Santa Cruz Shredder Small 4-Piece Grinder

Santa Cruz Shredder · Small 4 Piece

The pocket size four piece, with a screen and a kief chamber under the teeth.

Santa Cruz has been building these in California since before most of the current grinder market existed, and the four piece small is the one people carry. Nineteen teeth across the lid and lower plate, cut to a patented profile that pulls flower through rather than compressing it, so the grind stays even and the lid keeps turning instead of binding halfway.

Under the teeth sits a mesh screen and a catch chamber, so kief collects as you go without any extra effort. The threading is cut deeper than the usual grinder thread and paired with a friction ring, so the halves seat cleanly and do not cross thread. A rare earth magnet holds the lid shut in a bag or a pocket. The outside is knurled the whole way round, which is what makes the small one turnable at this diameter.

The details

• Size1 5/8" x 1 3/4"
• PiecesFour, with screen and kief catch
• Teeth19 — 8 lower, 11 lid
• MaterialAnodized aluminum, ultrasonically cleaned
• ColorsBlack, Blue
• Made inSanta Cruz, California

Small or large

The small is the one that travels. If it mostly lives on a table, the large 3 piece is nearly twice the diameter with 36 teeth and a scoopable base, though it drops the kief screen. Four piece gets you kief, three piece gets you capacity and fewer parts to clean.

Teeth or milling

A toothed grinder shreds, which is what you want for packing a bowl tight. A Flower Mill crumbles instead, which suits rolling and keeps the material fluffier. Both live on the shelf here for different jobs, and how to choose a grinder walks through which one fits how you actually smoke.

Goes with

The rest of the range is on the Santa Cruz Shredder page, or browse every grinder we carry.