Grinding Accessory Reviews

50/Fifty Combo Plates: $15
+ metal holds up ok
- thin metal, plastic wears away fast, expensive
Rating: 5

50/Fifty Climax: $10.95
+ All metal, anti-rocker well
- VERY thin-- enough for normal bolts
Rating: 5

50/50 Rene Hulgreen's Flaming Danes: $8
+ Metal, Nice Groove, Orange
Rating: 8

50/50 Jon Julio's Blue Jons: $8
+ Metal, Nice Groove, Blue
Rating: 8

50/50 Wedges: $12.95
+ Nice for curbs/ledges, 1/4 inch plastic
- ??
Rating: 8

Black Hole Plates: $10
+ Thick plastic
- Small groove, wears fast
Rating: 4

CDR Reppo (1" and 3/8" available): $8
+ Made of recycled plastic, slide nicely on most everything
- Can't quite fit washers inside of the groove.
Rating: 9

CDS 3/8 Bullet Plates: $8.99
+ Clear, slides well, cheap
Rating: 7

CDS Blue Angels: $10
+ Faast, thick, nice groove
- None??!!
Rating: 10

CDS Bullet Plates: $10
+ Fast, Clear
- Wear down fast
Rating: 6

CDS Burgundy Plates: $8.99
+ Longer wear than other, Fast, Flexable
- Funny color
Rating: 8.5

CDS 3/8 Grease Slicks: $8.99
+ Real fast, pretty cheap
Rating: 8

CDS PMS Plates 1/2": $9.99
+ Long lasting, good for most surfaces
- Too thick
Rating: 6.5

CDS 3/8 Woodie Plates: $8.99
+ Long Lasting, solid, cheap, good on rails
Rating: 8

CDS Detroit 3/8" 5" Slot Style Grind Plates: $7.99
+ White, slides over more stuff
+ Thick, hard plastic
+ Good groove
+ Flush mount-as good as Scribe
- N/A
Rating: 9

CDS Detroit 5" Slot Style Grind Plates : $6.99
+ White or Black
+ Long wearing plastic
+ Nice groove
- Not too thick (1/4)
Rating: 7

CDS Detroit Grindstones 52mm : $23.99
+ Slide *faaaaaast*
+ Beginners can't get it wrong
- No wheels, sometimes awkward
Rating: 5

CDS Detroit 3 Axle grind plate: $??.??
+ Slide nice and fast
- Odd grooves make this only for a 3 wheeler or goofy 4 wheeler
Rating: 5

CDS Soul Grind Plates: $7-8
+ Slide fast, protect boot well
- Hard to install, very hard to install
Rating: 8

CDS Toeplates: $5.99
+ Thick, strong, protect toe very well, cheap
- Hard to put on, nothing to protect toes from them
Rating: 3

CDS Rolling Stones: $22.95
+ Plastic grind stones, 45 or 52mm
- Needs bearings
Rating: 6

Commit Wraparounds: $20
+ Thick Steel, grooved
+ Works with all full size wheels
- Wraparounds, sucks for curbs
- Works on few skates
Rating: 9 Vert, 5 Street

Disfunctional Backslide Plates: $15
+ Really fast, kinda durable, nice groove
- Too fast for some rails
Rating: 8

Extreme Skate Products (ESP) Wraparounds: $20.00
+ thick steel
+ slides well on curbs and rails
- kinda sluggish on some curbs
- sort of expensive
Rating: 7

Gandi Ent. 3/8" Plastic Plates: $7
+ Slides like buttah on any surface, has a large sliding area
+ They are be custom made to your ideal groove setups. - Wears kinda fast
Rating: 8.5

Grizzly Bear Bullet Plates: $15
+ Nice groove, decent slide on rails
- Wear fast, not very slick, expensive
Rating: 4

Hardcore Grind Plates: $10
+ 1/2 in, cool colors, big groove
- Wear away fast
Rating: 7

Hurricane Grind Plates (By Brian Bostic): $10
+ Plastic, deep groove, thick, long
- Groove may be too deep, costs more than others
Rating: 9

Lazzy Legs Bridge Style (Wraparounds): $?
+ Thick, can be trimmed to fit any skate
- Metal, Drags on tight turns and power slides
Rating: 7

Lazzy Legs Slot Style Plates: $20
+ comes with 4 plates, protects bottom of frame
+ can be used as break
- No pre-groove, expensive
Rating: 7

Mid Coast SK8 Dude Plates: $7 for 1/4 or 3/8
+ 100% recycled plastic, cool colors b/c of plastic
+ It has a nice groove
Rating: 9

Public Defenders Snitch Grind Plates: $9.00
+ All metal and grooved
- The groove is small, and they are slow, shops sell these for $22!!
Rating: 5

Scribe Combo Plates: $17
+ Plastic and metal plates
- Metal sometimes catches on curbs, dont need long bolts
Rating: 9

Scribe Plastic Plates: $7.99
+ Platic, pregrooved, sunken holes so you can use normal axels
- Its a curb groove, not a rail groove, too thick
Rating: 7

Scribe Metal Plates: $7.99
+ Teal or Maroon
+ Senate-like groove
+ Wears nice
- A bit thin (2 or 3 washers)
Rating: 7

Senate Blocks: $10
+ Senate made
- Wear fast, break on the bottom under the bolt
Rating: 3

Senate Plastic/Metal Wrenches: $18.99
+ Combo of plastic and metal, thick
- Cost more than normal
Rating: 8

Senate Wrenches: $12.95
+ Gold is nice color, Green too soft, Silver is Grey, Black okay
+ Scribe-like groove
+ Thick
Rating: 9

Slam Products London Bridge Grind Plate: $19.99
+ Thick Bridge metal, slides well
- Needs long bolts
Rating: 8

Sonic Metal Grind Plates (1994-1995): $7.99
- Crappy metal
- One slot only-fits few frames
- Thin plate
- Not pregrooved
Rating: -5

Sonic Metal Plates: $10
+ Pregrooved, nice gold color.
- Thin compared to other plates, groove not very large.
Rating: 6