The Grasshopper Shipping Poll
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Shrike
Flower Potted, Maxed, & Rio'd.
...it does say "estimated" shipping date...so...if they manage to spool up production to what they say might happen during July, it might be possible that everyone gets their GH's in July.
With all the delays, I don't think they wanted to be too optimistic on production. If they get them out earlier than the estimated date, everyone will be happy. If not...well...we've been given our ETA's.
With all the delays, I don't think they wanted to be too optimistic on production. If they get them out earlier than the estimated date, everyone will be happy. If not...well...we've been given our ETA's.
vapebuddy13
Your resident Super Hero
They mentioned they planned on getting all backers done by end of June... and the chargers didn't seem to really take longer than expected so why the change?
Vapetrees
Vaped Out
I guess we have to email them to find out.
hippogriff
Well-Known Member
Dec 3 2013 backer, now July estimated, can't pretend updates or estimates have any meaning, at least I'll know here when people start getting notices. I wonder how many pages the actual shipping thread will reach before the 3rd Hopper is delivered?
Shit Snacks
Milaana. Lana. LANA. LANAAAA! (TM2/TP80/BAK/FW9)
Hahaha yeah thank mod they (Pak) made this thread and nudged us toward it, gonna get pretty big over the next few months...
Early January pre order, original April estimate, I kinda don't wanna check now?
Early January pre order, original April estimate, I kinda don't wanna check now?
HillaryClinton
Future ruler of earth
Estimated ship date: July 2015 for me(40ish early bird model...)
So much for "everything is in place and Hoppers are rolling off of the assembly line." because to me that sounds like quicker then Estimated ship date: July 2015.....
So much for "everything is in place and Hoppers are rolling off of the assembly line." because to me that sounds like quicker then Estimated ship date: July 2015.....
inuhuion
Well-Known Member
Anybody have a June 2015 estimated ship date now? If so, when did you order?
It occurs to me that this could be another "placeholder" date, like when backers recently went from no date whatsoever to Feb 2014 (despite that being over a year ago).
I'm going to try to reserve my outrage, there'll be plenty of time for it later.
It occurs to me that this could be another "placeholder" date, like when backers recently went from no date whatsoever to Feb 2014 (despite that being over a year ago).
I'm going to try to reserve my outrage, there'll be plenty of time for it later.
HillaryClinton
Future ruler of earth
Funny part is I ordered one at Nov. 14, 2013, 4 p.m. and one at May 21, 2014, 8:40 p.m. and both are July...not sure how accurate the dates/times are on the order page but the first one was ordered within the first couple mins of it going up...
Shit Snacks
Milaana. Lana. LANA. LANAAAA! (TM2/TP80/BAK/FW9)
lol caved and glad I did, interestingly I've got a July estimate for my ss Hopper, and an August for my two color Ti Hoppers (added to order in April). At least I'll have something sooner
But yeah pretty nuts with the totally misleading update. I gotta think its related to the two warranty cases we saw here, they want to do extra testing/burn offs what have you on each one before shipment? And they wanna ship as many at once as possible now for some reason? I presume many have already emailed Trevor about this nonsense...
johnnyCanuck
Well-Known Member
Think ETS change has anything to do with the two GH failures?
either software tweak or mechanical? If mechanical, july and august ship dates would be wishful thinking.
either software tweak or mechanical? If mechanical, july and august ship dates would be wishful thinking.
My ship date just changed to August today fyi. :/ glad I picked up a Pax2 to keep me company... The wait/excitement is almost unbearable!
Btw, I noticed they listed a titanium version of the stainless steel case on the indiegogo page. Is that still a thing?
Btw, I noticed they listed a titanium version of the stainless steel case on the indiegogo page. Is that still a thing?
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DriftYo///M3
Member
Same bruh
![:\](/i/s/hmm.gif "Hmm :\")
such a let down, all this time I've been waiting for it to ship and be here, at least before the end of the Summer, but this is now edging on early fall.I'm going to be even more crestfallen if it's not here in the first dates of August.
fft
Well-Known Member
I've had this same optimistic / "want to believe" perspective for quite a while now...like maybe they're just being extra conservative and they'll surprise us by delivering sooner. After this last update, though, I'm starting to wonder if they are deliberately feeding us optimism in order to keep more pre-orders coming in to fund their delays. You know...for all the people just tuning in who are super glad that units are now rolling off the assembly line. Don't get me wrong, I think these guys are trying as hard as they can to get these out, but they might be in a tight spot financially where it wouldn't be prudent to be anything but optimistic. Once they start shipping good units to backers, they will have better access to capital should they need it.
Just a long winded way of saying that even July might not be a sure thing.
zymos
Well-Known Member
July for me too- I'm a backer but ordered on the last day.
I'm betting no one is going to have an estimated ship date in June....
Oh and my extra battery is estimated for August- that's kind of dumb- are the batteries in short supply? It's not like they need to do any assembly for them or anything, just throw em in a box and ship.
I'm betting no one is going to have an estimated ship date in June....
Oh and my extra battery is estimated for August- that's kind of dumb- are the batteries in short supply? It's not like they need to do any assembly for them or anything, just throw em in a box and ship.
HillaryClinton
Future ruler of earth
ernestryles
Well-Known Member
I'm an early bird backer, and my ship date just changed to July. A little disappointed by that as I thought I'd get it by the end of June, but I'm still stoked to be getting my grasshopper soon enough after such a long wait.
syrupy
Authorized Buyer
True, there's never a missed deadline with estimates.
Is any of the current delay from the o-gassing (potential) issue?
midgetsanchez
Well-Known Member
True, there's never a missed deadline with estimates.
Is any of the current delay from the o-gassing (potential) issue?
As someone who has a new unit, I can tell you the "o-gassing" is not something to be worried about. Really- it takes just a few cycles to clear and then stops, and it doesn't smell like anything dangerous. They told me it was finger oils on the heating element from assembly which I believe. I taste nothing but pure herb when I use it.
If it was a wire melting or something worse, the "gassing" would probably be continuous.
I think the delay is just from making sure parts are within tolerance as they scale up - I also remember reading that their sintered-heating element manufacturer was a bottleneck at some point.