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There was no doubt in my mind that you would pull the trigger on this...Edit: yep, fuck it, last minute support
There was no doubt in my mind that you would pull the trigger on this...Edit: yep, fuck it, last minute support
Is this just one IO that you’ve been using for a year plus? Without any failures and as a daily!? If so, please tell us your secret!!!Been running my io for a year+ now. Was using it through water exclusively for PM usage but started using it dry with a jhook and it has re-instated itself as my daily driver. It's just so simple and easy to use, most of all it gets the job done fast.
Lately, rather than grinding, I've been breaking down flowers calyx by calyx, pulling them off the buds doing my best to keep them intact. This was my method for the Volcano back in the day and decided to test it out with the hopper recently. I find it offers the best experience for taste and flavor representation, with the theory that the trichs, terps and flavonoids are kept intact vs being mulched up in a grinder. Load the io chamber up calyx by calyx with no tamping or packing whatsoever, 3.5 temp through a jhook or glass chillum and you're in flavor country. The calyx method also keeps the io chamber and front screens much cleaner, especially vs fine grind which I'd been using for a long time. For those of you who like higher temps and darker abv you can squeeze a second pass if you dump out the calyxes and squish them into dust like consistency, turn up the heat to 4-5 and tons of vapor still hiding in there. Volcano users are familiar with this second pass abv method, my one buddy does first pass during the day storing abv in a bowl ready for high temp second pass at night. Not a fan of high temps lately, too sedative and too heavy on the lungs.
The turbulent air that the io provides strips all the goodies so well with this method and it expresses the subtle flavors amazingly. IMO a sign of a high quality device is when you can taste and distinguish the grow medium(s) of the flower. Obviously quality of material plays a roll in this but also related to precision temperature extraction.
I've been watching on/off and thought they had recovered.Curious. Why are you buying a hopper when you've heard they've got so many things wrong with them and bad support?
They wake up slow in Colorado. The one day battery blowout and the Happy420 are still on...
Looks like a company with cash flow problems.I got this one too. Checked on ordering batteries. They are listed at $9 each. Has the regular price changed? They were $14 so I expected $7. Is $9 regular price now or is $18 and 9 is the 50% off?????
The more things change the more they stay the same . HL has always had cash flow problems. Used my IO tonight and it rocked as always. Go figure.Looks like a company with cash flow problems.
It's now been ONE WHOLE YEAR since I ordered a Colour Ti io and PFE and still not received the product I paid for.
Now some of you have been waiting much longer for your smell proof case (which never materialised), your oils front end (which never materialised), your battery charger (which never materialised) and your OG Grasshopper warranty claims... so 1 year of waiting probably doesn't seem too bad when dealing with Hopper Labs, but to me this is completely ridiculous!
I've been lurking this thread and the original Grasshopper thread for many years now, so I was aware of their *ahem* flexible shipping dates, but I bit the bullet and ordered a Dark Grey io with PFE on 22/03/2020 and was given an initial shipping estimate of July, which was then pushed to November, then February, and now to March. I've contacted their Customer Support and have been told, like many others awaiting their Colour Ti units, "...coming next month... just waiting on a couple of parts... just waiting for the anodizing to be done...".
We are in a Pandemic, shit is currently fucked!.. I understand there are supply issues and problems regarding staffing; me getting my cool little toy is not really a priority. That being said, if Hopper Labs cannot fulfil my order of a Colour unit, as seems to be the case, then give me a full refund, hell the least they could have done is offer to change my order to a regular Ti unit (which currently seem to be shipping in a timely manner).
I will be contacting them today to put forward my annoyance with them and request my order be changed to a regular Titanium io, since I don't see them being able to fulfil orders of an anodized io any time soon. I will give them till the end of the week to confirm shipping, and if I do not receive confirmation that the order has shipped I will be requesting a full refund.
To the best of my knowledge they have never met a deadline. It’s pathetic.Hopper Labs have consistently pushed back and failed to meet shipping dates.
They treat most, not all, this way. We shouldn’t have to chase them yet many of us do. I had to do this when I ordered my IO last year over Labor Day weekend (they must’ve been hungover as I had to prod them to ship my order after gladly taking my money). Honestly, they’re a Harvard Business School worst-case scenario. They don’t know how to run a business, plain and simple.This could be the best vaporizer in the world (if it works), but I don't care anymore, I do not want to give money to a company that treats me like a mug.
By the sounds of it they haven't. I could buy one from herbcafe but seems overpriced for all the hassle.I've been watching on/off and thought they had recovered.
CS so bad even satisfied customers don't want to support you. All we ask is honesty.But my IO does work flawlessly for nearly 9 months. Go figure. If I need batts down the road I’ll buy them but I won’t support them any longer in any other way. Happy Tuesday & cheers.
Honesty and transparency to their customers (and prospective customers) is all we ask.CS so bad even satisfied customers don't want to support you. All we ask is honesty.
Your Hopper Coefficient is .78 which is approximately what mine is. I defined it a page or two back. I had a difficult yearlong RMA too (almost to the exact day) with my Ti OG. Once I got it back, and it was definitely fixed, I bit on the IO with more horsepower. And what I believe to be a more efficient vape with the purported improvements in battery management. Those and a cooler native frontend really sold me (I use my vapes natively 99% of the time). I will reiterate my TI IO has been nothing short of amazing though it took me a while to get used to the increased power (like putting a Ferrari engine in something other than a Ferrari). But it works, and it works well. There is nothing like Hopper when it works well.it's been my primary device for 4 1/2 years (3 1/2 years functioning, 2018 was difficult).
Good to know it works when you need it mostI took a shit with the IO and it worked out for me
Should be “shot”, lol. Darned auto-correction!Good to know it works when you need it most
I would say 'most' people would compress your 10-11 hits into 3 to 6 hits starting higher maybe pulling harder.I should mention how the flavor changes for me over the course of 10-11 hits when using a full fine dry load. Unfortunately, most of the other-wordly flavor (terpenes, flavinoids, ?) are experienced in the first hit at the lowest setting. Generally less flavor as more hits are taken and the temp is raised. The last couple at max temp will get you plenty stoned but definitely aren't sweet. Oddly, seem to get more vapor as temp increases after hit #7 or 8. I could see using the GH just for that amazing first hit, but it would get expensive, plus I would be changing the load pretty often. The GH didn't come with usage instructions, so the way I use it has evolved in isolation. I'm guessing everyone uses it differently.
I am confused. You say you have had no warranty claims but then go on to say your first unit quit after 6 months. Which is it?a few days ago i got the free letter from HL which they re sent me the 5 forgotten screens from my order spare Bodys in the past..
I have not yet had a warranty claim, but if something was not ok with my order such as the screens was missing 1 time as described or I had 3 defective batteries with me that I got replaced without any problems, Hopper Labs was always helpful for me and took remedial action.
Even if it took a few days to send it, it was always done, even if you had to remind her sometimes.
if it is not more I can live with it if it is done in the end.
As I said, I haven't had a warranty claim yet, but I've only been a customer for about 10 months and I'm so far satisfied so far.
of course, the most important thing is the durability of the device.
I can only say that after half a year of about hardcore use my first device didn't get that hot anymore, whose cause was the body.
Because of this i don't use it anymore and I use it for "educational purposes".
I still have to wait and see how long my other devices will last, but I am in good spirits that they will last for a long time. After all, there have been many positive experiences here too
i understand your confusion.I am confused. You say you have had no warranty claims but then go on to say your first unit quit after 6 months. Which is it?
While your experience can't be denied, and by now we're sure you know what you like in your high, some of your logic is a bit fuzzy and some is based on just inaccurate generalizations.Have been chasing the sweet leaf >50 years. I assumed that the sweet flavor is the thc, weed obviously needs to taste sweet to be good.
Here's where I'm going with this. A year or so back, early one morning I got a 11th draw from my IO and was surpriseded at how stoned I got. I'm slow but still realized that the (terpene?) flavor isn't necessarily required to get thc in any given hit.
IMO the GH extracts the most intense flavor very quickly at a low temp setting. This makes the first hit or two special but it might not mark the end of the load.
Will try to weigh a load before and after to see the difference. If 24% thc by weight, and relatively dry, will the GH reduce the weight by 24%? Although more difficult to use, moist weed should reduce even more as the H2O is evaporated.
Anyway, 10-11 satisfying hits per load and stretching stash is desirable IMO. Okay, sometimes I can be a lazy tightwad, but I think I'm getting maximum enjoyment at a minimum hassle and cost. My (addicted) brain knows the difference between a satisfying hit and one that isn't. Getting a big hit AND BEING SATISFIED is the ultimate test. I challenge everyone to experiment.