grokit
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If they can make it reliable and start knocking them out by the thousands, then good chanceI hope it turns out to be the best portable ever.
If they can make it reliable and start knocking them out by the thousands, then good chanceI hope it turns out to be the best portable ever.
A machine that tests effectivity of each unit before its boxed sounds good to me. Considering they have alluded to ~700 units ready to go each week... Perhaps finally the dates are shaping up. I pre-ordered late July, and now have a November estimated shipping date whilst the site is claiming if you preorder today it will be December. If they can ship nearly 3000 a month (big if, but what they seem to be aiming for) then the dates check out.Oh, right, so those machines they alluded to last month that would increase production rate x10 turn out to be a glorified battery charger and a qc instrument... Neither of which is really going to get hoppers assembled any quicker... I'd take my hopper with a dead battery RIGHT NOW Trevor, don't try to make out that we're all going to be over the moon with the wait we've all had when our hoppers turn up FULLY CHARGED!!! OMG, what a cool feature (<sarcasm).
I tell you what, these guys are seriously pushing me closer to getting a refund, especially after they've pushed all dates back again... It seems to me that all they are doing with the shipping estimates is waiting till the last day of the month, and then pushing everyone's date back a month, which is a very deceitful tactic. It's stringing people along. I know us preorders are getting a free battery because of the first push back, but I personally think we should get one for every pushback, meaning I'd have about 3 extra batteries so far (obviously I know this would prob tip HL over the bankruptcy cliff, but still).
Probably mass charging is needed for mass testing of heaters. Just my guess.
Makes sense, testing the device will use power, and then they'd need to charge it so it will work when it's shipped/purchased. It may be it's just the one machine with two different functions.Probably mass charging is needed for mass testing of heaters. Just my guess.
This seems like a reasonable update from the two or so weeks that have passed since their last update. As have all of them. What more could you expect at this point?Is anyone still really taking these production estimates seriously?
"accommodate shipping of over 100 units per day" ... "The second machine tests the heater functionality of every unit"I totally get the need for a machine that charges the batteries... but is it just me or does 100 batteries a day seem a bit low? Normally i'd say maybe not but with a battery that charges in an hr I feel like I could go out and buy 10 4-battery chargers and have 100 charged in just a few hours. but maybe I'm just over-simplifying.
they also didn't go into detail about any other machine so hopefully they do help increase the efficiency and quality of the production so soon every hopper produced is perfect.
meant more about the part saying "Over the last 15 days we’ve brought some automated machines online" assuming they aren't the same machines touched on a sentence later lol."accommodate shipping of over 100 units per day" ... "The second machine tests the heater functionality of every unit"
I think they are meaning 100 units can be tested, charged and then analysed before shipping, every day.
Sounds like an improvement in the right direction.
They should release a "Tour of GHL" video, giving us backers and enthusiasts an inside look into operations.
Yes I think all of us are wondering about this issue.... I personally would have jumped all over this by now but this back-end thing does give me serious pause.... I want this design very much but I just don't want to start another collection of parts.... all I have for information is that it seems to be happening to some of the units.... details would be extremely helpful....also they did not mention the back ends and what they will do to solve the problems with them (getting hot) as some memmbers who own one gh and had this problem stated
Nor can they help much with intermittent issues. Seems like many if not most who've reported this issue did not have a hopper that was DOA - several used it a day or so first. But hopefully that heat-detecting machine will be able to sniff even those out..... of course this is assuming that it is caused by a build issue and not a failing component... a failing component that falls out after extended use....QA testers can't help you there....
I know, right.Large scale Battery charging machine:
Current sensing tester for heater:
I'd like to see it used as I intend to first try it;
Temp at 4.20 with a small pinch in the chamber (I guess ~0.1g) blasted til its done. I'd like to see how many hits you can get until the vapour fades away to nothing but a whispy trace.
Maybe see if you can kill an amount in one hit. So load a tiny bit and see if you can finish it in one drag.
I guess mostly it would be good just to hear, and see, your thoughts on it as you explore the device.
It's hard to know what would be best to show in a video without seeing a GH unit in person.
Basically whatever you show will be eye candy regardless, and it makes waiting a lot easier!
So thanks a lot for that
EDIT:
Actually, one thing I would like to hear a bit about, is the reclaim build up potential for this thing?
How have your pieces held up with heavy use and what are your cleaning habits?
In terms of the silicone tip; what kind of build up can we expect in what kind of time frame?
Cheers again for being open for questions