Discontinued The Grasshopper

WildChild · Mar 27, 2019

Although I don't personally know the man, you might wish to ask @Slightly Medicated for assistance. I hear he can extract all the goodies from a vaporizer load in one hit! He might just be able to inhale that battery right out of the chamber...

But seriously, I hope you find a solution.

Maninthemachine · Mar 27, 2019

MoltenTiger said:
Have you tried shaking it out? Like throwing/flicking it forward to launch the battery out?

The flat end of the battery has the outer plastic shell/covering removed and Thisbe is what is catching and helping hold it in there. All the shaking and ancient so far nothin ALL the shaking and dancing so far nothing. It’ll Come out soon

haven’t made messed with it since putting away in desk months ago. wS tcleaning the other day and say it which prompted me to make a post here.
Also the iPhone keyword is crazy lol.

fogbank · Mar 27, 2019

Maninthemachine said:
The flat end of the battery has the outer plastic shell/covering removed and Thisbe is what is catching and helping hold it in there. All the shaking and ancient so far nothin ALL the shaking and dancing so far nothing. It’ll Come out soon haven’t made messed with it since putting away in desk months ago. wS tcleaning the other day and say it which prompted me to make a post here.
Also the iPhone keyword is crazy lol.

I thought the magnet suggestion was the best. Computer repair tool kits usually come with a telescoping magnet tool to extract screws from hard to reach places. Seems to me like that would be your best approach.

elykpeace · Mar 27, 2019

fogbank said:
I thought the magnet suggestion was the best. Computer repair tool kits usually come with a telescoping magnet tool to extract screws from hard to reach places. Seems to me like that would be your best approach.

Hot glue a toothpick to the battery after it drys wiggle and pull the battery out and peel off the hot glue when it's out ?

Vaporific · Mar 27, 2019

elykpeace said:
Hot glue a toothpick to the battery after it drys wiggle and pull the battery out and peel off the hot glue when it's out ?

I think that type of magnet wouldn't be strong enough but worth a shot. Both good suggestions!

Now what are the odds that the thing will work when the battery is freed? Assuming using a different battery

brewbeer · Mar 27, 2019

MoltenTiger said:
There's been quite a few interesting comments on Instagram lately

I hope that last post is accurate, a battery run must be a few hundred grand. This would be good news for fans and folks with pending RMAs.

Macicman · Mar 27, 2019

I am all for this "working to becoming the best" and our product is "revolutionary". I agree. Hopper is a dope gun.

MoltenTiger · Mar 28, 2019

Macicman said:
I am all for this "working to becoming the best" and our product is "revolutionary". I agree. Hopper is a dope gun.

I've been all for it ever since I saw the vaporizerwizard confirm that their pledged goals were realised almost 4 years ago.
The problems since then aren't that surprising, but also I don't really focus on the problems when I've got a few working units in front of me. Dope gun ftw.
I could accumulate the total amount of heat up time I'd be waiting on using some other unit and it'd probably equal the amount of time I've been waiting on HL. When you want a vape this instant, nothing else compares.

Since I pre-ordered in July 2015 (took 13 months to arrive) I have had a working hopper 67% of the time.
During the wait for the pre-order, I had a Vapefiend unit for 5 of the 13 months.
So I've had a working hopper 84% of the time since I first got one.

That's not that bad!
Since I bought my Sublimator for a whopping 30 bucks, I've had that 97% of the time and it sucked a lot more when that broke.
My second hand TUBOx has been the worst, it's short circuited and I guess I need to send it back to funkyjunky.

These aren't super robust fail-proof products, they're poorly regulated electric gizmos prone to failure in many ways. But the odds aren't really that bad in the grand scheme of things and they're well worth the stress to de-stress I guess.

slcbdco · Mar 28, 2019

MoltenTiger said:
These aren't super robust fail-proof products, they're poorly regulated electric gizmos prone to failure in many ways. But the odds aren't really that bad in the grand scheme of things and they're well worth the stress to de-stress I guess.

Here Here! The only vape I have that has never had an issue of something breaking is the Vapcap because there’s literally nothing to break. I was awful glad I was take both when I forgot a torch yesterday, and while i’ve been in a honeymoon with the vapcap, it was great to be reminded how for a working day R the Capitol, there is nothing better than a Grasshopper!

By the way, the Colorado House Committee passed a cannabis hospitality bill! It’s very early in the process but i’m feeling good we'll get it passed again AND signed this year!

MoltenTiger · Mar 28, 2019

slcbdco said:
Here Here! The only vape I have that has never had an issue of something breaking is the Vapcap because there’s literally nothing to break. I was awful glad I was take both when I forgot a torch yesterday, and while i’ve been in a honeymoon with the vapcap, it was great to be reminded how for a working day R the Capitol, there is nothing better than a Grasshopper!

By the way, the Colorado House Committee passed a cannabis hospitality bill! It’s very early in the process but i’m feeling good we'll get it passed again AND signed this year!

Exactly, durability and reliability is why I got the VapCap.
It's intense air restriction is why I've preordered the StemPod Jetpack.

But this is truly where it's at, though it's too much power. Three finely ground chambers proved to be too much. I got 3 mins of huge clouds before I had to take a break. Poseidon has no mercy.

Love your work slcbdco, good stuff

Macicman · Mar 28, 2019

MoltenTiger said:
Exactly, durability and reliability is why I got the VapCap.
It's intense air restriction is why I've preordered the StemPod Jetpack.

But this is truly where it's at, though it's too much power. Three finely ground chambers proved to be too much. I got 3 mins of huge clouds before I had to take a break. Poseidon has no mercy.

Love your work slcbdco, good stuff

This is witchcraft.

Easywider · Mar 29, 2019

Just got this sweet cooling stem from @Monkeyhouse it's brought new life to my hopper :rockon:

Vaporific · Mar 29, 2019

Macicman said:
This is witchcraft.

More like a Hopper-abra

. Nice setup.

Still using my loaner Hopper occasionally and enjoying it but not as much as I used to. Draw resistance and heat (natively sans glass or filtration) is a bit overwhelming compared to my Furies which have become my first choice. It is however nice to have a Hopper again to try something different on occasion. If only the RMA process were a lot quicker (3-5 more months in Purgatory, it’s been 6 months already)....

TGIF to all. :peace:

EDIT: I don’t have a PFE, just the regular frontend. @Easywider - thanks the the cooling stem idea. Will a regular frontend work with this too? Where to buy?

Vapor_Eyes · Mar 29, 2019

Preliminary results are in with the Dynacoil from Dynavap. First of all, it’s a cool little device that is precisely machined in intricate detail. The size is smaller than the chamber of the Grasshopper so it easily fits but it does rattle around a bit.

I loaded the jagged side of the coil with about a half a grain of rice sized piece of concentrate. It was a nice terpy, gooey live resin. I then placed the coil inside the Grasshoppers chamber. The jagged side with the concentrate was facing the heater and the flat side was facing the mouthpiece.

I started at temp 4 and got great flavor. Bumping it up to 5 gave a bigger hit. It took a few hits to finish the load. Later on I reloaded and started at temp 5. The flavor was still good, it was a different strain so it’s hard to do an exact comparison.

Overall the performance was good but it seems better in the Vapcap. I don’t know if it’s because it can reach higher temps. The Vapcap also has more conductive and radiative heat. The small size of the coil may also be a factor. In the Vapcap it is getting max air contact, in the Grasshopper there is a lot of hot air being “wasted” on empty space.

slcbdco · Mar 29, 2019

Vapor_Eyes said:
Preliminary results are in with the Dynacoil from Dynavap. First of all, it’s a cool little device that is precisely machined in intricate detail. The size is smaller than the chamber of the Grasshopper so it easily fits but it does rattle around a bit.

I loaded the jagged side of the coil with about a half a grain of rice sized piece of concentrate. It was a nice terpy, gooey live resin. I then placed the coil inside the Grasshoppers chamber. The jagged side with the concentrate was facing the heater and the flat side was facing the mouthpiece.

I started at temp 4 and got great flavor. Bumping it up to 5 gave a bigger hit. It took a few hits to finish the load. Later on I reloaded and started at temp 5. The flavor was still good, it was a different strain so it’s hard to do an exact comparison.

Overall the performance was good but it seems better in the Vapcap. I don’t know if it’s because it can reach higher temps. The Vapcap also has more conductive and radiative heat. The small size of the coil may also be a factor. In the Vapcap it is getting max air contact, in the Grasshopper there is a lot of hot air being “wasted” on empty space.

I have a dynacoil coming, maybe i’ll try putting in some bud first, making a flower bed for it :wave:

Easywider · Mar 29, 2019

Vaporific said:
More like a Hopper-abra . Nice setup.

Still using my loaner Hopper occasionally and enjoying it but not as much as I used to. Draw resistance and heat (natively sans glass or filtration) is a bit overwhelming compared to my Furies which have become my first choice. It is however nice to have a Hopper again to try something different on occasion. If only the RMA process were a lot quicker (3-5 more months in Purgatory, it’s been 6 months already)....

TGIF to all.

EDIT: I don’t have a PFE, just the regular frontend. @Easywider - thanks the the cooling stem idea. Will a regular frontend work with this too? Where to buy?

It’s 14mm so it should fit fine. I haven’t seen my front end in many moons or I would check for you.

That stem came from @Monkeyhouse there’s a thread here for his stems.
http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/monkeyhouse-stems.36714/

Cheesequake · Mar 29, 2019

Really wasn't expecting it but one of the other hoppers I just sent in a week or two ago is already on the way back. Things at Hopper labs really might actually be looking up for once.

MikeG7265 · Mar 29, 2019

Cheesequake said:
Really wasn't expecting it but one of the other hoppers I just sent in a week or two ago is already on the way back. Things at Hopper labs really might actually be looking up for once.

Are you serious? I’ve been waiting since April 2018. This just blows my mind :hmm:

Well I just got this, we’ll see

Let me confirm we are working on yours now. We should ship all warranties from April within the next week. Sorry Mike.

Razshiro · Mar 30, 2019

Cheesequake said:
Really wasn't expecting it but one of the other hoppers I just sent in a week or two ago is already on the way back. Things at Hopper labs really might actually be looking up for once.

... 6 months later ,'im still waiting for mine....

MikeG7265 said:
Are you serious? I’ve been waiting since April 2018. This just blows my mind

Well I just got this, we’ll see

Let me confirm we are working on yours now. We should ship all warranties from April within the next week. Sorry Mike.

they said for me: "we are still on track to hit the 6 months eestimation" and after this 6 months, now: "we should have about 3 months at most left." :rofl:

Have a good week-end :wave:

Hjalmark · Mar 30, 2019

Razshiro said:
... 6 months later ,'im still waiting for mine....

they said for me: "we are still on track to hit the 6 months eestimation" and after this 6 months, now: "we should have about 3 months at most left."

Have a good week-end

It takes them 6 months to estimate that it will take them 3 months to finish repairs

Special rocket science math they use at nasa

vapviking · Mar 30, 2019

Cheesequake said:
Really wasn't expecting it but one of the other hoppers I just sent in a week or two ago is already on the way back. Things at Hopper labs really might actually be looking up for once.

Psych 101 teaches (or, used to teach?) that intermittent positive re-enforcement is the strongest behavioral influencer. (Establishes behaviors that are the hardest to extinguish)

HL turned one around for me in two weeks a couple of months ago. Albeit with (on my go-ahead) "some parts not new," it works and looks fine. I wonder if that was influenced by me being a multiple (5) Hopper owner, with two others already in HL's long-term care unit. Or were they just picking some random folks to surprise?
Don't know, but I do hope that a new attitude has come to the Labs, even if they've got rma's up the wazoo, I wish 'em the best in the long run.
Besides, I'm still in months' long honeymoon with a Splinter V1. My wife actually prefers using a Hopper, but does admit that the V1 "gives us the best vapes"!

Vaporific · Mar 30, 2019

Hjalmark said:
It takes them 6 months to estimate that it will take them 3 months to finish repairs

Special rocket science math they use at nasa

No kidding. There doens't appear to be any rhyme or reason how they're deailing with the RMA queue. It should be FIFO with rare exceptions but I doubt they're following this based on several folks getting units back in weeks' time, not months. I'd nag them, which I've never done except for the occasional polite inquiry asking for an update, but they've provided canned responses which others herein have received too. And their respones are just wild estimates. I just want my Ti back in working order agein... :peace:

Hjalmark · Mar 30, 2019

vapviking said:
Psych 101 teaches (or, used to teach?) that intermittent positive re-enforcement is the strongest behavioral influencer. (Establishes behaviors that are the hardest to extinguish)

HL turned one around for me in two weeks a couple of months ago. Albeit with (on my go-ahead) "some parts not new," it works and looks fine. I wonder if that was influenced by me being a multiple (5) Hopper owner, with two others already in HL's long-term care unit. Or were they just picking some random folks to surprise?
Don't know, but I do hope that a new attitude has come to the Labs, even if they've got rma's up the wazoo, I wish 'em the best in the long run.
Besides, I'm still in months' long honeymoon with a Splinter V1. My wife actually prefers using a Hopper, but does admit that the V1 "gives us the best vapes"!

Funny with splinter , I gotten bit tired of having a functional hopper 6 months of the year so looking at a new portable, finally decided on a 510 threaded one and started researching for one and most of the hopper thread old timers are one the splinter threads

Now I am having a hard time figuring out if I take the splinter or the glow

vapviking · Mar 30, 2019

Hjalmark said:
Funny with splinter , I gotten bit tired of having a functional hopper 6 months of the year so looking at a new portable, finally decided on a 510 threaded one and started researching for one and most of the hopper thread old timers are one the splinter threads

Now I am having a hard time figuring out if I take the splinter or the glow

I don't know the Glow at all. The splinter is somewhat less portable than a hopper. Slightly bigger, and the fact that the stem is glass and not firmly attached to the Splinter can make it a little cumbersome... but I always do contemplate bringing it along, and it definitely does come along on longer outings.

And, yes, it's a noticeable difference in attendees here in Hopper thread. Many of the early adopters have moved on. I've simply followed the herd, I suppose, glad to have someone breaking ground out ahead of me with the RBT products.

Hjalmark · Mar 30, 2019

vapviking said:
I don't know the Glow at all. The splinter is somewhat less portable than a hopper. Slightly bigger, and the fact that the stem is glass and not firmly attached to the Splinter can make it a little cumbersome... but I always do contemplate bringing it along, and it definitely does come along on longer outings.

And, yes, it's a noticeable difference in attendees here in Hopper thread. Many of the early adopters have moved on. I've simply followed the herd, I suppose, glad to have someone breaking ground out ahead of me with the RBT products.

Know this is the max amount of talking about other vapes on the grasshopper thread :cool:

but the glow has wooden stems, rebuildable deck (not sure if it's pro or a con yet) but might also be hot/harsh but no idea actually YET..

But feel like the hopper needs a backup portable and already bought a ecigg mod but 3x 18650 with 3000 mah each makes for some impressive battery life (only using 2 batteries atm) and being a ecigg makes it blend in :brow:

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