Discontinued The Grasshopper

btka said:

sorry but I really can not understand why you will buy such a brush to clean your gh... yes and please use this plastic brush after you emptied your bowl so the plastic melts in to your hot bowl... and if I am lucky I will get your used and plastic in the bowl melted scratched gh hopper body as a replacement...

use a fu**ing cotton fabric (don t you have a damaged t-shirt anywhere lying) and every time you empty your gh roll it togheter so it fits nicly in your gh bowl and clean it you will never need to clean the bowl withsomething else it will always look like new... and you also do good to the enviroment recycling your old t-shirt and not polluting earth with such a brush... and you also will save money...

I have told thismseveral times on this thread

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Mr. Me2 said:

And to @moondog - I don't know where you're located, this is my first winter with the gh. Even indoors, I find it quite cold to the touch when I take it out of @Ratchett's great leather case. I tend to warm it in my hands before I fire it up. It still may take an extra second or 2 to turn blue, I'm not sure. And that's with brand new batteries too. I'm not sure and live with th same gh apprehension we all seem to share (flickering blue lights and all). But it keeps hopping on...

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btka said:

sorry but I really can not understand why you will buy such a brush to clean your gh... yes and please use this plastic brush after you emptied your bowl so the plastic melts in to your hot bowl... and if I am lucky I will get your used and plastic in the bowl melted scratched gh hopper body as a replacement...

use a fu**ing cotton fabric (don t you have a damaged t-shirt anywhere lying) and every time you empty your gh roll it togheter so it fits nicly in your gh bowl and clean it you will never need to clean the bowl withsomething else it will always look like new... and you also do good to the enviroment recycling your old t-shirt and not polluting earth with such a brush... and you also will save money...

I have told thismseveral times on this thread

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moondog said:

Winter is definitely a factor here and I do the same as you in terms of warming up the hopper in my hands before firing up.



STAY AWAY FROM THOSE BRUSHES!!! HE HATES THOSE BRUSHES!!!!

Don't know why I feel compelled to respond but...

1) I didn't buy the brushes. They came with other vapes.
2) Even after having used my hopper, I am able to function well enough that I can tell when the hopper has completely cooled off and wait for that to happen before using a brush on the chamber.
3) If I ever have to return a failed hopper body I will specifically request that they never send it to you.
4) How do you fit an entire t-shirt in that tiny little chamber?

I couldn't resist being snarky and sarcastic and don't really mean to be coming after you, btka. But TBH, it seemed like a bit of an over-reaction on your part to someone else's preferred method of hopper maintenance.

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Mr. Me2 said:

Thanks for that...

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Mr. Me2 said:

Il admit I've been using q-tips (regular and precision) to give it a wipe when it needs more than my poker...

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GreenHopper said:

OK easy buster, don't blow a fuse!

I use one end as a poker to remove the AVB and the other end to quickly brush out the chamber and mouthpiece.

I have had ZERO indication of any melting plastic using these brushes. I've been using the same brush since april 2015, I'm careful with it so I haven't scratched up my hopper at all. Yes I'd like one with a sponge end and yes the bristles have finally begun to wear out.

I use them because they work well as an AVB poker + chamber cleaner.

I actually used an old t-shirt to clean an actual oven last weekend, now I'm never going to use that oven ever again, it's clean and I never want to have to clean it again, man that was an intense job.

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moondog said:

Winter is definitely a factor here and I do the same as you in terms of warming up the hopper in my hands before firing up.



STAY AWAY FROM THOSE BRUSHES!!! HE HATES THOSE BRUSHES!!!!

Don't know why I feel compelled to respond but...

1) I didn't buy the brushes. They came with other vapes.
2) Even after having used my hopper, I am able to function well enough that I can tell when the hopper has completely cooled off and wait for that to happen before using a brush on the chamber.
3) If I ever have to return a failed hopper body I will specifically request that they never send it to you.
4) How do you fit an entire t-shirt in that tiny little chamber?

I couldn't resist being snarky and sarcastic and don't really mean to be coming after you, btka. But TBH, it seemed like a bit of an over-reaction on your part to someone else's preferred method of hopper maintenance.

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Mr. Me2 said:

Am I the only one who scrapes the mouthpiece screen each time I empty the oven? I always see some amount of debris blocking the screen/airway and just use my mini scoop &spoke to clean it off. I also tend to do this in a clockwise direction to avoid any screen loosening.

Doing this, I don't seem to get the amount of buildup in the mouthpiece others seem to get (based on what I'm reading here).

I also give a light scraping to the oven screen (and to the walls of the oven) using the same tool, but that one doesn't seem to get the buildup.

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btka said:

sorry guys and girls

yes I was maybe a bit harsh but today I am bit frustrated and stressed so hope you can forgive me and understand me... and also I do not have a working hopper to ease my mind

and I REALLY HATE THIS BRUSHES...

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moondog said:

hopper has completely cooled off and wait for that to happen before using a brush on the chamber.

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Icon13 said:

No, you are not. However, even if you scrape it after every use you will clog the holes with resin. I scraped mine after every use and noticed that my Hopper was running a bit hot. I believe this is because resin was restricting the airflow of the mouthpiece at the screen. When I held my Hopper up to the light and looked through the tip of the mouthpiece I could see some light, but not nearly as much light as I could after I gave it a really good cleaning with some rubbing alcohol. After which, holding it up to the light I could clearly see through to the other end, and the airflow was incredibly improved. I believe that this was a factor in my Hopper running hot.

Also, I'm not sure if I like the water pipe adapter. Obviously I have not used one, but I assume the front end has a much larger opening for airflow than the tiny one at the tip of the standard mouthpiece. This will greatly increase airflow. However, my concern is that the increased air flow will cause the heating element to cool down more and cause the heating element to work harder in order to keep the temperatures stable. If the heating element is getting hotter will we experience even more temperature sensor issues than with the standard mouthpiece? I guess time will tell.

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MoltenTiger said:

Good luck finding the next vape castle man, hope it works out well

Have you had any communication with HL over the double click-ness of the newer hoppers?
That is for sure a problem.

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moondog said:

Almost always takes 7-8 seconds to reach temp as opposed to 4-5 before I sent it in. And, the back end gets MUCH hotter than before

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btka said:

it seems they have changed their warranty policy and are not sending anymore replacement parts and you have to send back your broken part when you receive it

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btka said:

BTW I am always trying to keep my hopper in a position like this...





because I have observed resin is coming out of the tip of my mp and always worried if i would keep it in the other direction this resin maybe will run in the heater or gunk up a sensor...



next time i will put a parchment paper there to collect the resin... so the hopper does also a sort of rosin oil haaaaaaahaaa
but after all all this babying did not help keeping my hoppers working!!!!!!!

BTW HL responded to my warranty claim and want me to send in the whole hopper with charger and battery as it seems they have changed their warranty policy and are not sending anymore replacement parts and you have to send back your broken part when you receive it yehhh until now 70 euros costs sending them my broken ghs... and the costs doubled after they want me to send in the whole gh, charger and battery normally I paid 10 euros sending them the broken body only... but the charger is too big and if I am sending it like they asked for I pay now 20 euros... ok find away to send it with the charger for 10 euros then the 20 euros, will send it in a bubble bag without the original packaging this time...

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Mr. Me2 said:

Funny...that's my preferred position too...for me!

Sorry to hear about your necessary increased expense to ship your gh for warranty work.

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Mr. Me2 said:

Am I the only one who scrapes the mouthpiece screen each time I empty the oven? I always see some amount of debris blocking the screen/airway and just use my mini scoop &spoke to clean it off. I also tend to do this in a clockwise direction to avoid any screen loosening.

Doing this, I don't seem to get the amount of buildup in the mouthpiece others seem to get (based on what I'm reading here).

I also give a light scraping to the oven screen (and to the walls of the oven) using the same tool, but that one doesn't seem to get the buildup.

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GreenHopper said:

Wow thats a lot of resin!

Are you vaping wax's or shatter in there or is that just from fresh flower?

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btka said:

I only vaped flower in it... but I cleaned it .. normally it is even more resin (after 2 to 3 weeks vaping everyday)

but I am sure if you position your gh like me you will also get such resin... try it! it is ubelieveable!

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Hogni said:

Hi Doc, who's your german vendor, Verdampftnochmal I guess? Doesn't they want to exchange the Hopper? Its a "Gewährleistungsfall".

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biohacker said:

I'm not sure why, but out of the blue my straight to blue no heating went back to normal heating, so it's probably not broken, but potentially just "stuck". Try a super clean, try drawing on it empty in case some residue snuck its way into the sensor. I knocked mine on a table (just the body), and did all sorts of weird voodoo dances and offerings to the gods. It works!

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Hammahead said:

Ok, I just did that and it's working.

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Hammahead said:

This was the third damage since June 16. I spent quite some money on shipping and could not use it for some 6 weeks in total, so I didn't even use it for 6 months. This is beyond Gewährleistung. I documented the three warranty cases I had so far and they did what a businessman would do to keep business going I guess.

Hopper Labs now told me I need to send it in for them to "determine the problem". I Guess I'm just ripping that thing too hard. I had Jamaican Rastas amazed by my ripping the chalice.



Ok, I just did that and it's working. Don't get me wrong, great advice, but I'd rather end this chapter. And now I can't. Let's see how long this works though. When I started having the flickering blue light and hot backend, the voodoo helped me for a couple days.

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btka said:

beat that bitch! hahahaha hmmm

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biohacker said:

I like your style!

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btka said:

should I tell HL to suggest people with similar problems to draw on their device like hell, I also blowed in to the air intake holes (hopper was turned off when doing this) and knock body on table and palm like crazy...
this would also explain why faulty hoppers begin to work when they arrive at HL after they got shaken and so on on their way to them...

"Hey caroline I beat and slapped that bitch hopper and now it is working again"

@biohacker you are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

happy hopping again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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