Huh, never realized so many people used bongs as 1 hitters... I've always packed it the same as I pack a pipe. 
Grind or Not
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Huh, never realized so many people used bongs as 1 hitters... I've always packed it the same as I pack a pipe.
Nah dude, bongs can be used that way but normally its not that great. Your force normally pulls a ton of green weed through when you stuff it, that and it tastes like shit after 1-2 pulls if your smoking a bong and working on something by all means stuff the bitch, but if you got time grind up a nice chunk and just use pinches you'll notice a less rezin tasting high that and green hits everytime is wonderful!
gdbud
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There is two reasons I like single hits one no stale smoke on your hit and the second is when you pack a bowl the first hit or two gets the bowl hot enough to vaporizes most of the THC out of the bowl then the hits after that is just shitty smoke. That is why every likes to hit the GREEN.
Ihop
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I never ground my herb till I started vaping, about a year ago, I vape exclusively now with the occasional edible (mostly firecrackers). I have a dedicated electric coffee grinder, which is used to grind the herb for the edibles. Has a bonus, there's kief all over the inside......... yum. 
Peace.
Peace.
When grindin for joints, bowls, smoke gets a little smoother or whatever... And it burns better. Grindin is great when your in a hurry or got some really chunky bud. But the loss of resin doesn't always add up to it being easier, at least not in my book (;
I find alot of resin gets stuck inside the grinder, and I don't overgrind, just enough for the calyxes to become more or less seperate, if that!
And I've looked several times at these grinded buds with a jewelers magnifying glass, and a lot of resin is simply not on the calyxes. Maybe it's in there somewhere, but I'm fairly positive that alot of resin is lost to the grinder, for no reason other than comfort and ease... Patients and regular users alike might enjoy an electric grinder, it's also easier to scrape out the resin-leftovers from the lid/grindbowl.
A titanium Spacecase grinder w. sieve might do better, but I like to cut buds with scissors, or gently seperate it with fingertips or a big set of tweezers, that way I know and can see all the sticky goodness is there and not in the greedy grinder!
Grinder...always. I use a 4 piece grinder with a kief screen in it. I end up collecting a bunch of yummy kief before too long. If you're not grinding, not only is your stash less than perfect uniformity, but you're also losing out on lots of good kief.
scissors... until i found out that grinders exist
(IMO the plastic grinders are the best... because they are easily washable)
(IMO the plastic grinders are the best... because they are easily washable)
All you have to do with a metal one is put it in some iso for a little bit and it looks and works like new. It's so much easier than cleaning a smoking device, I think because it's all fresh plant material on it.
TheGreenReaper
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works great. I dont understand the talk of how it makes a hit harsher. The more oxygen or "air" something receives, the hotter and cleaner it will burn. Kinda the untended fire smokes everyone out of camp versus hot and burning fire. The smoldering fire is typically out of air, releasing dark, thick, acrid smoke. A well tended fire has very little smoke (depending upon the fuel, i know -dont start with that - that is a rabbit trail). When you grind the bud, it tends to allow it to "aerate" well upon the combustion and draw. It burns cleaner, purer, and faster. If you pack it in there with your finger, it never "shoots" down the stem or whatever. It does burn faster, so if you arent ready and practiced - it will choke you out, you cough, you get really high and tears stream down your cheeks, and then you think - oh my god that was harsh, I dont like that. You just took too much in.
I dont even hold the lighter flame to the bowl, I hold it like 3 mm above the bowl, draw lightly, and then the heat ignites the bowl, and I let the lighter go off - no more butane sucking down with a black smoldery bud that is burning around the outside edges, but not in the center.
I find grinding more efficient, more flavorful, and I get higher than the unground weight equivalent in a nug.
Edit: For the sake of discussion context, I am bong and vape only. No pipes or joints.
Onward.
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Lord Humungus
did you get to fire up your binger with more yumm yumms yet?
we ain't a bunch of jarheads you know.
I did, and it's wonderful. I've tried grinding, and pinching, doing party bowls and one hitters... I'm still a fan of grinding up a bowl and loading it up.
I've never been very adept at telling the specific taste/smell of bud, so maybe that's got something to do with the fact that I don't have the patience for packing one hit at a time.
Reefdoggie
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Never had any need for a grinder till I started growin. Although resistant at first, I became a convert when I tried using a little coffee grinder I had layin around. Now use it all the time cuz the smoke burns even, no messy fingers, and its a lot quicker. The trick is to NOT grind yer shizz into dust.
Young Pumpkin
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I honestly didn't know anyone did this. Just never liked breaking up my bud. I can honestly say I haven't rolled a joint in 20 years after being self sufficient for many more. Maybe thats when I went to an indica strain. 'Tis a bit hard to get a good rolling texture with some buds I think. Seems easier tho just to break\cut off a chunk, stick in pipe, light. I just use a plain ole tobacco pipe to be discreet. I gotta get out more maybe.
