I have owned a few grinders and have noticed that they each collect a different amount of kief. I'm assuming this has to do with the size of the holes on the mesh screen. I'm currently looking for a grinder that collects more kief so i'm looking for a grinder with larger holes in the screen. Does anyone know of a brand that uses such a screen? Thanks in advance!
Smaller holes are better, higher quality of kief. Take a look at Space Case and Cosmic for the best. Other than those two, go Mendo Mulcher.
I know smaller holes produce higher quality kief, but i'd rather have more kief that's just less potent. I bought some no name grinder at a table shop in NYC and I never owned a grinder that produced so much kief. I would literally have the whole bottom part of the kief catcher filled to the top in 2-4 weeks. With the grinder I have now, it looks like it would take me a year+ to accomplish that. Right now I have a Visions grinder.
Well the dryness and cure of the weed plays a big role. But basically the hole size (mesh) determines how fine a keif you end up with. And the screen area determines how fast you produce keif. If you really want to get the most keif off your bud as fast as possible, buy something like this: Silkscreen Printing Frame and just rub your buds on it, shake grind-ed up bud on it, put it in a bottom of a box and shake the box, etc.
With this method, you would need something to catch the kief though, right? Otherwise it'll just fall right through the screen and onto your table or wherever you may be doing it.
Freeze your weed beforehand and do it and it will more than double, although your flower will be 1/3 as potent.
Yea do it over a large piece of glass ideally, a glass table would be perfect. But a sheet of paper or two would work pretty well.
I have a cheaper diamond grinder, but it has served me very well. The first year I owned it, I could not get any keif for the life of me. I would grind a whole ounce through it and I would barely get a dusting. Then I decided to try the nickle method and put it in the bud compartment. I grinded 2 grams though it and had enough keif to top a good sized bowl.
I've been using a nickle since the day I bought it and still nothing. Maybe it's the bud i'm using, since it's pretty sticky and quickly gets caked around the grinder.
Yea the cure of the bud IMO makes the biggest difference, try to cure it some more by leaving it in a glass jar; if you can hold onto it without smoking it
My space case titanium catches kief like a pro.. probably every 2-3 nugs I grind up I'll have at least a thin layer of kief on the kief catcher I can sprinkle on my bowls or turn into hash if I wanted. Even better if I wait like a week before checking it xD
Thank you this was the type of answer I was looking for! Do you have a link to the exact one by any chance?
Space Case 4 Piece Grinder Titanium is what you want to google. They are pretty expensive for grinders, and somewhat more of a luxury than a necessity, but if you can afford it it's quite a nice grinder. Catches a lot of kief and dices up your MJ quite nicely. Also if you take care of it, you probably won't need to invest in another grinder in a very long while.
Yeah check out some pics of mine here: http://forum.grasscity.com/toking-t...nder-appreciation-thread-10.html#post11806706 $80 but definitely the Rolls Royce of grinders
The most effective way to get kief is definitely to purchase a Pollen Box. That way, you can keep your stash fresh, and it collects the kief while you do it... However, who doesn't like more kief from there grinder?.. Right? I've been through multiple grinders myself, never satisfied with the amount of kief until recently, I picked up a 3" 4piece Kannastor. (They're the grinders with the black lid, and the K logo.) I love it. My girlfriend loves it. We get so much more kief than any other grinder I've ever owned/seen. Apparently, my buddy at the head shop tells me that they use they're own screens, which are custom made to make sure that kief never comes back up through the screen while the grinder is being moved/handled/ground/dropped/etc... My favorite part is that after time, if you feel the screen is clogged, and isn't giving you enough kief, you can just buy a new one for around .50 cents, and take the old one out with a pair of pliers... Check em out here. They are a little pricier than other grinders, but I figure its definitely worth it...
[quote name='"MosesOfSuburbia"']The most effective way to get kief is definitely to purchase a Pollen Box. That way, you can keep your stash fresh, and it collects the kief while you do it... However, who doesn't like more kief from there grinder?.. Right? I've been through multiple grinders myself, never satisfied with the amount of kief until recently, I picked up a 3" 4piece Kannastor. (They're the grinders with the black lid, and the K logo.) I love it. My girlfriend loves it. We get so much more kief than any other grinder I've ever owned/seen. Apparently, my buddy at the head shop tells me that they use they're own screens, which are custom made to make sure that kief never comes back up through the screen while the grinder is being moved/handled/ground/dropped/etc... My favorite part is that after time, if you feel the screen is clogged, and isn't giving you enough kief, you can just buy a new one for around .50 cents, and take the old one out with a pair of pliers... Check em out here. They are a little pricier than other grinders, but I figure its definitely worth it...[/quote] Damn those are expensive. The 5 piece one is $92! Which do you have?
