The weirdest thing happened today. I got a package from Hopper Labs. I didn't even check the mail because it's Labor Day. I just noticed it in front of my door, who knows how long it was there. It was supposed to be delivered tomorrow.
Maybe the postal gods know what's up.
I didn't get the leather sleeve I ordered 50 weeks ago. No note or anything in the box to let me know it's out of stock. No packing slip or invoice of any kind.
First impressions of the titanium:
The lighter weight is immediately noticeable coming from the stainless steel model. It feels more like an actual pen, and more high tech at the same time.
The threading is not nearly as smooth as my SS model, on both the backend and mouthpiece.
The mouthpiece looks slightly scuffed or at least unpolished.
The temperature dial is noticeably smoother than my SS model.
The grid pattern is already present on the inside battery contact:
No flash
With flash
Sparkling clean and new with a grid pattern. I'm not worried about the grid pattern at all, but I will now have this photo for reference to see if it gets worse.
It should be a brand new batch but it doesn't have the two extra resistors or capacitors or whatever those components are. I'm not worried about that either, my SS doesn't have them and has been fine, but it seemed like a recent revision to the design.