HØJ are a small Danish outfit who decided a grinder shouldn’t just grind, it should hand you a measured dose without the mess. That’s the whole pitch, and they’ve built one product family around it. People in Australia found them because they were sick of the usual routine: grind, tip it out, lose half of it on the bench, scrape the rest into the oven with a fingertip. The KLIP does away with most of that.
They’re not cheap, and they don’t pretend to be. What you’re paying for is clever engineering and a build that feels like it’ll outlast you. Here’s the range, honestly.
The KLIP grinder
The KLIP is the one everyone means when they say HØJ. It’s a grinder, but with a sliding mechanism that lets you push out a measured line of ground herb straight into a capsule or chamber. You grind as normal, then slide it open over whatever you’re loading and it dispenses a neat dose. No tipping, no tapping it on the table, no herb under your nails.
It’s aircraft-grade aluminium, the teeth are sharp, and the action is satisfying in a way that’s hard to explain until you’ve held one. Conduction, convection, none of that applies here, it’s a grinder, not a heater. It suits the daily user who loads a portable or desktop every session and wants the loading bit to stop being annoying.
The quirks? It’s heavy, noticeably heavier than a normal four piece, so it’s more a desk-at-home tool than a pocket one. There’s a learning curve to the slide, you’ll over or under dose for the first week. And it’s a fair chunk of money for a grinder, no way around that. Worth it if you grind every day, overkill if you grind once a fortnight.
Since it’s not a vaporiser, there’s no temperature to set on the KLIP itself. But the dose it gives you suits the usual herb range, somewhere around 180-210°C in whatever you’re loading, depending on whether you’re after flavour at the lower end or bigger clouds up top.
The CNØC dispenser
The CNØC is the companion piece, a standalone dispenser for herb you’ve already ground. Think of it as the dosing half of the KLIP on its own. You fill it, and it pushes out a measured amount when you want it, so loading a vaporiser becomes a one-handed job rather than a careful spoon-and-spill exercise.
It suits someone who grinds a batch ahead of time and just wants clean, repeatable loading through the day. Again, no heating, no conduction or convection, it’s purely a dispenser. Same herb temperatures apply once it’s loaded into your device, the usual 180-210°C band.
Honestly, most people start with the KLIP and only add the CNØC if they really love the workflow. It’s a nice-to-have rather than a must.
Living with one
The good news is these come apart for cleaning, which matters more than it sounds. Resin builds up on any grinder and a sticky one is a miserable one. The KLIP unscrews so you can get at the teeth and the dispensing channel, and a soak in isopropyl plus a brush brings it back to new. Do it every few weeks if you grind daily. The aluminium handles a clean far better than the cheap painted grinders that flake.
A small tip: keep the slide mechanism clear of grit, since that’s where gunk gathers and starts to drag. Thirty seconds with a brush saves you a stiff action later.
Which one suits you
Quick version. Want one tool that grinds and doses with no mess: KLIP. Already grinding in batches and want clean, measured loading: add the CNØC. Just after a cheap grind now and then: honestly, neither, a basic grinder will do.
If you’re weighing up grinders in general, have a read of All About Grinders and Why A Good Quality Grinder Is Essential To Vaping. You can also browse our Herb Grinders and the broader Accessories range. For other quality grinder makers, see Santa Cruz Shredder and Space Case.