You may be the first, but you are not alone. My Fierce just turned into a brick this morning. I am as displeased now as I was when I heard about the repeated production delays. I got a note from HR customer service very promptly in reply to my freaked out missive. I sent it back this afternoon. So sad this is my first post here on FC and it has to be this bad news.
Hmm, interesting.
@OF makes very good points though (in much more sofisticated terms than i'll put them in lol). All v1.0's have a much higher chance of running into problems for obvious reasons and the fact that there has been so much hype and only 3 known faulty units means Healthy Rips are on top of their goals:
-Staying Dynamic and Innovative instead of sitting back and admiring their work
-Upfront and responsive to the public communities & forums
-Genuine, and I mean no doubt, Genuinely Amazing CS
-Maybe the most important, Their devices rate very high in terms of vapor production and great flavor (even if it dissipates a bit quickly in the F2)
I think anyone who rode the Tera roller coaster or is still on the Grasshopper train will understand the knotting of your stomach at the sight of the Fierce, a unit that had a longer "Testing Phase" than some companies take to design, tweak, test, manufacture, and market their products, and was supposed to match the Mighty in "Ease of use, Portability, Durability, and Vapor Production" turn into a black brick brings back all the memories of the waiting turned excitement, turned depression that then repeated itself until I was no longer "excited" to see the tracking # that meant i'd be seeing it soon (my hopler is in for the its 4th trip). Im not saying because my Fierce Bricked that their a Bad, Bad company or that they're "A main stream off brand" as said because they sold the F2 design to the manufacturer, infact they have just as much potential if not more than the 2 or 3 War chest companies, I just don't want to wait for them to iron out all the details and specifications to as close to perfection that the technologies will get them (again I have no doubt about their ambition to grow in the industry side and community angle.)
Similar to
@BornAgainSteama, I might start selling off all my "unique situation" vapes or ones that dont make the cut for any form of effecient usage because if HR's having trouble meeting the standards that I WANT in a vaporizer than it'll be extremely difficult for the other Top tier companies to meet them. This logic would apply vice verse to the Mighty if the Fury/F2 & Fierce had been made years before, I just had my standards set high already because I own a lot of the vaporizers that experienced & knowledgeable people commonly compared the Fierce to (not by name but it was no secret they were aiming to knock off S&B's Mighty at the #1 spot and bypass the Airizer co. altogether cause if its comparable to the Mighty the only vape in their arsenal that comes close is the Solo/2)
Im all for the little guy, the underdog (not the log but im sure its good too) and I think they make better work because they're too small to make mistakes and if I decide to keep the Fierce than it will be the last vape bought from a Company because after the decision one way or the other i'll be going through Mr. Morrison. I wish you all the best of luck with your Fierces and wish me luck too, if I decide to keep it , but, Luck me up anyways
For The Record!: HR's Fierce is a GREAT PRODUCT, it has amazing flavor, very efficient with material, fits like a glove in your hand, Hybrid heating without toasting the oven, and cool vapor from both stock mouthpieces. My concern lies with the CHANCES of a reoccuring problem that would/could require constant upkeep, constant monitoring, having to be very precise about the tempature ect. or risk shitdown and a factory vacation for that unit, not the functionality of the Fierce itself.
Sorry for the long post but I felt the need to be clear.
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