Between those vapes I would chose the Grasshopper. By the time those other vapes warm up you can take a grasshopper hit, be high and have it back in your pocket.
Here Here, It as is the grasshopper is the only vape to break or portable vapes are an old technology. Well bicycles still break and in the new exciting vape and particularly portable vape space, expectations need to be realistic.
With the exception of the vivape2 which I probably just didn't use enough, EVERY vape i've had has had at least one RMA issue.
OG Pax- sent it back because it stopped working and it was replaced. Subsequently sold it to a friend for $20
Pax2- sent it back because the button stopped working. It works fine now but I haven't used it in a few months.
OG Firefly - Just stopped working and sent it back, worked "fine" (read I know people can get great hits from it, my technique was hit or miss but great flavor) now in the evidence locker in some county sheriff in Iowa (the cop looked right past both grasshoppers and my pax2 but called out the firefly incase any question about how discrete the grasshopper or the pax2 to its credit are.
Elo- I forgot about the elo, weird little device, never broke but never really worked well either and the company didn't either as it's gone now.
MiVape- probably one of the best vapes that never caught on, great flavor but the door broke almost right away, cosmetic so I never fixed it. Can't remember the last time I used it, it's a lot of effort so even thought it's a pleasant vaping experience it doesn't get used much as in once every few months.
Firefly 2- easier to use than FF1 and great flavor, just really not worth the effort in my opinion when one has a perfectly good grasshoppper right there! I hadn't used the FF2 in awhile and wanted to try some concentrates only to discover the FF2 had broken from LACK OF USAGE! I have two baterries, both charge and are charged, it does it's orange glow but it won't vape flower or concentrate at any temp setting .... also fuck the app I know realize. I suppose I will do a warranty since the damn thing costs more than both my grasshoppers did, if there's any vape I actually think is junk though it's definitely the FF2 even with that amazing flavor when it works, you can achieve that with a grasshopper on low temps. As for concentrates, I got a bee nail and never looked back. I usually only Dab at home and with access to concentrates of the same strain, I really think a grasshopper flower hit at the right temp rivals the or is maybe better than the flavor from a dab, but again temperature is a big factor.
Davinci IQ- It has replaced my pax2 as my session vape. For me a session vape is used primarily for vaping tobacco and mixed herbs. My friends that haven't bought grasshoppers are smokers so when they come over the ONLY vape the are interested in is the Grasshopper and usually through a bong. The IQ malfunctioned a few times almost right away so I sent it back and now it's fine except for some quirks which I can live with for now. I also like how it's usuable without the app cus fuck apps.
Grasshopper- yeah it breaks. How often?
Partly because:
a. Who cares I have two
b. I haven't smoked cannabis on my own in the 2 years I've had a grasshopper and even with my other vapes I use the grasshoppper 90% of the time.
c. I live down the street from HL and will sometimes get a perfectly good component replaced with a updated or experimental version, some of which broke others were better, others worse so it's hard to trace back my OG unit for reliability because I usually have some specie of non-production spec
All that said, the most important aspect of the grasshopper as compared to all my other vapes is that I USE IT! I love using my grasshopper, I like cannabis but love it through my grasshopper. Unlike my other vapes, which always felt a little like novelty items, the grasshoppper is the first vape that i really enjoy MORE than smoking, for flavor, effect and experience.
The ananlogy I always make is with BMW, sure it costs more to fix a BMW than a Toyota. Both will need breaks at some point the difference is while it doesn't need brakes which is most of the time, would you rather be driving a BMW or a Toyota?
If you don't mind a Toyota, buy all means get the venture capital backed pax3 which "probably" won't break if you want to drive a BMW and meanwhile support a small company, not backed by big tobacco VC backed company selling devices that cost $4 to make plus $90 per unit of marketing for a $260 device or whatever they sell them for, instead a small startup assembling a high quality device with high quality and custom parts in the US with skilled workers (I've seen the asambly room with my own eyes) with a LIFETIME warranty and constant innovation then BMW err Grasshopper is for you!
And if you're worried about your grasshopper breaking, just get two!
) and who have a much worse communication track record. Everyone wants to compare Hopper to large companies such as Pax and S&B when a better comparison would be Evoke..
