If I keep the unit on a relatively short amount of time, and give er a good ole rip, I don't have any issues. I do feel my backend giving off some heat... but it's gotta go somewhere? And I do not feel my unit gets as hot as others, as mine is a fairly new unit afaik, so perhaps this also has some effect.
I have even tried using the regular mouthpiece at max temp, natively. I have no issues, so long as I don't keep the unit on for more than like 25~ seconds (after the lights turn blue)
yeah, using it as described on the OEM site, it is totally fine and doesn't need cooling (although it's always an option)
Other vapes require a slow and steady draw that lasts between 30 and 90 seconds. This type of draw is not ideal for the Grasshopper. The Grasshopper comes equipped with a very powerful 45-watt heater, a microcontroller to monitor temperature in real-time and a very short vapor path. Its design allows for quick and easy vaporization. Your draw should be faster than with other vapes and last 15-20 seconds. Near the end of your draw, click the device off to allow for all the vapor and warm air to be cleared from the chamber. For longer sessions consider a PFE and 14mm-18mm adapter to use directly on the device or through a bubbler.
I typically hit my hopper for longer than 20 seconds, so I nearly always add cooling. And with so many options due to the 14mm tapered fitting PFE, it couldn't be any easier.
Having to use just the pen to get as high as I normally go for is a bit of a challenge with the heat, but it's still doable.
You'd have to be very unimaginative to not figure out a stealthy cooling option for on the go usage regardless. A simple 18-14 bushing as recommended by HL does a pretty good job if you can't think of anything yourself.
Or how about a vape hoody?
take stealth to the next level and keep the performance.
Back in the day people would retrofit Arizer Solos into starbucks cups and the like, the hopper simply benefits a lot from a drip tip or a whip. It's the best whip vape I've ever tried actually. Though I've never had anything from SSV which I think might be the king of whips, or that ex-nasa halogen Herbalizer that's gone by the wayside (what is actually going on there? Their website links are for the new volcano hybrid...)
The GH heats herb to 210 C and it's ridiculous that it can be used at all as it's designed, the heat source is almost inside your mouth, of course it's noticeable.
Try getting that close to any other vapes heat source! There's no way. No one insulates their vapes properly, and all that energy loss is a bigger deal than a stinging roger from the hopper.
If you want to cool it down, move it further away. It's the same for everything, I think it's one of the most pathetic reasons to hate on the GH which I have often heard from randoms on reddit who have never tried it or are quite stupid when it comes to thermal dynamics and the art of vaporising.
I don't think there is a vape out there with a shorter path? It's nicer than hitting the MFLB without a stem (and the stems fit inside the silicone FEs on the hopper, which works very well indeed, I've lost my walnut stem come to think of it...)
What people are saying here I'm all for, a thread on cooling mouthpiece by HL. I think that would make sense as an accessory, although I don't want one, I can see the appeal
