Does anyone use the hopper without clicking it properly? Tried it out yesterday by just depressing the clicker a little bit and hold it to get it going... Needed to do it that way, loud on and off clicking wasn't stealthy enough. Can anyone tell if this will do any harm to the hopper?
Thanks guys
It's the only way I use it. I've clicked mine on only a handful of times. Most of those were for the hydrotube.
When a DC current runs through those threads, that being an imperfect path for conduction, and depending on humidity, Titanium Oxide is created in those resistive (air-gap) places.
At least I know what it is, now.
That definitely could be some of it. It was brought up before. It happens even without putting any current through it on my Ti unit, though. It also happens in the mouth piece. Nobody knows for certain what is flaking off my unit unless they test it. Solid hypothesis, though.
Update on my mouthpiece metal shaving test. I took great care to be more gentle this week and the amount of stuff coming off was minimal to almost nothing. I'm thinking that my threads are a little busted. They are obviously chewed up at this point. It sounded like another member had a more severe problem with the threading, so I'm thinking it may not be purely a Ti vs SS thing.
My Ti has been out of service at this point for almost three weeks. I think I'm going to try running it hard through my hydrotube as a DD for a bit to see if I can get it to have a meltdown and then I'll send it in for service.
I actually wish it would completely fail. Then I could send it in or exchange parts. I just can't believe that it's functioning as intended the majority of the time. Unfortunately it's not showing any of the distinct signs of failure.
It's encouraging, but still a struggle
I feel the same way about my Ti. I don't think it performs as consistently as my SS but I'm also very concerned about the mouthpiece threading. I hope it breaks and can relate to your struggle.
Over that last month, I've mostly used my SS and honed my technique and I really really love the damn thing. Just curious, when/where did you get yours?
Slow draw might be the problem, I have to draw strong and steady to get the biggest clouds. I freaking love it, about to sell my log even
I have the opposite experience when using it natively. If I draw hard I get a lot of pain and virtually no vaporization. If I draw slow I get very big clouds and very little discomfort. With the hydrotube, I go hard and it is great. I just can't imagine doing that directly into my mouth on a regular basis. Are you doing super short hits? What temp? I'd love to hear more about the hard draw technique. There are so many potential variables in what we each consider hard/soft and also with device performance.
To date, I find the device to generally produce virtually flavorless vapor. Sometimes I get a little on the exhale for the first hit or two. It is so different than the flavor from other vapes, it's tough to categorize. If I turn it down, I can get some flavor, but it isn't like I'm getting a a good hit and getting flavor a la Nano, VapCap OG or FF2. I'm actually totally fine with this considering how useful and convenient the Hopper is.
I do get a bitter metallic aftertaste when I pull a little too hard. I generally associated that with overheating my taste buds rather than actually sampling metal, but who knows, if there is some Ti oxidation going on or whatever? It hasn't happened much or has been greatly reduced since getting my technique down.
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Oh, one hypothesis I have about the flavor is the way we generally use this thing natively. For comfort, I "choke up" a bit and this has the vapor missing a good portion of my tongue where other vapes often have the vapor traveling right across it.
Michel, I'll answer your questions when I have a bit more time. About to run out the door.
Quick question: my mouthpiece is not fully screwing on? Is it because the screen is out of place? Do I have to go get the tweezers? Thanks.
That is definitely a possibility. Just be careful and check out your threads. Make sure you don't have a problem like I do with rough/chewed threads. It may be caused by a machining error or something.
Try shaking the front end. Do you hear a rattle at all? That's a good indicator that the front screen is not fully seated.
Most of us switched to vaping because it's safer. Once the Grasshopper has a proven track record of reliability I think we will all be able to relax a bit. Hopefully one day the fixes resource is no longer needed and fades into obscurity...
