It's good to live in Boulder! I got my holiday backer email confirmation today, then emailed trevor to see if I could just pick it up instead ... and then stopped by .... they were out to lunch but, I left a bribe of a six pack of my home-brew beer and got an email back a few hours later to stop by. First of all as for the grasshopper itself, go right ahead and believe the hype, this thing is AWESOME!!
Also, Matt and Trevor are totally cool, spent about 30 minutes or so talking with them. The quality of the product is one thing but these guys are really cool and I'm excited for them.
Back to the Grasshopper, I will just tell you my experience so far. For one I am everyday cannabis consumer with a fairly high tolerance -HOWEVER- I just spent a week at sea level and have been back in Colorado for only about 16-17 hours ... that said I am RUHL HIGH *scientific term*
So as I was riding my bike back from the labs, I was imagining that I would do this unboxing video and comparison to the pax2 and firefly. I even had my favorite "flavor" strain Terrapin Care Station's Agent Orange. I was even wearing my Agent Orange t-shirt for the video. I even bought a burrito from Sancho's which was going to make for the post script. I had it all planned out ...
Instead, what happened was I was setting up my bong for that demonstration (the mouthpiece adapter fits perfectly fyi) and got a text from some friends to come to happy hour. So I just load up the Grasshopper with some non scientific amount of this strain called Bubble Gum.
I think I had the temp setting at 3, or maybe 4 because it actually took a bit to figure out which notch is the setting notch, (its the middle one directly above the clip). I took the first rip and I gotta say, maybe I've been using the Firefly (Saab) wrong but the Grasshopper's first hit with respect to flavor was as good as any good firefly hit. I took probably 3 or 4 more hits from that pack then unpacked it and was surprised because I had forgotten how little I put it in.
One thing that the guys at the lab told me was to remember to hit it hard. I totally forgot to do that the first few rips though if thats your style, you'll be fine because you get great flavor but when you rip this thing hard (as in your pax would collapse upon itself if you hit it that hard) you get ripped ... real ripped ... ruhl fast.
I then packed a full bowl, how much? I have no idea, some amount, the amount I grinded in my santa cruz grinder and the quickly packed until it was almost but turns out not quite full. I wish I could be more precise but I was a. not paying attention specifically then and b. really high then and c. higher still now.
I took the packed grasshopper (this time with some Durban Poison) to the bar. In the course of happy hour I ripped it a few times here and there, was never in any danger of not being high while everyone lapped me as I nursed a single beer.
When I got home I charged it for some period of time that was not very long, basically, long enough to for me to realize that instead of trying to resurrect my video plan I should walk my dog.
So I grabbed the GH (stainless steel one by the way) and walked my dog. I took a few hits over the course of the walk, how many? Don't know a few, on temp 5 and it was still the same bowl of durban that was almost but not quite fully packed before happy hour and it was still hitting, the flavor was mostly gone but still more left over than a pax would be at that point nursing the "final scorch".
I got back up to my apartment, repacked it a few times with small bowls fooling around with different temps and using my bong. I didn't keep notes but I probably took in total 5 hits of not full bowls at various temps and I should say I was surprised by how effecient it is at temp 5 in a bowl, the flavor was best around 4 in the bong but still good at 5 and huge clouds.
So far the battery hasn't died, no idea what that means except that it seems like under normal afternoon circumstances for me, I won't have to worry about battery life.
So that meandering diatribe was my first few hours with the grasshopper. The point which I tried but failed to make is that in my first experience of "Just using it" No real plan just going about my day and subbing in the grasshopper for a pax2 it would great. Different, for sure, better is the "wrong" word but definitely better, that quick start time is gonna be disruptive ... in fact if I were to say which competitors should be nervous, I don't think other flower vapes because they have their "charms" but I would say I would be nervous if I were in the oil pen cartridge vape game. The grasshopper is everything that I would want to have an "O-Pen" style vape for (instant on and quick cannabinating) except its not some trashy oil from who knows where, its my flower that I can choose exactly what strain.
So if you're waiting for one, it is on its way, believe! I've seen it with my own eyes. If you're sitting on the fence, jump in, it'll be worth the wait, I waited more than two years. If you're a hater, stop it, at least as to whether its a real company etc. They are real people and good people as far as I can tell but what do I know, I'm just a simple country lobbyist. They are working very long hours to get as many out the door as possible. I have seen cars there very late at night when I'm on my way home. The product is solid, I don't know if they could have done it faster but I'm glad they took the time they did and you will be too.
And before any gets angry about not getting theres yet, I'm a holiday backer, I live down the street, I didn't get any response from my email asking if I could pick it up until AFTER i got my address confirmation email and I STILL had to bribe them with beer! Which I brewed myself. In other words I had to work a little extra to get mine probably a day or two earlier than I would have otherwise because they are really just sending them out in whatever order they're in (we didn't talk about it but like I said I didn't hear anything until it was "my turn" anyway).
Now i'm going to try a temp step session from 2 -5 and finish the bowl on 5 with the bong. From there I'll probably just go ahead and eat that burrito, not make a comparison video and probably just watch t.v.
Sorry guys, though now I have much more sympathy for
@midgetsanchez @Just Justin @BuzzDanklin and others. I had such big plans to contribute and be a hero by posting a video yadda yadda yadda but this grasshopper ... just got way to high :-)
p.s. not edited for grammar, narrative or cohesiveness, read at your own risk, also disclaimer I meant to put this at the beginning hehe
p.p.s.
HA! Now my battery is dead! before I even started my temp step session. So I have no idea what that means for battery life except for its way better than the firefly and like I said would get me through and average afternoon just fine, especially with the extra batteries. I also noticed that when charging from totally dead the alert light flashes both red and blue which is also when it doesn't have enough power to be used pass through. It took about 10 minutes to get enough charge for pass through at which points it flashes slower rapidity and only red.