Bud trimmers are a special bread of pruning shears. High powered and fast for larger grows. These trimming machines come in handy when you have a large crop.
They can range in prices from the thousands to the hundreds making it confusing to figure out which trimmer is right for you. Hopefully, our bud trimmer reviews can help shed some light on the matter.
With a large crop however you don’t want to put your freshly grown plants into a poor trimmer and destroy a percentage of your crop due to a poor quality bud trimmer machine.
Creative Harvest Solutions Diamond Edge Dry Trimmer
Features:
The Diamond Edge Dry Trimmer is designed with the customer in mind and is manufactured with high quality stainless steel, anodized aluminum and durable hardware built to exacting standards. The triple brush assembly design gently tumbles each batch of untrimmed buds while maintaining constant 100% contact with the horizontal cutting surface. This action, combined with the rotation of our unique diamond edge disc, equates to 9400 scissor-like cuts per minute. With extremely high efficiency and extremely short time, the final product reaches the quality you expect. Not only are the buds close to hand-pruned quality, but the trimmed leaves are also close to processor-ready. This trimmer has the easiest cleaning in the industry, thanks to the machine’s ability to be inverted for quick and ergonomic cleaning.
ECO Farm 18inch Table Automatic Leaf Trimmer Machine
Features:
This ECO Farm Bud Trimmer is a great device for trimming and shaping flowers, buds and spices. This powerful trimmer features a maintenance-free motor and sharp stainless steel (3) blades. Automatic output when finished, it comes with a clean and environmentally friendly tote bag; No litter left behind. It trims excess leaves and stems quickly, efficiently and preciously. Easily foldable design for easy transport or storage. And the speed of this bud trimmer is adjustable. High-speed blades and fans trim spin, fluff, and ultimately eject trimmed plants.
CenturionPro Dry Batch Trimmer Model 1
Features:
The CenturionPro Bud Trimmer is the most cost-efficient dry batch trimmer on the market today. Designed to harvest delicate dried flowers, this model has a trimming capacity of up to 8 pounds per hour (dry) so it’s perfect for home growers and small harvests looking to simultaneously streamline their processes. The CenturionPro DBT Model 1 Dry Batch Bud Trimming Machine protects your precious terpine profiles featuring soft tumble technology that applies the perfect cut every time, regardless of flower size, shape, or density. The CenturionPro DBT Model 1 offers an optional Kief Filter Screen that collects any trichomes that detach, maximizing your harvest’s value. These dry batch trimmers are constructed from high-quality stainless steel, using the best brand name parts to bring you an elite harvesting solution built to industry compliance.
What to Know Before You Buy a Bud Trimmer Machine
The three basic questions you should ask yourself before you get a machine are:
How much do I typically harvest?
How often do I harvest?
What’s my budget for this?
Just a little FYI, if your answer to all three of those is “not a lot,” go for a basic hand-crank bowl trimmer. If you want the next step up, spring for the automatic.
Types of bud trimmers
Bud trimmers come in a handful of different styles. Most of them use a straight blade with a grate above it to trim the plants. They are all made of stainless steel for easy cleaning.
Bowl Trimmers
A bowl trimmer is made of a stainless steel bowl, a blade, a grate, and a clear plastic shell on top with a crank. You put your buds on top of the grate and turn the crank, this pushes your buds near the blade, collecting trim in the steel bowl.
Most manual trimmers are bowl trimmers. There are also electric trimmers that use the bowl design for trimming, even if they’re a bit more cylindrical in shape.
Cylindrical Trimmers
Cylindrical trimmers are electric trimming machines. It’s made of a metal drum that has a stainless steel blade with a grate on top. To trim, you turn the motor on and hold your bud on the grate.
We have not included any of these on the list. They offer a greater level of precision than an automated bowl trimmer, but it’s tedious to hold every single bud on the grate for trimming.
Electric Handheld Trimmers
These are basically your standard trim scissors, only motorized. Overall, we do not consider this the best style of bud trimmer, but some people strongly prefer trimming plants by hand.
Tumbler Trimmer
A tumbler trimmer is one of the few trimmers that does not use a straight blade. It’s got a stainless steel tumbler that spins around, gently pulling the trim off your buds.
Tumbler trimmers are some of the best trimming machines for medium to high yields. Most can only do dry trimming, though an industrial-grade one should work as a wet and dry trimmer.
Power Source
Trimming machines have two sources of power: an electrical outlet and your arm. Even though electric trimmers might seem more appealing, the manual is one of the best trimmers a first-time buyer can purchase.
On average, a manual trimmer costs ½ or even ⅓ what an automatic would. They weigh a lot less, so if you want to loan your trimmer to friends, the manual is more portable. If you’re harvesting a pound or less, a hand crank trimmer will handle the job just fine.
Trimming Capacity
Some trimming machines can handle more than others. For the average home grower, an electric bowl trimmer can handle whatever you throw at it.
If you’re regularly harvesting multiple pounds of plants, a tumbler trimmer will serve you well. That said, they’re one of the higher ends of trimmers. We recommend them more for experienced growers.
Wet and Dry Trimming
Not all trimming machines can handle wet trimming. Those buds get super sticky which can gunk up the cutting blade of the trimmer.
Most bowl-style trimmers can trim wet or dry plants. That said, trimming wet plants means you need to clean the machine more frequently to keep it running. If your bud is too dry, it can get messed up by the machine. Each trimming machine has a “sweet spot” for moisture content.
Conclusion
With all the great brands and features mentioned, choosing the best trimmer ultimately comes down to what’s best for your needs. Although you can rest assured that all the trimmers mentioned in this article are the best in the business.