I've been noticing that when my Hopper is pretty hot — say, after 3–4 hits at max temperature — the silicone mouthpiece cover will just smoothly slide off the tip when I'm not looking. While not much of an issue when at home, I can easily see it falling off when I'm out and getting lost.
That said, the odds of me doing 4 hits at max temperature in a row are a lot lower if I'm out than when I'm at home. So, it might not be a big issue, but something to keep in mind.
Is there a way to shrink silicone a little? That could solve our issue. It's a very mild one, but it does happen. I think it stretches from cleaning/heating.
@emmdeemo do you mean the silicone or the inside screen for the mouthpiece? The inside screen is suuuper easy to clean, if even though it's pretty necessary to. Normally I only clean the threading, but I just cleaned the main screen on the inside and it only took 3 extra Q-Tips with ISO.
All the talk of hydro-tubes got me using mine all of today. I had been getting headaches from strenuous pulling and needed something to relax. I packed slightly smaller bowls and used the DHGate Sunshinestore knockoff Pinnacle Pro with the Grasshopper.
I now understand.
I didn't use the silicone mouthpiece. I'm regretting it a little since my girlfriend gave it a small battlescar, but it's okay, it's bound to happen. It got pushed a little too far in, and needed to be wiggled out, which scratched it. Anyway, it has a very nice seal with 14mm slide and no mouthpiece, and only needs a gentle placement on to have said seal. It ripped nice and smooth
It gave me both clouds on low temperatures (which I seem to normally have a hard time with getting on normal sized waterpipes), and still smooth rips all the way to temp 5. I could definitely see the preference of using this in public over the vape on its own ***IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
***. Otherwise, you don't really need to go above 2.2 or 3.3 after a couple hits if you're trying to be stealthy. 4.5 vapor can be hot so your eyes
if you happen to misjudge. My girlfriend once made us wait before we went inside a store cause she was embarrassed at how red and watery my eyes were. I'm kind of glad she did lol.
Anyway, hydrotubes would be great in a sanctioned public place with a couple of legal friends. I'd say if you're looking for an alternative to ripping the piece, this is a very nice alternative as well. I imagine this is what breathing in from a bag vape would be like. Normally my draws can be a little difficult, and like I said before that can start to cause a headache. But very little draw resistance here. Granted, you don't want to breathe in too hard with this little piece anyway since the water can bubble up. However, I did a looooot of testing with it and it will only spill from the top at a normal water level. No spilling from the inside tube, which is most important to me because it keeps the vaporizer working.
