I use the storz-bickel orange plastic grinder, can be found on eBay or amazon. Best I’ve ever used. Better than all those hefty metal ones and cheap plastic things.

I'm on the storz-bickel bandwagon here😍😍😍
I have others but this is by far the best 🤣

I need to update this, brilliant cut grinder, the above, flowermill and Santa Cruz shredder are all fab

This is also my go to grinder. I have the bigger one that they do too. It's great

Snap. Can't rate enough

This is my Every Day grinder! 😻

I’ve tried loads of regular and premium grinders over the years but the S&B orange one that came with my Mighty is by far the best.

I’ve had a space case for over 15 years defo worth the extra investment doesn’t ruin your weed fluffs it up prefect

Agreed. I bought my titanium spacecase in 2008 and it hasn't missed a beat. Expensive but as an investment I've made my money on it and then some. Grinds any weed to fluff, catches all the kief.

does the pollen catcher and threads get blocked on these?

EVERY grinder I've had clogs up, maybe I smoke too much though?

If it gets blocked it's easy to clean with isopropyl alchohol.

Old skool way..
just use my fingers 😂 I’m not trying to lose any THC lol I crumble the weed on top the rizla paper 😂

I don't know why, but i thought the thc gets absorbed by your fingers so I never like doing this 😂

😂 probably if you got sweaty hands 😂
Not sure if fingers absorb thc but don’t think you waste much with fingers..

Santa Cruz Shredder (Metal, medium, 3 piece) . You'll never buy another grinder again. It's still sharp and is smooth even after years of continuous use 😅

Keeping it old school

😍

Futo walnut two piece. Every Alu/metal grinder I've ever had has contaminated the herb in some way (flaky coatings, metal fragments, paint rub-off, etc).

This feels safer and glides through most herb.

I’ve been using the Høj Klip for 2 weeks now & it blows every other grinder out of the water. I was a little reluctant spending so much on a grinder but it’s a real investment.

I took the plunge, so glad I did 😁

I was concerned with the blades clogging but they work great and so easy to clean, really wasn't a problem at all.

Collection section, brilliant size, plenty of space and a good kief catcher (gauze not to small that it clogs and becomes redundant)

Each section been magnetic no clogged threads!!! Not had an issue of coming apart but always make sure it's on a flat surface (I just use Cork base) to klip.

Also got a pipe, smooth 😎 not going back or looking back a very happy experience all round!

Been looking at this one, how are you finding it a few weeks in now?

thanks for this thread - just ordered BCG from Canada, have to wait a while for it though, waiting list!

Been using scissors for over ten years and they beat any grinder hands down

A friend of mine is like you with the scissors lol. He got used it as used to chop up commercial Thai weed back in the day and the habit stuck

Not gonna lie personally I really like the cheap plastic grinders you get from like a local shop or ebay. Grinds quite good and if you ever feel like it needs cleaning you can just throw it out and buy a new one for cheap

santa cruz

I own these three. The orange headchef one is useless. Lovely design and ceramic coating but the mesh isn't fine enough and it collects way too much plant matter. The green headchef one is a kief collecting beast and I use this most of the time however the small, cheap, plastic, black raw one grinds the best I think and I reach for that if I'm in a rush.

I’ve got a head chef, i can’t remember which model but it’s fairly decent, although I generally smoke hash so it does get too much use.

I have a Jcase ceramic coated grinder. She shreddz. Just sayin 😉

I've been using the StoneAge grinder set from Amazon and it's great. £18.99 and still works like new (except the matte finish has mostly rubbed off) is good capacity (2g I reckon although I'm too poor to fill my grinder up and will smoke it all if it's in there lol). Comes with smell proof 20 bags, stickers and a brush. Highly recommend.

I use this stoneage one I got off Amazon, grinds up beautifully but I can’t comment on the longevity because I haven’t had it long enough. I will say it generally feels high quality except for the matte finish which can bubble but that doesn’t affect its effectiveness.

brilliant cut grinder - best, hard to get expensive
pucc- second best, cheaper, usually not sold out as bcg

im using a santa cruz shredder atm

has lasted me well for over 4 years!!

Ive got a mini head chef grinder which is awesome but just a tad too small. Ive had a couple of really good cheapo acrylics but by far the best grinder I use at the moment is a brand called Justin Hale.
Nice big teeth, perfect pollen catcher and comes with a little scraper thing to make sure you dont miss any of that valuable pollen! It also grinds anything and everything really quickly and perfectly fluffs up even the stickiest weed.
Little bit pricey but well worth it. Mine is the one without a storage door.

Space case . Expensive but personally I think they are one of the best metal grinders you can get if you have enough to splash out

And believe it or not they are worth the money . As long as you don't loose it it will last for decades and still be as sharp as day one crazy haha

The bulldog

Palm never fails 😂

The cheap plastic one you get at your local shop

Update- must be a year or more since I got the BCG and I have not had a single jam, nor have I had to de-clog it even once to date. Haven’t even looked at my Santa Cruz since, it’s basically redundant.

I use this one its the Zeus Bolt XL Grinder it’s made of Aircraft Grade Anodized Aluminium so it does not get clogged very easily and it comes with a lifetime warranty 😊 it’s got multiple pieces too so you can use it with or without kief catcher compartment in the middle depending on your preference and grinds up very well 🤩 I’m using it without the kief catcher for now too get all of it into the paper/ bowl/ Vape 😊

PpPanda from Amazon. £6.99.

Good grinder but take care of the friction ring

Hello mate, I go for 3-4 quite long pulls, my tolerance is not massively high.that sets me up and I top up from there.

Interesting. Long slow pulls are definite for dry herb vaping but I tend to draw 3 seconds at the most because I'm wary of overheating the oil/cart and ruining it! Hitting blinkers I believe it is called. Have you ever had any bad consequences of long hits, or is it scare mongering I wonder? I would rather err on the side of caution and take more smaller hits. What do others think? :)

I'm the same as yourself. Long slow draws with my dry herb vapes, short draws with the carts . Shorter tokes helps keep it cool and gives a smoother hit for me 👍

I saw that review as well, i just assume it must be one of the new cart sellers because we’ve had a few bad reviews recently that seem to be fake. Most people that ever have a problem with my products contact me to tell me about the issue and try and resolve it or get a refund, since there’s been more competition for carts I’ve notice an increase in random bad reviews but I’ve not been getting any messages about the problems which seems weird to me. Surely if you bought a cart and it literally did nothing you’d contact the seller to try get a refund or see if there was an issue with the product? But I’ve had no messages saying my carts don’t get people high. I dunno if I’m just too stoned and paranoid lol but seems a bit off to me

Cheers Dr. Main reason I've smoked and had edibles before but wife never been keen and she's asking now about a getting high at weekend just to chill fuk out so was considering getting gsc cart bit didn't want just screw on and tell her to take 10 long puff's and she's out her fuckin mind haha she only weigh 50kg 😂😭 prob one long draw and she's been cooshty.. either that or just get her some bud or some oils

Mine has little to no effect also so I can't really.blame the reviewer.

Really depends on the user. I have seen pro stoners get floored because they think it’s just vape and take massive death 💀 draws

I’m like Nickpj123 but I have been using carts for quite a bit now.

Depending on your battery bjust watch as it will seem like it’s clogged them all of a sudden it kicks in and we’ll you’ll see lol 😂

Don’t smoke it. I know that sounds stupid but I made that mistake and coughed a lot and nearly put me off as that’s not enjoyable. Then a mate put me right. Straight to lung draws 👌

On the 50/50 carts from Doc, I pull for about 7 seconds at 2.8v, few hits then top up, once the cart gets lower I bump it to 3.0v. Yocan uni pro user as well.

Long slow pulls with a dry herb vape. Can do several one after the other. With a cart I find I have to be very careful because it can really make me choke. Very small pull, maybe with another a few seconds later but no more than that.

issue has been resolved, Thank you very much!

Would be curious to know the outcome.

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To everyone I have not yet replied to please message me directly and I will explain what happened, over 30 parcels have been seized (28th Nov) and we’ve had to relocate completely 😞

I wonder what everyone else makes of Strainsbury's explanation... Not happy with only a 50% refund. Other vendors (like Pistach) offer full refunds when things go wrong. I feel that not only my address has been compromised but I'm also losing money (and time). Curious to hear everyone else's point of view.
It does indeed suck for Strainsburys though if the story's true.

I would imagine more than 5 people would be contributing to this post about their order if it was 30 that were effected. I’m sorry but I do not accept 50%. And I do not accept the reason as anyone could say that.

Agreed. And why would RM open a letter because of a wrong address?? Makes no sense at all unless the package reeked and/or the runner's hot. Or maybe the runner just stole the parcels? I really can't imagine the post office employees trying to arrest someone in their shop, hardly believable.

I’ve had this once before where the runner stole the parcels. A well known vendor on here admitted it and didn’t have to refund as within a week he shipped me the same value order. That vendor is still vending successfully on LB with a variety of delivery options GT 👍

Yep I remember really well. GT proved on that occasion that they could reign on the LB scene (I may give their courier service a try - Strainsburys left me dry!!_).
If Strainsburys really want to become one of the top vendors, they need to up their game.

It was my first order with them, so it doesn’t encourage me to come back. Feel when you pay for special delivery you shouldn’t be penalised and I didn’t notice a policy on their page either. Might have missed it though.

To be honest I’m gutted this seller is not selling at the minute as the postage is spot on , unfortunately this is the risk we run from getting our medication this way , bit harsh but if you can’t afford to loose the money people need to seek out a local street medical supplier, I’ve been waiting over a week for a package from another vendor and I’ve just wiped my mouth a moved on if it arrives then bonus I only ordered off someone else cos strainsburys have had to close to a while not sure why ever one is blaming these guys there new and trying there best to get a good reputation but unfortunately sometimes huddles get in the way of this business that makes us look silly ,,,,, personally I will keep ordering from strainsburys and can’t wait for them to be up and running again , in no way is this a personal attack on anyone this is simply my opinion, merry Christmas everyone

❤️❤️ Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, we should be back soon

Hi Bigorre, if you read Pistach’s bio he offers 50% refund or reship if parcels don’t arrive. I offer full refund if I make a mistake however the packages were all taken by Royal Mail as I’ve explained in the message. This is one of those things that we can’t control we have to remember we’re dealing with illegal drugs and it’s really upsetting but I did everything correctly from my side so I don’t think it’s fair that I have to take a 200% loss (both the goods and the full refund) for 30 parcels. It’s a very common resolution for nearly all vendors, when parcels don’t arrive due to seizures, almost everyone offers 50% refund or reship. I know its something that we’re both not happy with but you can see from the tracking that the parcel was handed to post office on time but it’s just one of those unlucky things :( I’ve had almost 700 successful orders with hundreds of happy customers I would never wish this on anyone bro

Guys you can put whatever you like in your T&C’s but the only rules that count and are binding are LB’s

You can’t take a 200% loss. How do you work that out?…if Biggas are refunded then your loss is the value of the product. If you reship and keep the payment your loss is the value of the original product plus new postage.

Either way this one is on you. Biggas should dispute asap….

Boom boom boom let me here ya say polly, polleeeee. Or was it weyo 😁 👍

The voice of reason :)

The only thing is. It's illegal to do that. It has to be a customs officer that opens mail. Especially if its just because of a wrong address

This means that once the envelopes are sealed, neither Royal Mail or the intermediary companies delivering the mail to Royal Mail for final delivery are permitted to open them and assess the content. If a royal mail (special delivery) parcel is posted on Sunday, will it arrive on Monday or Tuesday?

Mate come on it clearly is not 30 parcels. We have 4/5 people complaining. And if you have 700 successful order you would have made a fortune on that. So 💯 refunds should not be a problem at all.

I really don't know what to believe but at this stage I am worried about my address now being on some sort of watch list. I would really like to make another order with one of my usual reputable vendors but I am worried.
Can anyone reassure me?

If I am understanding the explanation correctly the parcel was opened because there was no way of contacting the sender/receiver.
So why did they seize all the other packages. How are they connected to the opened one?

How did the post office know that the address was incorrect? The label had already been created online. If there was an address issue it would not have been noticed until delivery was attempted. Not at post office level. They just chuck it in a bag to be collected?? Correct me if I am wrong. I am just going from what I have seen with my own eyes at the post office when sending a parcel. It gets launched into a big white postal sack. Either that or I'm having some weird Mandela affect

It only takes one tosser at the post office to get suspicious and report it if someone walks in with 30 packets. If it went to the returns centre that would confirm it

Not on this one. There are 4/5 people complaining. It isn’t 30

police in this country don't have enough resources to investigate actual crimes. its very unlikely police will show up at your door for a packet of weed, and in the unlucky event they do, they cant prove anything anyway. anyone can send something to your address without your knowledge. most people don't get the knock on the door.

Look at the comment section please tell me how you got 4/5 people 😂 you’re the only person making up stories now believing your own bullshit. I’m trying to come up with a solution and you’re really just trying to spread a fake story

What! There are only 5 stating a missed package though right ? Comments yes but 5 maybe 6 now tops. No need for that when all I’m doing is counting them. Just going to remind you mate that I’m down on this because of you. I’d like to remind you also I am have not disrespected you at all throughout this and am right to be highly sceptical. I have not even left a review to damage your rating. You went awol.

I only ever had 2 issues with Pistach. First time, he simply hadn't sent the order (before Xmas) and waited until after New Year to send it. He ended up messing a few people but he did ship everythign eventually and I got a free 3.5.

Second time, the item (1st class) didn't arrive. Pistach resent 100% of the order, no questions asked. The initial order ended up turning up a few days later and Pistach were real cool about it.

I order NDD to protect myself. Your operations are not really my problem, as you say, it's an illegal business. But I did my part, paid for the safe option.

I also imagine that clients sometimes make mistakes with their addresses so if RM really opened those incorrectly labelled parcels, you'd be constantly in the same situation.

I was offered my order plus some for free initially about a week or so ago so would have had a bit more bud because of the trouble. This has been retracted to a 50% refund. The same Message must have been sent to everyone. In that case I would expect a 125% refund. Can’t make an offer like that then retract it.

I hadn't been offered anything. Only comms I had was the last message about the 30 seized parcels. Also surprised there aren't more people complaining apart from us 4-5 fuckers...
My tracking still hasn't updated and still shows it's at the post office btw...

Can you honestly see someone walking into a post office with 30 parcels of weed 🤣 I can’t. Or it’s ridiculously foolish anyway.

Same here. Nothing offered apart from the message today 50% refund. Like judge Judy says... if it does not make sense it's not the full truth. I am using a new vendor now. Parcel came next day not with RM. Good shake and price. I am waiting for RealD to come back. Strainsburys has lost my trust. I am still keeping my dispute and I am not accepting the 50% offer. Gutted as I thought I had found a new vendor. Weed was really good.

Totally agree, addressed compromised, he should refund me 300%

I ordered on the 25th, had the tracking update say it's accepted at the post office, but then it didn't move and I had no further tracking updates until the 7th. Sit tight people, all the best.
A friend of mine ordered after me and received their order from strainsburys in a few days, despite living much further away. Just the way it is at royal mail right now.

Yes the pre purchased special delivery has been accepted. Your parcel is not anywhere near Royal Mail if it still state”sender preparing item” honestly all you need to do is look it up as I did. And it’s in rm faq also. These are not at any post office if it states “sender preparing item” the shop is shut over what 4 missed deliveries? I don’t think so.

hi mate, my tracking says my parcel has been delivered to a PO box by the ''national return center'' can only assume I'm not getting my order now, strainsburys not reading messages. Will have to dispute soon...

Dispute immediately

That's exactly what mine said. I called and she told me it was a hazardous or prohibited substance and for me to contact the sender.

The packages were not sent to Royal Mail. The status is still sender preparing item. Special deliveries were purchased online but remain unused.
That was 9 days ago now. Specials do not go missing especially 4/5 of them. They simply were not posted and still haven’t been as per the Royal Mail tracking. No comms or update and shop is closed too. Not good for us waiting as this one looks a dead end I’m afraid.

3.3 UK Postal Packets. If Royal Mail staff identify a postal packet that is suspected of containing prohibited drugs and the packet has not come from abroad and is not destined to go out of the United Kingdom the Police and the Security Helpdesk (020 7239 6655) or out of hours, Central Postal Control on 0345 266 1060 should be contacted.

3.4 The Police Officer attending Royal Mail premises should be shown the suspect postal packet. Without opening it, the Police Officer should confirm whether the postal packet contains prohibited drugs. If there is a positive identification by the Police Officer or by a Police sniffer dog that prohibited drugs are present the Police should be informed that a controlled delivery can be facilitated by Royal Mail Security. Alternatively, they can remove the postal packet unopened after completing the receipt embedded below. (GS231 Receipt for Postal Item)

3.5 Where this is dealt with by CPC the actions taken will be entered on the CPC Log as a RM Security incident and reported to the Security Helpdesk.

3.6 If the Police Officer is unable to identify the contents of the unopened postal packet then Royal Mail Security can still arrange a controlled delivery.

3.7 A controlled delivery is one where either the Police deliver the postal packet as an agent of Royal Mail or the delivery is undertaken by a Royal Mail employee at a time known to the Police. Postal packets must not be delayed in order to facilitate a controlled delivery.

3.8 Should it be decided that a controlled delivery is the preferred course of action the Security Helpdesk should be contacted on 0207 239 6655 who may make further arrangements with the relevant Investigation Team Manager.

3.9 If the Police contact Royal Mail alleging that a specific postal packet is suspected of containing prohibited drugs then arrangements should be made for the Police to attend the relevant location and identify the postal packet. When the postal packet has been identified the process in 3.4 and 3.5 should be followed.

3.10 A postal packet which is suspected of containing prohibited drugs should not be opened at any time by a Royal Mail employee. Once a postal packet has been identified by an expert as containing prohibited drugs then the Police or Customs should be allowed to deal with the packet as they think fit. A Police Officer, Customs Officer or sniffer dog will be regarded as an expert for the purposes of the identification of prohibited drugs.

Saw the other topic about Strainsburys and have gone ahead and made a dispute. No comms from the vendor does not look good

Hi, I have raised a dispute but not sure from the message what else I need to do. If anything?

Your dispute will be resolved by auto settlement borg 16 days from it being raised. You don’t need to do anything else but if it turns up or you agree a reship or other resolution then you can cancel it.

Good luck 👍

Thank you 🙏

What happens if the reship doesn't show up and the time for dispute has passed?
Thanks

You can extend the period of the dispute whilst awaiting the reship.

Just made a dispute as well, no point waiting any longer, especially with all the strikes due to take place next week. Shame because my first 2 orders with Strainsburys were excellent and I thought I'd found my new to go vendor :(

I made an off site order with him (yes i understand the risks) after the 27th for 350£ and received it the next day so don’t understand why he’d scam for on-site and not off site with no consequences. like my 5th order with him with no issues

Is what it is I guess facts are facts tho. These parcels didn’t make it to the post office as they are all still “sender preparing item” which means the items were not collected or dropped off.The special deliveries were purchased but remain unused. They just didn’t get sent. Not something the buyer should be involved in. Now the vendor is gone and left people totally stitched up. Facts are facts and we’ve been stitched up

Agreed I like to think it's all down to RM but at the end of the day the vendor has gone radio silent, must see these posts and choosing not to respond.
I am out money so don't have much other choice unless the vendor makes contact with some reassurances.

I would have been prepared to wait and not dispute as well but the lack of comms is worrying...
But I really can't understand why woulda vendor work so hard on their ratings to fuck it up over 4 orders. Surely it's not worth it, must be more to the story... I'll give it until Monday and will dispute if no updates.

Yeah i see your point here. No harm in starting a dispute though at all as when you receive it if that happens you can cancel the dispute.

We have been left with no other choice. Stuffed for Xmas now too.

So what happens next? Is there a security concern?

UPDATE: saw this post.

http://societytxpukcvelwgkcfb76yni5a7n5iiueaxcwwgr73koycicrxqad.onion/viewSubject/p/4572007

Looks like it is widespread. Any NDDs that fell on "strike days" have gone into a backlog and any new NDDs will receive priority.

So I am just going to sit tight and hope for arrival before xmas.

Ok - I got through to RM helpline. They didn't know anything that we don't know. They just said that the sender should contact the post office to see has this package been set aside and never collected. If the post office claim it was sent then they need to start the "lost package claim" process.

I am still waiting for my delivery, I was encouraged to use contact directly for cheaper prices, I feel like a mug now as I can't raise a dispute, gutted 😞

I am so sorry to hear that. I was also tempted to use that route for my next order. But after this issue here I am not going to use them anymore. I was on their side at the beginning but now what they are saying makes no sense so my faith has also been lost.

Guys, going off site is a major taboo around here and Strainsbury are totally out of order for suggesting it.
If LB see this they will be history…..

Add me to the list of goods not received :( same message as everyone else has got. I have disputed these buys as I'm not happy with 50% refund!!

I have ordered from other vendors and it hasn’t turned up,past 3 weeks it’s now 10/12/22 and nothing comes,I only ordered once from Strainsburys and arrived no problems,I’ve ordered from eBay and that hasn’t even arrived,I think it’s RM the problem.

Nah mate, there’s more to it…

add me to the list of buyers that have not received goods :(

The last digits on my tracking number is
4658 9GB has anyone else got the same tracking number?

Tracking history
Monday 28 November 2022
17:10
Sender preparing item
16:42
Accepted at Post Office

How is the sender preparing item @17.10 but @16.42 accepted at post office ???

Pre paid special deliveries online is how. Then they get collected. Nobodies taking 30 items to a post office. It simply isn’t true

You’re obviously new to this. If you think we pay online using our own bank details so it can be tracked directly back to us you must be dreaming. Track any order you’ve made using LB and you’ll see that the first stage is “dropped at post office”. I don’t know why you’re making things up when the proof is in front of you.

We always pay with cash when doing special delivery. So no trace is left behind

If that is the the case can you clarify how the 30 packages have been connected to the one they opened? I initially assumed they were all connected to one online account.
If I understand this I will be slightly more satisfied.

hey can confirm this is normal for royalmail tracking to show out of sequence. happens on all the tracking Ive had recently.

Your item was delivered to your PO Box on ** 02-12-2022. ** is what mine says

No mine is 4664 6GB

Delivery address have now been deleted on these orders after 7 days by lb. so unless the exact same pre purchased special delivery is used then no one is getting their orders.

I have just raised a dispute for mine. I have never disputed anything ever so I feel bad. But no communication, vendor been online but not read messages. I understand the stress it must cause but I also have to protect myself. You only have so long to dispute don't you? If it all gets sorted I will cancel the dispute. It's my 2nd order with these guys as my usual vendor RealD is not available. First order was brilliant, strong smoke and great service. So I shall leave it in the hands of the stoner gods now lol

Don't feel bad . You deserve dispute ! You put your heart in trust in vendors like my self . It hurts when you don't get order . One vendor messed me about but Polly puff advised me to dispute before time ran out and I did it felt good getting my money back. Things have been happening with royal mail but usually the good vendors get those items to you wether 1 day 2 day 4 day 6 day . Some 11 day . But seems as this time it's not gone all your ways . Gt . Canadian. Gc. Pistach . Have all been success for me with receiving. More vendors also . PEOPLE READ REVIEWS MORE OFTEN IT GIVES YOU SO MUCH INSIGHT INTO WHAT VENDORS HAVE MOST TROUBLES . That's advice ! Bless all

Have you managed to get any answers? What are you planning to do next? I can't place another order this month so relying on this one to arrive asap. Please update us, thanks.

I am sitting on hold to their helpline for the last hour. I think this is the only way to contact them. I'll hold on a little longer but might need to try tomorrow morning first thing. If asked I am going to say it's an eBay order.