SmokinMagic
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Why do we all look forwards to them anyway?!
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Why do we all look forwards to them anyway?!
Wood is an insulator. The same property that would keep the outside cool would keep the inside hotter. This would lead to the hopper overheating and flashing red & blue lights sooner. It might not be a problem for shortish high-temp usage, acting in the same role as the silicone mouth guard, but I'm not so sure it would work out for trying to make the hopper more 'sessionable'.
This was covered before - the LED is sealed behind a piece of glass. The airpath is sealed from the electronics and lighting.
Where did you see brass mentioned? So far details are extremely limited regarding the heater. All we know for certain is that it's a 3D printed heater. The technology or specific material used hasn't been mentioned as far as I recall
I used to smoke out of a diy brass pipe.... tasted so bad. and I'm pretty sure brass is bad for this type of usage..... sorry I have no info on that...I tried asking Trevor about the heater but its a trade secret and unfortunately, he can't disclose anything about it. I was wondering what it was made out of because I also read that it was brass back in the Indiegogo Campaign but then I read somewhere else that they switched it to stainless steel.
I tried asking Trevor about the heater but its a trade secret and unfortunately, he can't disclose anything about it. I was wondering what it was made out of because I also read that it was brass back in the Indiegogo Campaign but then I read somewhere else that they switched it to stainless steel.
Trevor said:It was necessary to make some adjustments to ensure that everyone gets working Grasshoppers the first time. In our testing of these adjustments, the Grasshopper has proved reliable for over 50,000 cycles and counting. These tweaks will be in full production this month, and will coincide with a further increase in production batch size.
What did he mean by proved reliable for over 50,000 cycles?
Only 35% of backers orders fulfilled means most people won't receive theirs until December.
I am pretty sure my Bronze is done for now. I was using it with oils and hitting it fairly consistently. Also had it on the charger on my drive with a full battery about 10 minutes in it gave me red lights I swapped the battery and it would go red for a second and turn off. Swapped to the previous battery and it goes red without heating or going blue. Also no more ticker in the clicker.
I am pretty sure my Bronze is done for now. I was using it with oils and hitting it fairly consistently. Also had it on the charger on my drive with a full battery about 10 minutes in it gave me red lights I swapped the battery and it would go red for a second and turn off. Swapped to the previous battery and it goes red without heating or going blue. Also no more ticker in the clicker.
What I don't understand is they said they have shipped 35% of the backers now. According to the spreadsheet with contribution amounts for each day they have $87,764.00 total for end of day November 24th 2013. I just saw people getting confirmations for Nov 24th yesterday. So those numbers really don't add up. If they truly were at 35% I would have already seen my hopper.
Spreadsheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AkqKZT-Qb0s-dFlpS1VyTzRwWXdGMkxYSThWTkVKQ3c&output=html
If this company was being 100% transparent they should not even have had shipping dates set for pre-orders
When oh when will these ever be reliably mass-produced, that is the question