SLX 2.0 4-piece Herb Grinder Review
The Case for a Good Grinder
I am often amazed at the amount of people who will spend over $500 on a new vaporizer but will buy the cheapest grinder they see without the slightest bit of involved thought on its selection. That’s kinda like putting lawn mower tires on a Ferrari! The grinder is the first step in your cannabis experience, why not treat it just as importantly?
Vaporizers perform their best with a nice even, fluffy grind to help achieve maximum surface area and airflow. There are a few grinders out there capable of producing a good even grind and a lot that definitely are not up to the task (i.e. those freebie acrylic pucks). Regardless of cost, grinders all share one common fault: they get dirty pretty quick.
A Slick Solution
Sticky resin from your flowers works itself into just about anywhere and everywhere it can, causing your grinder to eventually start to bind and become harder to turn. A grinder that doesn’t turn smoothly takes a lot more hand strength to prepare your flower which may hinder those with problems like arthritis. Cleaning your grinder can easily waste an hour or two of your life that you will never get back.
The SLX 2.0 4-piece Herb Grinder (pronounced “Slicks”) has completely solved this problem while also managing to deliver that perfect grind! Using a proprietary non-stick ceramic coating molecularly bonded to super strong 7075 T6 aluminum, the SLX is manufactured for both extreme durability and extreme slickness, making it the last grinder you will ever need!
The Slick Stuff
The SLX 2.0 is arguably the smoothest grinder you will ever use! Even the stickiest of buds failed to adhere to any part of the device, and the few crumbs were easily dislodged with a slight tap. Your SLX Grinder comes with a uniquely shaped pick and a small plastic scraper to help gather up all the fluffy green.
A quick few turns of the single threaded piece provides access to your bounty, and the lift out stainless-screen makes this one of the quickest grinders to empty with no chance whatsoever of spilling your hard earned kief. Two Rare Earth Magnets keep the SLX 2.0 securely closed so there is no chance of losing your precious material.
The SLX 2.0 4-piece herb grinder is available in 2 sizes and 7 colors for your choosing. Both the 2.5 inch and the 2-inch model are 20% shorter than most grinders due to their unique lift out screen, making them ultra-portable. SLX is so confident in their product that they put their contact info on the bottom of every grinder! If any part fails under normal use SLX will send a replacement part to you at no charge. That goes a long way to show their commitment to customer satisfaction!
Bottom Line
The SLX 2.0 will instantly become your favorite grinder the moment you use it! Its slippery-smooth non-stick coating barely requires any attention at all and the grind consistency is superb! Your herb just falls right out of the 55 razor sharp teeth leaving nothing behind. Despite its slickness, the grinder is surprisingly easy to grip thanks to slab cut and serrations. If you run through lots of herb this is the grinder for you! If you are a first-time buyer looking for the only grinder you will ever need, this is the grinder for you as well!
I found the grind consistency to work equally well for rolling as well as for most vaporizer use, although a select few of my vapes prefer a slightly smaller. If I could make a wish, I would wish for an SLX 3.0 grinder with swappable plates giving the ability to produce grinds of different consistencies. Regardless, the SLX 2.0 4-piece herb grinder is a true masterpiece of design that belongs in your hands.
I’m finding some rather blatant issues with the design of my SLX 2.4 after 6 months of use and wish I could take it back:
1). The body is WAY too short. The receiving bin fills in a single grind of 1/2-3/4g, so you can’t reload and grind multiple times without disassembling it and emptying it each time.
2). It is difficult to grasp the grinder because of it’s petite size and design of the rather small sections. It has fingertip indentions on it, but you can’t grind a full grind with your fingertips. With all the parts being so small and separation between the moving and stationary sections so minimal, you can’t get a good grip with your hands to give full power to the grind. I almost pull an opposing fingernail off trying to and tore it well into the quick! I’m a stout guy but my hands aren’t that large.
3). If you do fill the hopper to capacity and attempt to grind more than 3/4g at a time, you won’t be able to remove the base without pliers, as it cranks down the lower half such that it’s difficult to remove it.
4). BIGGEST ISSUE!! Besides the receiving cup being way too small to handle more than 1 grind, the screen holes are WAY too small to allow anything to pass through it! You end up having to invert the screen and banging what you can off of it while using the brush upside down, which defeats the whole purpose of having this feature in the grinder if it doesn’t function properly and efficiently. The screen is also NOT Non-stick, so it defeats the purpose. This is the biggest failure with this grinder! In nearly 6 months of daily use, it NEVER captures any kief except a bit that’s inside the cup!!!
5). The nonstick surface actually has worked quite well and has not worn in 6 months.
I am leaning toward hate on this thing now and wish I could get my money back! The ONLY thing it does properly and without aggravation is not get dirty. But, it’s lowest on my ratings of just about any grinder I’ve used in some 46 years of using them for this purpose!
If it had a better screen I could overlook some of the other issues and recommend it for personal use only for small grinds. But, it never collects kief, ever, and for this reason, it’s a subpar grinder at a premium price, and I just can’t recommend it.
Paul
Thanks for the extensive write up Paul. Sorry to hear about your issues with the grinder. I have had the v2.0 – 2.5 inch for a few years now and don’t have any of those problems. In fact, it’s still my go-to grinder. I wonder what changed? 🤔