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Solid stainless steel three-piece grinder, machined in the United States.
Key facts
Full description
Who this is for: someone buying once. This is the most expensive grinder on the site and the reason is material, not features.
Aluminium grinders are lighter and cheaper and most people are perfectly happy with one. Steel does not soften, does not gall where the threads meet, and does not wear its teeth round over years of use. Herb Ripper say the material is medical grade stainless steel.
The redesigned tooth layout gives a fine to medium hybrid grind and is intended to resist jamming, which is the usual complaint about steel grinders.
The grind screen is a removable plate — the perforated disc the material passes through, which sets how fine the grind is. Yours comes with the medium plate fitted, which is the standard one. Herb Ripper make Fine and Coarse plates for the Classic as separate parts, so the grind can be changed later without buying another grinder. They say the Classic plates fit only the newer SS Classic with the HR logo on the top, and that Classic and XL plates are not interchangeable.
The weight cuts both ways. 318 g does the work for you and stays put on a surface; it is also noticeably heavy in a pocket. If you want something to carry, this is not it.
In the box
Specifications
Solid stainless steel three-piece grinder, machined in the United States.
Key facts
Full description
Who this is for: someone buying once. This is the most expensive grinder on the site and the reason is material, not features.
Aluminium grinders are lighter and cheaper and most people are perfectly happy with one. Steel does not soften, does not gall where the threads meet, and does not wear its teeth round over years of use. Herb Ripper say the material is medical grade stainless steel.
The redesigned tooth layout gives a fine to medium hybrid grind and is intended to resist jamming, which is the usual complaint about steel grinders.
The grind screen is a removable plate — the perforated disc the material passes through, which sets how fine the grind is. Yours comes with the medium plate fitted, which is the standard one. Herb Ripper make Fine and Coarse plates for the Classic as separate parts, so the grind can be changed later without buying another grinder. They say the Classic plates fit only the newer SS Classic with the HR logo on the top, and that Classic and XL plates are not interchangeable.
The weight cuts both ways. 318 g does the work for you and stays put on a surface; it is also noticeably heavy in a pocket. If you want something to carry, this is not it.
In the box
Specifications