Herb Grinders
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simplywonderful
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If many of us decide to group buy we can get it for 10 per grinder
which is almost the same as retail
simplywonderful
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with shipping and customs border fee?
audiodelic
... Boom Shiva !
Lift Innovations Grinder
Anybody tried it ?
Anybody tried it ?
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Dyna-saur
Those prices are to me in America. No idea what they are in Europe shipped, but I know vapewellness in the UK has them for 9 pounds, so there could be other options in Europe for cheaper.
Well, 3 hours have passed and I have something totally different to post, soooo... mods feel free to merge.
It’s biodegradable, but there are levels of biodegradable, so...
Now i’m going to soak it in water to see if it dissolves. Because science.
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Summer
Long Island, NY
MonkeyTime
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Shouldn't have had to tell you! Weren't you in the least bit curious about grind?
Silly Summer, despite the common belief, men's minds don't always work so linearly
But ya could have tested it first
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Dyna-saur
Lol, I did consider.
I meant to spare you the inner workings of my mind, but you leave me no choice.
My thought process went like this:
“Wow, this thing is cool. Fit and finish seem great. I should clean it and use it.
Wait.
How do I clean it.
ISO? Water? It’s biodegradable, what if it melts.
Well, if it degrades that easily in the presence of water, there is water in cannabis, until I’m sure I can eat this whole grinder and suffer no consequences, I want to know if the grinder will degrade in the presence of even small amount of water.
I’ll soak it and see what happens.
Yeah. That’s what I’ll do.
Not like I would use it before it’s been cleaned anyway.
*fills container with cold water and inserts grinder.”
I meant to spare you the inner workings of my mind, but you leave me no choice.
My thought process went like this:
“Wow, this thing is cool. Fit and finish seem great. I should clean it and use it.
Wait.
How do I clean it.
ISO? Water? It’s biodegradable, what if it melts.
Well, if it degrades that easily in the presence of water, there is water in cannabis, until I’m sure I can eat this whole grinder and suffer no consequences, I want to know if the grinder will degrade in the presence of even small amount of water.
I’ll soak it and see what happens.
Yeah. That’s what I’ll do.
Not like I would use it before it’s been cleaned anyway.
*fills container with cold water and inserts grinder.”
I was kidding. Very curious about the grind. Just got home, going to remove and dry the grinder. Will report my findings.Shouldn't have had to tell you! Weren't you in the least bit curious about grind?
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arb
Semi shaved ape
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Dyna-saur
Ok!
2 hour soak in cold water caused no noticeable difference to the material. I followed with hot soapy water, up to 100°, with again no effect.
Dried thoroughly, and let sit 10 minutes to assure it was completely dry.
Let me again say fit and finish are impressive. Material looks and feels great. I took the sticker off before the soak. I debated leaving it on, but was worried the water would make it weird, plus I love how the material looks, and it already has a stamped logo on the one side.
The grinder spins well. I can hold the bottom and spin the top and it continues to spin for another 1/2 second.
It feels very solid overall.
But on to the grind!
This is some CBD called blue exotic 2 from CBD hemp direct. It is a little dry. I plan to add some moisture back in, but for the sake of the test don’t have time. I have no doubt that the real thing would grind fluffier than this.
Started with this:
I didn’t break it up, just removed the largest stem
Ground very well. Very little effort.
Here is the grind. Nice and fluffy.
And the grind spread out a little.
2 hour soak in cold water caused no noticeable difference to the material. I followed with hot soapy water, up to 100°, with again no effect.
Dried thoroughly, and let sit 10 minutes to assure it was completely dry.
Let me again say fit and finish are impressive. Material looks and feels great. I took the sticker off before the soak. I debated leaving it on, but was worried the water would make it weird, plus I love how the material looks, and it already has a stamped logo on the one side.
The grinder spins well. I can hold the bottom and spin the top and it continues to spin for another 1/2 second.
It feels very solid overall.
But on to the grind!
This is some CBD called blue exotic 2 from CBD hemp direct. It is a little dry. I plan to add some moisture back in, but for the sake of the test don’t have time. I have no doubt that the real thing would grind fluffier than this.
Started with this:
I didn’t break it up, just removed the largest stem
Ground very well. Very little effort.
Here is the grind. Nice and fluffy.
And the grind spread out a little.
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BigJr48
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Awesome grinder, well worth the buy.
BigJr48 seems to know what he's talking about.
It'd be cool if you could try one for a bit.
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Vapor Loop
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Welcome to Fc. I do gotta admit i am rather interested in you're grinder.
It's the same design with a few updates over the years, there are a few ways a grinder can get gummed up and we've taken care of them. But you still should give ours a cleaning every couple of years or so.
Vapor Loop
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What makes the Lift not need regular cleaning? Wouldn't material still get stuck in the threads quickly?
BigJr48
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Founders Edition #996
Hey, awesome feedback. We like hearing the good and the bad. We've been making little improvements along the way, we did notice the Spinner to shaft engagement wasn't the best, so we made a little change to the chamfer on the top of the shaft. Send us an email to info@lift-innovations.com with a picture of the serial number (that's why we have it on there) and we'll send you an updated blade (Lifetime Warranty).
https://i.imgur.com/acD0lIR.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/bY0TvTn.jpg
A little review of my experience with the Lift Innovations grinder over the last year.
At first glance, I wasn't nearly as thrilled as I was when I pre-ordered it from their Indie Go Go campaign. I wanted a bronze one but settled for black because their production line was taking absolutely forever. Excuse after excuse during production greatly lowered how I felt about supporting this company. The grinder finally grew on me, even though I feel like a hipster owning it.
Things I really like:
-Build quality. Very sturdy and well machined metal. Nice weight to it. Smooth to the touch.
-Super easy to chop herbs. I've run over 10 oz of kind dank through it with no issues whatsoever.
-Half turn threading. I always used to cross thread my old grinder, or it would get stuck if the threads were sticky. No more issues with that.
-Easy to clean and scrape off blade hash.
-It gets a lot of compliments. People always express how impressed they are with how it functions.
Improvements to be made:
-I don't like how the top sometimes doesn't immediately fit into place. It's easy enough, but I don't find it pleasing how the hex bit sometimes doesn't pop right in.
-Not really a fan of the logo + "manufactured in Canada" + serial # + web address inscribed all over the grinder. I don't know what they were thinking there.
-Not the best keif producing screen.
-I'd like if it was a little bigger. (that's what she said)
Overall, I like this grinder and will continue to use it. Seeing that the company just doubled their pricing is a little disappointing as I probably wouldn't pay that much for it. It's definitely a little gimmicky being toted as "the world's most innovative grinder", but works well enough and is cool if you want something different.
Our #1 complaint is that the grinder doesn't produce enough kief, this is the byproduct of cutting instead of the other way. It doesn't disturb the material as much and keeps the pollen with the flower.
We are open to a new logo - feel free to let me know your ideas. We are proud that we make it in Canada BTW.
Since the grinder is modular - you can get another Product Chamber (or 20) without a screen stack them and increase the storage capacity.
Thanks for listening!
Love it!
Thanks for sticking with us when we were having problems. We still have problems but shit it was hard in the beginning.
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BigJr48
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Well worth the wait, looking forward to learn more about the new upgrades.
We do a few things, We media tumble all our aluminum parts, this eliminates all the tiny machining grooves (the machining grooves look like record grooves under a microscope) that material adheres to - nothing to "bite" on to. The smoother the surface, the less likely anything will stick.
The type of anodizing we have is called "commercial hardcoat", this process is done at a colder temperature than regular anodizing and produces a harder surface. We also use 100% organic dyes (no heavy metals) and the sealing process is done in pure water (instead of with chemical additives to speed up the process)
We surface finish all our Stainless Steel parts (which are the same grade of SS as your fork and knife), again the smoother the surface the less likely anything will stick.
We have 3 stationary blades and 4 rotating blades, they cut just like scissors (but in a rotary fashion). Because of the odd number of blades (3 and 4), only one blade is cutting at a time and you are only cutting a few millimeters at any one time. This reduces the amount of compression of the material and squeezing out of the resins, the pollen also tends to say more on the flower. Less free resin and pollen equals less sticky stuff to stick to things.
For the threads, we have a simple 3 tooth 1/4 turn system, it has less surface area (about an inch total) and with help from all of the above features, there is less stuff to get on the threads.
For the Spinner, the blade shaft keeps it centered, there is always a clearance and there is never metal to metal contact, we also have the sealing ring (we call it the Spinner Ring) on the inside, so material never makes its way to jam it up - it stays inside.
I just re-read your question and realized that you only asked me about the threads. Sorry for going overboard.
We are expensive, but it takes quite a bit more to produce our grinder. We made it to last a lifetime, it should pay for itself in time.And it was already expensive
Hey, can you share some pictures of your issues? If our grinder isn't working for you, we'd like to understand what's going on and see if we can improve. We haven't heard your type of issues yet. would really like some specific details.
We've been thinking about making a finishing disc and blade option for a bit, been getting quite a bit of requests for it. Hopefully soon.
We are a small company, in an industry that is hard to acquire capital unless you give up equity. For better or worse we aren't giving up equity, we're bootstrapping and growing slower than we could. We're hoping to hit our stride soon and get what we (and what you)want done quicker. Starting something from scratch for reals is challenging but fun as fuck.
Nice to be here, Thanks!
I'll share anything you'd like to know about it.
Yes
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About a year ago I had GAS. I got several grinders.
Finest grind? My free S&B grinders I received with purchase of the Mighty and the capsule loading device.
My favorite grinder? Lift -with the fine sifter.
I like the cavities you put your material in so I don't have to squish the top end to push pins through buds to connect to the lower end like you do with all of my other grinders. I like the 1/4 turn threads so I'm not unscrewing for 3 or 4 revolutions to open the device. I have another grinder, a custom made Phonecian, that also has the 1/4 turn threads. I don't think I'll buy another grinder that does not have this. I will say the Lift version of 1/4 turn is better than the Phonecian version of that feature.
My material is easier to grind than with my traditional grinders. By this I mean it feels easier to turn through dense nuggets than the traditional grinder.
I own and have given away several grinders. This is the only one I bought two of and now probably three of because I'll likely convince myself I need the red one.
Finest grind? My free S&B grinders I received with purchase of the Mighty and the capsule loading device.
My favorite grinder? Lift -with the fine sifter.
I like the cavities you put your material in so I don't have to squish the top end to push pins through buds to connect to the lower end like you do with all of my other grinders. I like the 1/4 turn threads so I'm not unscrewing for 3 or 4 revolutions to open the device. I have another grinder, a custom made Phonecian, that also has the 1/4 turn threads. I don't think I'll buy another grinder that does not have this. I will say the Lift version of 1/4 turn is better than the Phonecian version of that feature.
My material is easier to grind than with my traditional grinders. By this I mean it feels easier to turn through dense nuggets than the traditional grinder.
I own and have given away several grinders. This is the only one I bought two of and now probably three of because I'll likely convince myself I need the red one.
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Dyna-saur
Well crap now I need a lift grinder also. I was thinking it might be harder to turn also because physics (like how a fan blade moves faster toward the outside of the blade but is also easiest to stop there).