How the materials affect the grinder:

Awesome Grinder Materials

Acrylic Grinder

Avoid acrylic grinders: the teeth can break and contaminate your herb.

This is the cheapest material for a grinder. Often only costing a few bucks, acrylic grinders are good when you can’t find another grinder. They do not lost long and, after enough use, the teeth on acrylic grinders will break. Sometimes, small parts of acrylic will get into your herb if you aren’t careful.

Acrylic weed grinders often are two-piece grinders, meaning you won’t get the added benefit of kief.  Bestgrinder.net highly recommends you stay away from acrylic grinders. Vaporizing, smoking, or ingesting herb with acrylic is dangerous!

Don’t be a cheap wad, spend a few more bucks to get a legit grinder.

Wood Grinders

This is a good looking material for grinders and, since they need to be carved, are usually only available in 1 compartment grinders.   Only being able to get a two-piece weed grinder made out of wood is a huge disadvantage compared to aluminum.  As we’ve mentioned previously you won’t be able to get any kief using a wooden herb grinder.

On the flips side, some people just prefer the look and feel of a wooden grinder.  It does have a more natural appeal to it for those with hippy leanings.

Make sure the inside of the wooden weed grinder is not finished. Paint or any other finishing can get in your herb. Raw wood works best. Also, the teeth on wood grinders are not as good as metal grinders and, sometimes, the teeth is nothing more than nails. I would stay away from wood grinders unless you have a Magic Flight Vaporizer; then, The Magic Flight Finishing Grinder is a great grinder for you.

Metal Grinders

best grinders are metal grinders

Metal grinders are the best in terms of durability, sharpness, and quality.

 

Most metal herb grinders are made of aluminum and some say they are made of titanium. Don’t be fooled, it most likely will only be titanium coated because titanium is $6 per pound raw whereas aluminum is about $.75 per pound raw.

 

Is aluminum safe? Yes. There are some rumors online about the dangers of aluminum grinders but those are false (click here to read about the myth). If you happen to find some aluminum flaking left over from manufacturing, simply brush them out of the grinder and you are good to go.  Metal grinders are your best bet and the ones recommended the most by bestgrinder.net.