ground material at a time that the larger size would provide. So I'm also very happy with the current size now that I've gotten used to it.
There is really not much to criticize about this grinder. I brush it out after every use, and the grinder is still quite clean. Barely anything has collected on the inside surface. I doubt I'll need to clean this more often than every few months, as long as I brush it out regularly like I've always done with all my grinders.
I know that this grinder is a little more pricey than some of its other top-competitors, but it really is in a league of its own and I doubt that anyone who owns one will ever regret their purchase. The reason we aficionados want a higher-end product is because all the little perfected aspects of it make the overall experience better, and the BCGrinder has given me the best grinding experience that I've had so far with any grinder. Plus, the people who run @Grinders for Life have impressed me with how they've looked to the community and listened to us in designing and producing this grinder. They run the type of business that I feel deserves our support.
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MoltenTiger
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Totally concur. Thanks for finding the time, brilliantly said
Ramahs
Fucking Combustion (mostly) Since February 2017
And I didn't even mention just how pretty the damn thing is. I have an emerald green one, as well as a light blue one...and just spinning it while looking at the light reflecting off the top is just lovely!
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MoltenTiger
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Yeah, I have a light blue coarse plate and would imagine the brilliant cut in that colour would look really good. Can't go wrong with any colour, absolutely spot on spectrum. I'd love to behold the full line-up.
I've just recently used my SLX since getting the BCG, and I'm surprised that it seems less heavy than the BCG, the magnet is way weaker.
The BCG makes the SLX seem like a cheapy to be honest. It's definitely still a good grinder after all these years and it's processed a fair bit lol... but in the looks and feel department, the BCG blows it away.
I gave my actual cheap 'pollinator' 4pc away, it'd be funny to compare them. It was totally ample for the time, but BCG4L. BCG has been as big an upgrade over going to the SLX from the pollinator, in terms of "product niceness". I don't think it's possible to make the jump again, I think this is it.
I'll probably be tempted by the larger one too, but I don't know if it's really going to be well utilised, it's got a good size chamber as is - I'm used to the SLX's relatively small tray though.
Snooppossum
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How fine does this bad boy grind compared to the new vape fine grinder?
I'd love to eliminate the need to have to dump my herb out into a dish like I must do with the NV grinder, however I'm not sure about getting a multiple chambered grinder either since I don't like separating my kief from my herb....plus I prefer a really fine grind.
I'd love to eliminate the need to have to dump my herb out into a dish like I must do with the NV grinder, however I'm not sure about getting a multiple chambered grinder either since I don't like separating my kief from my herb....plus I prefer a really fine grind.
muunch
hotboxing the cockpit
This grinder doesn't have a screen or chamber for collecting kief.
It also has 3 different plates that can be swapped out: a coarse, medium, and fine. Can't say whether it'll be fine enough for you, but hopefully someone who's used both will chime in (if this comparison hasn't already been made)
fatbiker
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I was in your same position about a month ago. I sold the NV fine grinder and ordered the BCG with the fine and medium plate.
I’ll report back in a week or so once I get it to let you know. Fingers crossed it was worth it.
I too dislike having to empty a grinder out on a piece of paper or whatever.
