Discontinued The Grasshopper

[biohacker]

For sure killer, the problem isn't that we won't buy it but that hopper labs only offered it to u, lol

Part of the agreement of being a beta tester sometimes is hyping the product and posting pictures about it to help spread the word and advertise. I know it feels like a carrot dangling eh?

Not that I don't have the time to wait for it....both my GH's are still stuck in HL purgatory...for a week now, still in "testing"...

 

[vapviking]

I'm expecting a repaired Hopper back in hand tomorrow, which will be exactly 2 weeks to the day since I mailed it to HL. Not bad. This is only the second time (out of ten) that they have 'repaired' Hopper and 'tested', rather than 'replaced X'.

 

[voodoo_vape]

A bowl or two of Purple Elephant before I partake in some dabs. Watching the World Baseball Classic USA vs DR. Drinking a Double Nickel brewing Buffalo Nickel Stout aged in bourbon barrels .

Nice one!!! It's so nice seeing other fellow hoppers being beer fans as well!!
This one I haven't tried, but I must say that drinking ale and vaping is a damn nice combination.
My latest funky beer that I drank was DogC intergalactic stout @ 16%...!! Other than that, my IPA and ipm. stout list can get going forever...

Ps: St. Patrick's is almost here, cheers..

 

[MoltenTiger]

My hopper no longer auto times-out. If I click it on it seems to stay on indefinitely, I have noticed this a few times but kept forgetting about it as I'm always real hoppered when I leave it on.

Just now I felt some heat in my hand after palming the hopper for about a minute, maybe more.

It was still on and although the chamber was mostly already cooked it gave off a massive cloud after having a long time pre-heating...

I'm pretty sure this GH used to time-out before, but can't be certain...
Does your hopper stay on or time-out?

 

[duff]

Does your hopper stay on or time-out?

I don't think I ever kept it on long enough to check.

 

[voodoo_vape]

@MoltenTiger mine auto shuts off as it should. It should be at around 30-40" or so.. and yes, it barely feels warm when you just have it switched on without drawing.

 

[biohacker]

It should be at around 30-40" or so.

18 secs is the designed auto shutoff.

 

[MoltenTiger]

I don't think I ever kept it on long enough to check.

totally missing out, I left mine on accidentally before for about 10 minutes.
I wrote a whole spiel but I lost it, it was a bit of a ramble so an appropriate loss.

But my hopper is killing me right now, giving me clouds bordering combusting GH level, which are A grade quality.
It's probably on the way out, but I'ma let it take me down with it.

What a pity about safety cause this is how the GH should be, it needs to pre-heat to equilibrium just like any vape for peak performance (read the threads, there are beer coolers on EQs and stuff). When you get it there it's fucking amazing.
I get combustion sized clouds, like thick white silky bastards straight from the get go (it actually dies down as the hit goes on, probably the difference between it and Sublimator level) and after one hit the chamber is still green, and I can get two or three more big proper hits.
I'd say 30% of my GH life, maybe even 50% as been like this, it's a great time. The remainder has been still better than my EQ so I'm happy, but the irrationally rich version of myself in a multiverse owns the Sublimator too.

Anyone want to place bets on how many days my Ti will last, or if I'll get my previous warranty (that I still have here lol) back in time? Odds are bad

 

[duff]

Next is my home rigged Ball Jar bubbler.

Love it.

A bowl or two of Purple Elephant before I partake in some dabs. Watching the World Baseball Classic USA vs DR. Drinking a Double Nickel brewing Buffalo Nickel Stout aged in bourbon barrels .

Always love your pics and pairings.
Funny but I enjoy the vaping part so much I don't linger on it as an activity. I do moreso with my Vapcap and Sticky Brick, but even with those I tend to be done in a minute or two.
Damn lack of self-control.

Anyone want to place bets on how many days my Ti will last

For the past few weeks I too had been marveling about the Hopper's performance.
Wait for it...RMA last week.

Sending @MoltenTiger good vibes from the steel city (misnomer).

 

[vapviking]

Anyone want to place bets on how many days my Ti will last, or if I'll get my previous warranty (that I still have here lol) back in time? Odds are bad

If one is coming back soon, failure of the other is imminent.
Good on you to go down with the sinking ship!
But do try to turn it off now and then.

 

[MoltenTiger]

If one is coming back soon, failure of the other is imminent.
Good on you to go down with the sinking ship!
But do try to turn it off now and then.

It'll come back soon-ish, after they receive it and service it, and after I send it. It'll be a month at least and cost me a stick of weed haha. Then this one will die, hopefully it lasts a month.

And yeah, I'm not purposely trying to kill my unit, quite the opposite in fact.

However it seems that it is almost certified for these units to fail, whose experience differs?

As a daily driver through glass these things get hammered and can only cope for some time. It's great that we can send them away for service. It'd be even greater if the experience in-between was consistent, but there is clear fluctuation of performance with the GH.

Still no other vape really tempts me (except that I will be getting a Sup3), there are far too many compromises to have a robust system doing what the hopper does almost robustly. Having two is a blast, I just shouldn't have held onto a broken spare for over a month
Damn that WPA! It was supposed to be released already, and my hopper was supposed to be on the way back to me with two tapered ends

 

[Baron23]

My hopper no longer auto times-out. If I click it on it seems to stay on indefinitely, I have noticed this a few times but kept forgetting about it as I'm always real hoppered when I leave it on.

Just now I felt some heat in my hand after palming the hopper for about a minute, maybe more.

It was still on and although the chamber was mostly already cooked it gave off a massive cloud after having a long time pre-heating...

I'm pretty sure this GH used to time-out before, but can't be certain...
Does your hopper stay on or time-out?

No, I have never had my GH time out. This what I could find on their site

 

[MonsterWithoutBorders]

What a ride this vape gives. This is way better than the news. This vape is in its own class of greatness when it decides to be. America is great again it produced the hopper.

Evo adjusted thoughts

 

[disGRUNTled]

Nice one!!! It's so nice seeing other fellow hoppers being beer fans as well!!
This one I haven't tried, but I must say that drinking ale and vaping is a damn nice combination.
My latest funky beer that I drank was DogC intergalactic stout @ 16%...!! Other than that, my IPA and ipm. stout list can get going forever...

Ps: St. Patrick's is almost here, cheers..

Yeah mang, I chose 2 very expensive vices weed & craft beer ........

Always love your pics and pairings.
Funny but I enjoy the vaping part so much I don't linger on it as an activity. I do moreso with my Vapcap and Sticky Brick, but even with those I tend to be done in a minute or two.
Damn lack of self-control.

LOL yeah mang if you see my post thru the different threads in here I certainly make it into somewhat of a ritual.

 

[JoeMama]

Anyone want to place bets on how many days my Ti will last, or if I'll get my previous warranty (that I still have here lol) back in time? Odds are bad

My Raw Ti has been performing as you describe yours... for a LONG time... It's been stellar in performance, consistently delivering strong milky clouds. I haven't been thinking it will be taking a crap soon - I hope not, cuz my grey Ti works at about 60% of the Raw's.

So I'm not giving odds on a failure lest I jinx meself!

 

[MoltenTiger]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrassHopperVape/comments/5yzpga/i_wonder_if_hopperlabs_would_do_an_ama/

Trevor has said there will possibly be an 'Ask Me Anything' on Reddit in the next few weeks, with a free hopper to go to the user with their favourite question.

 

[voodoo_vape]

I still wonder why someone would read the reddit forum.. I've no experience with it but from the layout and the coloring, it doesn't really keep you engaged no matter what's going on there, plus the fact that FC is the oneee... All this information that can be found here, I doubt that there is anything similar to that on there.. Sorry for my off topic posting, but I tried following @MoltenTiger your post but I just made it through 3 threads. No need for more..
Nevertheless, it's a bit ridiculous for me the fact that HL staff decide to post such updates to reddit, rather than FC....

 

[Hogni]

New issue? Yesterday after a long and for the hopper a heavy night too I wasn't able to screw the frontend on the Hopper. There was no grip. Thought the frontend and thread of the Hopper just need an ISO wash cause the frontend and its inner thread looked pretty clogged. After doing so the threads were clean but threads doesnt still grip. And there is no more gap between frontend and hopper. Cant see anything but threads must been damaged? F+++ it!

 

[JCat]

New issue? Yesterday after a long and for the hopper a heavy night too I wasn't able to screw the frontend on the Hopper. There was no grip. Thought the frontend and thread of the Hopper just need an ISO wash cause the frontend and its inner thread looked pretty clogged. After doing so the threads were clean but threads doesnt still grip. And there is no more gap between frontend and hopper. Cant see anything but threads must been damaged? F+++ it!

Do you have an extra front-end?

If the damage was on the hopper threads you would think you would be able to see it ...

 

[Hogni]

No, I haven't! Have to search my little microscope. ATM I can't recognize any damages.
Was carefully all the time. Never forced the threads. No accident while disconnected. I don't really know.

Probably I've to go to 'Verdampftnochmal' trying another frontend.

But I've never heard or read here before about such an issue!?

 

[voodoo_vape]

New issue? Yesterday after a long and for the hopper a heavy night too I wasn't able to screw the frontend on the Hopper. There was no grip. Thought the frontend and thread of the Hopper just need an ISO wash cause the frontend and its inner thread looked pretty clogged. After doing so the threads were clean but threads doesnt still grip. And there is no more gap between frontend and hopper. Cant see anything but threads must been damaged? F+++ it!

wow.. this sounds really weird dude.. MP is being built to stand severe scratching and fiddling around.. I personally use a straight screw driver to clean the bottom of my MP. I'm only dipping it in ISO when I feel the clogged threads and/or some resistance in blowing through the MP, then I know that the front part needs some proper cleaning..
This is like once a week or so and I'm using it all day, every day more or less.. I'm not saying that I'm 24/7 baked but now with the hopper, I'd say that out of the 12 hrs that u're awake within the day probably 3-4 out of them I'm totally sobber... shiiiit.. didn't sound that nice... hahaha

 

[MonkeyTime]

No, I haven't! Have to search my little microscope. ATM I can't recognize any damages.
Was carefully all the time. Never forced the threads. No accident while disconnected. I don't really know.

Probably I've to go to 'Verdampftnochmal' trying another frontend.

But I've never heard or read here before about such an issue!?

Not sure if it's the same issue, but a while back there was someone that had the screen loosen and couldn't get it on correctly.

Check the screen with fine tipped tweezers to see if it it's loose or moves maybe?

 

[Hogni]

Screen is firmly fixed and how said there is not the smallest gap anymore between frontend and hopper when I push both together. So there is no more space for screwing. Inner thread of the frontend seems to slip over the thread of the hopper.

 

[biohacker]

Not sure if it's the same issue, but a while back there was someone that had the screen loosen and couldn't get it on correctly.

Yep, ended up having to RMA.... got a brand new front end out of it!

 

[Hogni]

In use since 3 months, it's high time for a RMA!

EDIT: I forgot that the charger already has been changed