This is a cool thread, very helpful.
It's been about a year since I got my LB and my original cheap aluminium grinder hadn't been working well for a while which was severely affecting the performance of the LB, so I finally decided to get a quality grinder a few days ago and it just arrived today. I got a 2 piece titanium Space Case, which is amazingly well built and looks like it will last forever...
Only thing is, I made the mistake of getting the large one, pretty much because my previous $15 grinder (no brand name or anything) was 'medium' and I found it a bit small, my fingertips would always be touching as I used it which was awkward, and I foolishly assumed the sizes would be similar, so I thought a large SC would be like maybe an inch greater in diameter than my 'medium' previous one, but really it is about 5 times the size and feels like it weighs at least 10 times more haha.
It is amazingly better than any other I've ever used but I still think I should get a small SC instead as I have a feeling the small SC will be bigger than the old grinder that I found a little on the small side.
I bought the SC hoping for a much finer grind but it seems very difficult to achieve due to the size of the holes and everything (completely my fault for not researching it enough before purchase). It feels like the consistency is just as coarse after about 10 mins of constant shaking and grinding as it was after the initial 30 seconds or so. Is there any way I can get a really fine grind with this one, even if I have to grind up like a gram at a time? I think I will buy a small 2 piece SC and give this one to a friend who uses way more herb than I do (and mostly smokes so doesn't need a fine grind to begin with)
Another thing which may be as a result of grinding it almost 'sideways' at times in an attempt to get it finer, but the sides of the grinder (and all around the nylon gasket) are already pretty gunked up. I left my herb out for a good 45 mins or so before grinding as I knew it was particularly sticky, but it seems to still be making the sides gum up quickly. The inside is still perfect as expected with the titanium SC, there's no sticky stuff inside it, but on the sides it's quite gunky after only trying to grind up like .2 of this herb.
tl;dr if I put like a grams worth of bud into the large SC, is it likely I would get a sufficiently fine grind? I don't mind breaking up the herb in advance as this shit is super potent and I don't need it to be 100% freshly ground, would be happy to have a whole month's worth ground up in advance if it meant it would be fine enough for the LB. If not I'll probably just do the whole crumble with fingers after a couple of hits trick until I get a smaller one...
Also got 2 new batteries and a whip for the LB so should be fun
(pun intended, hehe)
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) along with some other goodies to get the free shipping with the discount applied. So I should have mine by the weekend & get to put them to the test.
Thank god, Elluzion didn't accept it and countered. 