The Grasshopper Shipping Poll

[falcopus]

I'm also from Belgium (Leuven) and was an earlybird (ti version) backer;
Monday my hopper was shipped from Boulder.
I hope the import cost is not to high....

First european hopper ? Congratulations.
I'm from Belgium. And you ?

 

[JoeMama]

hmm... thats an odd conversation to have O.o if you have a great vape you are initiating a conversation about wouldn't you just straight up say "Grasshopper Labs"? instead.

OK:

Me: Hey I just got this new Vaporizer, it's cool, it's great, it's awesome.
Person looking to buy a vape (PLBV): Really! Where'd you get it?
Me: From Grasshopper Labs... a company that sucks in communication.
PLBV: Oh fuck that.

Better?

 

[caliwisp]

Hang in there everybody . . . there is hope! Received two Ti units the other day, one plain Ti, one blue, two spare batteries, two black leather sleeves, chargers, the whole bit.

Did some burnoffs and battery charges and ready for testing!

 

[snamuh]

Hang in there everybody . . . there is hope! Received two Ti units the other day, one plain Ti, one blue, two spare batteries, two black leather sleeves, chargers, the whole bit.

Did some burnoffs and battery charges and ready for testing!

Can you get a photo of the blue ti?

 

[JiggyJack]

This was linked on the Indiegogo campaign site: tinyurl.com/oqsqy7y. It's a public Google doc spreadsheet for us to put when we ordered and what our current status is. I know a few people have tried to start posts on Reddit to do the same but they kind of fizzled. Having the spreadsheet filled out would give a good representation of where things stand.

 

[dreadnaught27]

That spreadsheet is very helpful. Looks like the order numbers might have been based on type to begin with (12000 for ss, 13000 for ti, and 14000 for color ti... maybe?), then switched to a more consecutive sequence for the pre-orders (starting at 16000). If that is true, then they may have already sold as many pre-orders as they had original backers... maybe even more. Hopefully that means they can continue expanding their work force to speed up the shipping process

 

[Gregori]

I'm also from Belgium (Leuven) and was an earlybird (ti version) backer;
Monday my hopper was shipped from Boulder.
I hope the import cost is not to high....

Great news for you ! I live in La Louvière and can't wait to get my hopper. Let me know when you get yours and the custom taxes rate.

 

[geraldus]

This was linked on the Indiegogo campaign site: tinyurl.com/oqsqy7y. It's a public Google doc spreadsheet for us to put when we ordered and what our current status is. I know a few people have tried to start posts on Reddit to do the same but they kind of fizzled. rHaving the spreadsheet filled out would give a good representation of where things stand.

I'd like to see this spreadsheet , but have been unable to connect to it .

 

[PeteSeattle]

Oh please don't change my ship date or my VAS will kick in! Anyone else lined up for a Sept. delivery?

 

[jojo0420]

I'd like to see this spreadsheet , but have been unable to connect to it .

tinyurl.com/oqsqy7y

This is the link you seek.

 

[sundaddy]

Supposedly, time will tell.

 

[Vapzilla]

Oh please don't change my ship date or my VAS will kick in! Anyone else lined up for a Sept. delivery?

I think just about everyone is slated for a Sept. Delivery. That's what my original April, to July, delivery was changed to. If you ordered one today the expected delivery is October, per their website. I Expect our delivery to be pushed back yet again.
Not many new units showing up as the month of August is almost over.

 

[PeteSeattle]

I think just about everyone is slated for a Sept. Delivery. That's what my original April, to July, delivery was changed to. If you ordered one today the expected delivery is October, per their website. I Expect our delivery to be pushed back yet again.
Not many new units showing up as the month of August is almost over.

Ugh ... I'm off to hit my Cloud and rewatch posted vids.

 

[geraldus]

tinyurl.com/oqsqy7y

This is the link you seek.

Thanks , Jojo , got it !

 

[EmDeemo]

Just got an unexpected email from GHL..

August Production Update


Hi Everyone,

We have now shipped over 550 Grasshoppers. Stainless, Titanium and Color Grasshoppers have all been shipping out. The extra effort it took to produce the color units has really paid off. They provide some excellent contrast to the look and feel of the Stainless units.

Two machines are coming online which will drastically speed up some of the longest assembly tasks. Several other machines are in the works and we are aiming for a 10x assembly speed improvement by mid September. We know many of your estimated shipping dates have been pushed back one month at a time and this can be frustrating. This is due to assembly taking much longer than expected. We now have a better idea of the rate of assembly and are updating shipping estimates accordingly. Many of you will be moved back more than one month but our intention is to avoid a month-by-month change.

Production throughput has already seen exponential growth and we are very confident about delivery. With hundreds of devices out in the world, we are getting lots of great feedback from the community and are using that to refine our processes. If you are wondering whether the Grasshopper lives up to expectations, see the reviews section at the bottom of our homepage.

The delays have been frustrating, but as of today an additional benefit for early pre-orders is in effect. Grasshopper pricing will be updated to reflect the extra costs that production has incurred. The Stainless unit will move to $150, while the Titanium and Color units will be priced at $200. Just as our original backers received their Grasshoppers for a lower cost, early pre-order supporters now share a similar benefit. As an additional thanks for your support, we will continue to offer the original prices for anyone with an open pre-order until further notice. This means that anyone with an open order can add items at the discounted rate by contacting us. New accounts will be subject to the updated pricing outlined above.

We thank you for your continued patience as we work to bring the best possible product to you.

Thanks,



The Grasshopper Team

Damage limitation before a large number of orders are set back again?

Business as usual at GHL! :-)

Fingers crossed for September!

 

[Bass Vaper]

Damage limitation before a large number of orders are set back again?

Business as usual at GHL! :-)

Fingers crossed for September!

I think you're right. That update smells like code for "September ain't happening".

Darn.

 

[ragnorokk]

Just saw this in my inbox as well. That's 100 more (maybe even more?) units in the wild than the last time we saw a number from them! Hopefully September sees hoppers leaving at an increased speed, if I can't actually get mine then.

 

[greenthmb]

This is extraordinary ...the Hopper Team looks to be feeling a bit jumpy this month.

 

[Wolf46]

guys, if i try a pre-order in the GH site it says extimated delivery october 2015...from your experience, how much is realistic this date? in this topic i read about 2013 early baker with no GH in their hand...
how it is possible that if i order a GH today 24 august, it's arrive in time for october (even november is good for me)?!?

thanks and sorry for my english.

p.s. maybe i should wrote this post on the shipping poll topic...sorry.

 

[blankexpression]

Honestly? Theres only one, maybe two people that can answer that question and thats Matt or Trevor. If I were a betting man then I'd put money on there being more delays. How long? No one really knows!

 

[Wolf46]

oh well, i buy it anyway because i want the temporary discount and the device seems to be a perfect electronic joint experience (very rare for a vaporizer, even the convention model):

press the button\turn on the lighter
wait the 2-3 sec the heating\ turn on the joint
inhale
click the button e put the gh near to me\put the joint in the ashtrays near to me

and repeat many times at irregular interval of time.

perfect for a solo session in front of a movie or a internet session (and other situation as well).


the similarity with a joint maybe is not the best argument in a vaporizer forum but i'm a joint lovers and a vaporizer with practicaly the same use is gold for me

the only choose i have to make is SS or TI?! if someone have testimoniance of real difference (cooling time and performance) i beg you to explain for me in this topic.

thanks.

 

[Bass Vaper]

guys, if i try a pre-order in the GH site it says extimated delivery october 2015...from your experience, how much is realistic this date? in this topic i read about 2013 early baker with no GH in their hand...
how it is possible that if i order a GH today 24 august, it's arrive in time for october (even november is good for me)?!?

I think you answered your own question

Trying to stay as positive as possible

 

[Delta3DStudios]

Well I know some of you are discouraged, but to me this recent email is encouraging. What I see happened these past few months is the "early bird" IGG backers were used to test small production batches of the finished product to ensure everything went smoothly. It didn't.

As we know there were many initial reports of issues with DOA or nearly DOA hoppers. At that time, I'm betting they were sending out 20-30 hoppers per week. Then about three weeks ago they started to ramp up production once they got a bit more comfortable, maybe say 60 hoppers per week.

Now they have identified the bottlenecks in their assembly processes and have developed tools to assist in those stages of production. My personal guess right now we're seeing around 120 hoppers per week being shipped (not orders, hoppers). This is still with the current bottlenecks.

Now they have finally brought two new undisclosed "machines" online. I'm guessing they worked through the weekend testing the system and once they felt comfortable it's "working" they decided to send out a special announcement to say "guess what guys! Here we go"

Now making even more assumptions (based on how I'd run the production schedule if it were my business), I'd say that if those two machines are coming online, they'll probably do a small "production run" of half the desired output to ensure these systems are producing consistent results. I think we'll see twice as many shipping confirmation notifications coming within the next week.

Although I don't think they're going to ramp up to the "thousands per week" they claimed for another month or two. I'm betting they're going to take it slow and make certain these two new machines are working properly before they ship several thousand hoppers out to all preorder customers.

So my order may get pushed back a few weeks, I don't care. I'm happy to know mine will be built using these new machines which will result in a (hopefully) higher quality product.

 

[Mister G]

guys, if i try a pre-order in the GH site it says extimated delivery october 2015...from your experience, how much is realistic this date?

I don't think October is realistic at all based on the sentence below from the recent GHL email update. You also seem really over the top enthused about this vape, I hope you don't set yourself up for a letdown. Yeah, I'm a bummer today. I think they waited for @jojo0420 's videos to come out before sending that email.

Many of you will be moved back more than one month but our intention is to avoid a month-by-month change.

 

[zymos]

"Coming online" is not necessarily the same as "now online". Knowing these guys, those machines could not be received and operational for a while.

IMO, the main point of this mailing was "we want more preorders to stay afloat", hence the price increase announcement and push to get em while they are cheaper.