Based on what has recently been told that combustion can be normal at top temp (210c)
It was stated that temp 3 required primer hits (slow heat curve, better accuracy) was now a normal thing due to the algorithms in the adjusted firmware.
That number means nothing IMO
It definitely means something... but it's not a true probability.
The failure rate can be defined as the following:
The total number of failures within an item
population, divided by the total time expended by that population, during a particular measurement interval under stated conditions. (MacDiarmid,
et al.)
Although the failure rate, λ(t), is often thought of as the
probability that a failure occurs in a specified interval given no failure before time t, it is not actually a probability because it can exceed 1. Erroneous expression of the failure rate in % could result in incorrect perception of the measure.
So the failure rate is real, but not entirely a self sufficient number.
If you want to hear a potential trick they could be utilising, it's that a magnitudinal difference could be achieved by an influx of posted but still untested devices over the year, so early on the failure rate is very high and although the dodgy unit rate may stay proportionally even, by increasing the population sample size with untested devices, instantly the failure rate declines significantly.
But given there has been massive reduction in arrays of users posting about similar problems, I have no reason to doubt HL even though I realise they can out math me.
It sounds normal for a unit about to face RMA like you say. If I was in the market for a hopper it'd be direct from the Labs unless I was saving beyond the $45 transfer fee.
But if you guarantee the latest hardware and firmware you have by far the greatest chance of longevity. A mixed and match hopper is notoriously not okay. The RMA process is in evolution just as the device itself is.
How long is too long to be a startup?
Until large scale commercial success has been realised, maybe. This usually involves corporate take overs or expansion. A start up can expand and move locations and still be a small scale start-up. The start-up I work for spans two countries and receives government funding, it's still in its early evolution though.
My business terminology isn't great tbh, but from what I can see there's not really a cut-off terminology switch, and start-ups can exist at any scale. HL meet the definition quite well and will continue to until there is some big change or take-over and the business vibe changes. This is something most start-ups and HL have said they want to avoid.
I'm sure they've pushed 10's of thousands of GH's at this point
It'd be interesting to see the numbers, I don't think it would be much higher than 10000-15000?
I highly disagree that any customer knows this
It's certainly within their interests and abilities to know that small scale niche electronics are tedious when not from a big name brand. Whether they do or not is at their discretion, but they could and they should know that.
I admit most don't, but, sucks to be them I guess.
What ever happened to common sense.
but how many people actually do any research on anything, let alone a vape pen device.
I would make efforts to never learn the proportion of ignorant ****'s if it could be beyond saturation it surely is lol
I'll be the first to admit to it! We should all
Or they are scrambling and trying to figure out how to make the vape work properly for longer, and don't have a clue.
Software engineering is honestly a nightmare. That's the driving force behind the GH dynamic, and why most developers have been scared away from the formfactor.
Saying they have no clue when they've effectively taken on the challenge to some success is not really a fair wrap.
I've experienced and seen progression. I understand and mentioned before the bubble of new faults from a new firmware, we've seen it a number of different times now with different issues (red then dead anybody?)
Key to hopper success is actually fixing rma's properly and using QC
Yes, that's the key for HL. For the consumers success, rationalising why this thing is worth it and how easy it is to use and get repaired is key.
I personally think that if the dynamic of the hopper is at all desirable, it's a great purchase as long as you realise it won't last forever or even very long at all.
The frustrations it offers me pale in comparison to the dissatisfaction of combustion.
I was reading my initial GH posts yesterday, and I satiated and I still fully believe -
The Grasshopper is the best device for fucking combustion that there ever was.
Cones (Aus bong mix with tobacco) are as addictive as fuck, and the hopper is a reputable answer to beating a serious problem.
Did Caroline not say it was normal?
I really think she didn't say combustion was normal bro, she might lose her job at the vape factory saying things like that!