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Non stick grinders, any good and any suggestions? I have been looking at the slx but the price is steep
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Non stick grinders
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The price is just the quality it is what it is. I only ever owned two grinders. The first a crappy Head Chef that flaked. Second was a Space Case imported from the USA. Now that one cost me $100 7 yrs ago and i only recently cleaned it. Its as good as the day i bought it. With the spare o rings i bought i see this as a lifetime investment. They now cost nearly $200 though. 
I have the black L one, 88mm total width. Its huge it grinds about 7g at a time. The pollen screen is also very good and the color ends up a blond which again is a mark of a quality screen.
I have the black L one, 88mm total width. Its huge it grinds about 7g at a time. The pollen screen is also very good and the color ends up a blond which again is a mark of a quality screen.
I haven't tried a 'non-stick' grinder before, but doing some quick reading now it seems they use a sacrificial non-stick coating. No idea if this is something like Teflon, or a ceramic coating - but either way I would assume that it would degrade over time and may affect longevity.
It's worth looking into what exactly the non-stick coating is, and making sure it's not something toxic in itself. If not, it may be as bad as plastic grinders for putting unwanted particles in your grind over time.
I've used the same ~£5 zinc alloy grinder for over 10 years (with the pollen sieve detached), every 6 months or so I scrape it out, then douse in IPA to remove all the pollen from in-between the threads.
It's worth looking into what exactly the non-stick coating is, and making sure it's not something toxic in itself. If not, it may be as bad as plastic grinders for putting unwanted particles in your grind over time.
I've used the same ~£5 zinc alloy grinder for over 10 years (with the pollen sieve detached), every 6 months or so I scrape it out, then douse in IPA to remove all the pollen from in-between the threads.
That is huge! Believe mine is 63mm, but only manages a gram or so at a time max.
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I had the exact same space case grinder in black as well. I had it for years but I gave to a friend and have missed it ever since, it’s silly but I miss it. For me the larger sized grinder is more comfortable to use, and great for storage but I grind small amounts these days and use the original tubs as storage 
The coating on the non-stick grinders is my big concern and I don’t want to pay good money investing in a quality grinder for the coating to flake away
The coating on the non-stick grinders is my big concern and I don’t want to pay good money investing in a quality grinder for the coating to flake away
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Spacecase anodized aluminium is non stick sort of i never had much stick. I presumed thats safe. I clean it with iso when i buy so if there was a non stick coating it would of came off ages ago. I dont think there is a any coating on space case though.
cooking pans is the sane all toxic, Just stick to Lodge Cast Iron.
cooking pans is the sane all toxic, Just stick to Lodge Cast Iron.
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Fell Iove with the Old Mate ozzy one. Expensive though, so I didn't get one. Reviews often claim it doesn't need cleaning and it's just raw stainless steel
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Woh! I have never seen this design before! I love it!
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Doubles as a fidget spinner with all its bearings
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Honestly, my favourite grinder is the Storz & Bickel ones, either the large herb mill or their standard one depending on how much I'm doing at once.
It used to use the old standard aluminium grinders with the kief-catchers and the multiple layers etc, but at some point I failed to see the benefit of separating half the trichomes while grinding and I had the S&B which came with my Mighty and it didn't have a catcher, so I switched to that and to be honest they are great.
They last a long time, they grind up very consistently, you know S&B put their research into the materials from a health point of view, etc, and in terms of stickiness I'd say you just need to use a decent brush/poking tool to get as much out as possible and increase your cleaning frequency rather than invest in some super "anti-stick" technology. A couple of minutes with some isopropyl and a decent brush once a week does the trick.
Unless you have some ideological opposition to plastic (see George Carlin), I recommend it.
Watched some reviewed of the Old Mate one, but people seemed to spend a lot of time like thumping the grinder to get the herb to fall though the gaps into the bottom chamber, which seems like a lot of effort and potentially an injury risk since it's apparently so heavy! And like the kief catcher, I'm not really sure what the point of the 2nd chamber is. I guess it's a way to standardise the courseness of the grind since the falls through when it reaches the diameter of the holes, but I reckon the courseness of the grind is one of those things can be quite personal and depend on your device, etc, so I like with the S&B that there's only one chamber, and you decide your own courseness just by how much you choose to grind.
It used to use the old standard aluminium grinders with the kief-catchers and the multiple layers etc, but at some point I failed to see the benefit of separating half the trichomes while grinding and I had the S&B which came with my Mighty and it didn't have a catcher, so I switched to that and to be honest they are great.
They last a long time, they grind up very consistently, you know S&B put their research into the materials from a health point of view, etc, and in terms of stickiness I'd say you just need to use a decent brush/poking tool to get as much out as possible and increase your cleaning frequency rather than invest in some super "anti-stick" technology. A couple of minutes with some isopropyl and a decent brush once a week does the trick.
Unless you have some ideological opposition to plastic (see George Carlin), I recommend it.
Watched some reviewed of the Old Mate one, but people seemed to spend a lot of time like thumping the grinder to get the herb to fall though the gaps into the bottom chamber, which seems like a lot of effort and potentially an injury risk since it's apparently so heavy! And like the kief catcher, I'm not really sure what the point of the 2nd chamber is. I guess it's a way to standardise the courseness of the grind since the falls through when it reaches the diameter of the holes, but I reckon the courseness of the grind is one of those things can be quite personal and depend on your device, etc, so I like with the S&B that there's only one chamber, and you decide your own courseness just by how much you choose to grind.
