It's more or less just kind of tedious to use, and I tend to like it more just fondling it rather than vaping with it. This says a lot methinks.
The tip gets too hot. This along with the tightly focused, narrow, hot air stream coming out of the tip, is more or less a design flaw for a vaporizer intended to be used as a portable.
Of the many use cases for vaporizers, for instance at home, on the road, on the trail, in the theater, at a party or whatever, I only find a single use case for the gh, and that is for stealth. But due to the hotness it exudes, that use case falls away. Even the elevape with it's thickness, is a better stealth vape.
Anyway, glanced over and saw the gh sitting idly where it's been for a couple days now, as I walked away holding a freshly loaded stem that I slid into a milaana. For me, this sums up my gh experience. So wrote it here. I will likely keep the gh until the hi-techness feel goes away, but just don't have a current use case that finds me reaching for it, just the 'it looks cool so pick it up again' use case that is soon going to fade away, and has already started fading.
I actually identify with your experience and agree with the faults you find, and the high tech feel as a big pro (and a con too, lots of tiny parts to fail etc), but there is another strong useage opportunity I've enjoyed with mine the most, the low low temps for light out and about heady effects (or just extender maintenance) with that pen style stealth sneaking through security situations. It doesn't get quite as hot and seems to be a lot like the original Indica was with its low temps and small stealth but convection vs conduction perfect opposites... Elevape and Milaana are great for that too, but the the temp control isn't as good for maintaining low temps (though also GH can be slightly less stealth than those with its clicking in my experience too)
I respectfully disagree with your assessment. My GH vapes better than any portable that I've ever seen. It may be hot particularly if pulled by a heavy ripper ad nauseum....but GH is also capable of heating up, giving you a lungbuster rip, and going back into your pocket in 15 seconds. If this scenario isn't your holy grail scenario...and you have the desire or ability to sit and session in your living room....perhaps this vape is not for you. I wouldn't trade this GH for any currently available portable device period.
Well we haven't all seen or used the same portables to be fair, i have owned quite a few capable of what you describe, some even better than GH in my experience. For example Milaana is a rare new vape too, and honestly it is capable of both scenarios you describe
Yeah, I agree, that is a great use case for the gh, where it performs exceedingly well. A single hitter.
I understood how to use it (of course I've got experience with tens of different vaporizers), had no technical issues or flaws of any sort.
Also, I quickly understood it's characteristics and tendencies. I understood it's strengths and weaknesses.
I like short air paths too, like on the vapman and milaana (with short mouthpiece), but paths a bit longer (enano and milaana long) seem fine too and add a bit of cooling.
Have to admit I've been fondling the gh a bit more, and for me that's it's primary use case. It's just got a nice feel and heft to it. It's got some precision about it. But as I'm fondling it, I'm vaping with a milaana as it performs simply much better when what I need is not a precision applicance but a high performance vaporizer, but I don't fondle the milaana very much at all, just grab and hit, and then hit again until the load is consumed, then quickly unload and load until the next grab time comes along.
Yeah single hitter is how I described it to someone recently, and even more so for a single person maybe... pretty full pack low low temps and its very useful as a self-contained pen, just is a personal upper is all (can blast through upper temps too, but as you describe not ideal really). It's not just the short vapor path but they way the heater works and the design too, bc even lengthening the path doesnt make it great just more comfortable, why its like a Pax2 Cloud Evo one hitter pen to me
I too was well read on the hopper before getting it, it's hat I wanted for my vape after the T1 but just missed the indiegogo so i with a solo and he wait list... over a year later I've been through many other vapes while reading all about GH so I really felt I knew what to expect and how best to use it, but I did come to a lot of a similar conclusions based on other vapes I have, though I still would consider GH more than midgrade in a sense, depends actually on what is valued (I do actually fondle my Milaana too though, came to value functionality most, plus wood and glass)
You gave a very good response as to why the GH isn't the best vape for your usage. It's important for others to remember that we all need different things from vaporizers. There are many highly rated, wonderful vaporizers that just aren't right for me.
The only thing I would say is have you tried using only a pinch in the Grasshopper? Roughly .05 gram.... like a portable log, almost exactly how I use my E-Nano. Admittedly, the nano has better flavor and smoother vapor, but the GH gives me that on demand, convection one hitter experience on the go.
Yeah there are few that do this, that I think are more log like than the GH, but it is a good way to get the most out of it, usually true of any pure convection vape actually. However it has worked very well and not so well in my experience, could depend on the herb and situation. It definitely is more useble at higher temps then and can finish the load quick, I do think that is the other ideal way to use it along with fuller pack lower temps. It does come down to different user preferences though which are shaped by a variety of factors
I'll bet with a few design changes the gh could step into mainstream uses cases, but it's not there yet. This isn't about my abilities, it's about the gh's characteristics. Hot tip, hot vapor, extra time to load/unload, more frequent cleaning than other vapes I use, smaller battery ... all characteristics.
I'm not really trying to promote the vapman or milaana but do find them helpful for comparison reasons, as they really do vaporize well, and the ceremonial steps to carry out the day to day vaporization aren't tedious over time.
Yeah without the pen form factor limitations I think this vape could be so much more and still super stealth, there are a few sacrifices and they are overcome depending on the user with various techniques. Some vaporizers offer less sacrifice for a given user vs others, I agree with you it's not to promote these vapes but promote the perspective that the GH can be great but it does have flaws that others do not (just like they have flaws that GH does not)
So, I'm not one to jump on someone for calling my baby ugly... I am baffled as to why anyone thinks the GH is difficult to load. Its actually one of the easiest, carefree loading experiences I know of. You just can't fuck it up...hold vape in hand, pour in herb, screw on mouthpiece. To each their own, but I'm puzzled by this critique.
I can see what he means, like with the narrow tube, but yeah its possible to break and stuff, or
@Ratchett's scooper is amazing for loading GH. But like a wider bowl like VapMan T1 FF ESV Daisy are all easier to load while stem vapes you can just inhale (or also use the scooper or break and stuff!) though the GH is designed this way for a reason, and it is a nicely self-contained chamber. Easy to dump and unload but gotta brush the walls or clean it more regularly perhaps as stuff can stick to the top (likewise the mouthpiece screen, which can get herb stuck to it when you draw, so maybe that's where threads can get dirty too, depending on herb etc) easy but not perfect
Just like Milaana this is an on demand pure convection vape, which even though I consider it to be like digital automatic to Mi's analog manual, both do have a level of technique required like every other i have used. Some people really take to em, fits their needs and styles or they adapt, others have trouble, but you always have passionate defenders and I'm not surprised to see it here. These are good points and counterpoints, actually a really nice layout of the pros and cons of this vape, all of these experiences are valid and demonstrate what owning this vape is like for different people. It's great that there are finally several really great pure convection on demand portables available now, so you can choose the right one for your needs and still get an amazing vapor experience
I do agree with a lot of what
@utekai was saying, though as I said I still see a useful role for the grasshopper even if it ultimately seems to be not quite tip top tier in my collection for performance honestly... I won't get in to how/why other vapes I own exceed it since this is not the place (been discussed here and there before if any are interested in a search, or feel free to pm for details) and I prefer to speak about the positives if a vape as I mentioned the GH does have quite a few. So I do think it is justified to keep one around, but maybe it is true that I should sell one of mine to someone else anxiously waiting to try it (the Blue Ti or the SS though?! still need to mail that SS in actually, warranty form already filled out...) since I guess it really has turned out to be, not quite the vape I was always looking for after all
) - I'm only running 2-3 loads through the oven before I swap batteries and keep going, haven't once ran out of juice at a bad time.
