Damn! I can't even keep up with this thread it's moving so damn fast!
I wish it was possible to know more about the way the Grasshopper works. I'm not technically inclined enough to really understand it, I'm sure, but. The way it transmits electronic signals, without wires, through the body of the vape...I've never heard of anything that did that before. I'm really curious about it, isn't that supposedly part of what is supposed to make it so durable and cheap?
Ever used Ethernet over Powerline in your house?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication
I'm betting it uses some sort of modulated frequency to send signals. The body of the pen acts as a transmitter for this modulated frequency.
No, there are no wires in the vapor path that was one major aspect of the whole design, wireless communication between microprocessors.
They're not doing anything fancy here, it's been done for years in other industries, they simply applied it to a vape.
What I find most interesting is the metal 'sense' bug in the design. If the vaporizer is off, why are the lights turning on at all? How fast will this drain the battery when not in use? Should we not store a battery in the vape for extended periods of time?
I'd like to see someone confirm the heater is NOT turning on by using a coin to activate the lights, and taking a slow drag - see if any vapor is produced.
Those wires "could" be the source of the off gassing. I believe that this was also the case with the Ascent, which they fixed in later production runs.
Nope - the Ascent's offgassing was caused by the silicone. They fixed the problem by finishing the Silicone curing process in America.
There were a few reports of visible wires under the oven in the Ascent on some early units, but that wasn't an issue (they were far enough away from the heat). They simply hadn't been properly tucked into the wire clip on the body of the vape during assembly
If *anything* I suspect there may be slight offgassing from the heater itself, but let's wait for more feedback before we jump the gun and assume some phantom wires are causing toxic offgassing.
Also I'm betting that clicking sound is probably the oven turning on/off as it maintains temp