The Cloudious9 weed grinder has a vibrating motor and a dispenser nozzle to fill bowls or vapes without opening the grinder. The Cloudious9 weed grinder, or the Tectonic9 as they call it, is funky and different. It’s a heavy grinder with a little side window and LED lighting to see the herb inside.
This is the same company that brought us the crazy vape with the built-in bubbler. This time Cloudious has combined a grinder with a vibrator and a windowed weed dispenser!
2024 update: TL;DR – If you’re looking for a great weed grinder, the Cloudious9 grinder is not it.
The Cloudious9 grinder is gimmicky and far from great. The battery is not replacable, the teeth get gunked up fast, and the grinder is a low quality accessory. The Cloudious9 grinder is junk.
Please see my updated list of the best weed grinders instead.
Original Cloudious9 Grinder Review Video
The Tectonic9 grinder is micro-USB powered, but the grinder itself is still an old-fashioned aluminum-toothed weed grinder. The power is used to vibrate and the vibrations are used to shake and pour your ground-up marijuana from the grinder into your bowl or vaporizer.
The Tectonic9 is $59 directly from the Cloudious9 website or Amazon (with 145 ratings and a 4-star reputation)
About the Grind and Weed Grinding Experience
This is where push comes to shove. The grinder itself is the Tectonic 9’s biggest shortcoming.
I found the teeth and grinding apparatus of the Tectonic 9 to get jammed up and require cleaning far too frequently. After grinding my first 5-8 grams of California top-shelf legal cannabis, the teeth and top rim of the grinder were so gummed up and gunked with grinder hash that I could barely turn the lid.
The grind consistency itself seems OK. It’s on the finer side and I typically prefer a medium grind, but I don’t have any issues with the actual grind consistency of the Tectonic9. I only have issues with how frequently this grinder needs to be cleaned and how poorly it functions while dirty.
About the Vibrating Weed Dispenser
This looked and felt gimmicky when I saw it online, but after trying it I think it’s pretty helpful.
When you push the button to activate the Tectonic9, the light comes on and the vibrating motor starts making your ground herb flow around the grinder like molten lava.
The grinder has a window and I like watching my weed flow around and work its way into the dispenser. Sometimes it takes an extra shake or jostle to get the action started, but it’s pretty straightforward.
The nozzle and door interface could certainly be improved, but overall they function nicely. The amount of spilled weed due to door mishaps is still likely lower than the amount of spilled weed due to old-school grinders and my finger-pinching methods.
Do I Recommend the Tectonic9 Grinder?
Not really.
It’s neat, and it does work, but I think more improvements need to be made to the grinder itself.
Weed grinders are a crucial element in my marijuana ritual and it is important to me that my weed grinder NEVER FAILS.
Grinders like the Brilliant Cut and Santa Cruz Shredder can grind through ounce after ounce after ounce and never require maintenance. They set the bar high for weed grinders.
Learn more about my weed grinder reviewing and testing criteria.
I bought one a few years ago after reading this review.
After about a year the battery died.
You can’t change the battery.
dammmmmnnn, that sucks – sorry to hear Walt. Surprised to hear you buying it after seeing the review, haha
Yea, your review left that out. Funny thing is that the issues you bring up are true but not really issues. Somehow the vibrating effect keeps the ground product loose enough to make a nice joint and a great draw. I liked it very much. Lack of a charging option was a huge surprise to this (past) user.