How about a really fine screen on top of the stock screen. That would keep particles out and be easily removable for cleaning. I have a replacement body being shipped to me so I may add one as an extra layer of protection. Mine currently goes red then straight to blue, heater still clicks but not enough for vapour. I did manage to fix it with iso bath then compressor blow out but only lasted another few days. Have done it again twice since and only got 1 hit before back to straight to blue.
I'm sure it's from debris on heater or temp sensor.
I have also ordered a 3d printed sealed case for it.
It might help to have an extra buffer between the herb and the device, to soak up backflowing fluid whilst being removeable and cleanable. Ultimately the chamber should be just that, modular and accessible designs are a necessity with oil extraction devices..
It's actually quite amazing how oily cannabis is compared to similar and other plants, how marvellous.
A pity that you were unable to solve the straight to blue. You could possibly try an iso soak but with heat involved. Either with a water bath or hot plate, or pre heating the alcohol. This will improve its ability to dissolve and transfer the problematic residue. Without any abrasion it'll be pretty hard to remove though.
The inside chamber of my blue weak GH is totally stained from plant oils despite my efforts to keep it clean, so I can only imagine the parts behind, where I haven't been able to access, are similar or worse.
I'll consider some deep cleaning myself as I am starting to miss having a hopper.
After stashing it away for a couple of weeks, bringing it back out I really noticed how damn nice a product it is. Anodised blue with the 14mm plain Ti PFE is a nice bit of kit when I compare it to an SS Sublimator. It's a classy pen the hopper, if only it was somehow industructable.
I wanted to put this out there:
I noticed the only time mine makes the clicking sound is when it stays on blue and doesn't shut off. It will eventually get extremely hot. I will manually have to shut it off. I would imagine this would deplete the battery pretty fast.
Also:
The end of the GH area seems ultra sensitive at times (not always) when touched while sitting on the table. It will randomly turn on without being turned on. I suggest taking your battery out when not in use. I'm sure this is a flaw but not ready to have to send mine in yet. I'm waiting to see what else happens. More testing in the name of science.
I've written on my batteries that are underperforming with a sharpie so I can keep track. Eventually I will buy some of the newer ones and figure out in the meantime whatever else I might need. It's better to buy everything all at once and save shipping costs.
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I usually don't like a vaporizer that requires buying parts all the time, unless you want to. Theres all these new pieces through Hopper Labs. Not sure what really is necessary or should be covered under the warranty? I just bought mine am I suppose to be adding parts because something new and improved has come out? This can nickel and dime us all to death. Kinda like Comcast.
There's been a couple of accounts of the auto 15s time-out not working, I had it. I don't think it's too much of an issue, but try and prevent the thing from overheating (it might deplete rapidly, but I've left it on for over 10 minutes. It proper sublimated after that heat-soak, you can hear these devices do it. The crackling the chamber makes.) overheating is bad but protection is built in. Despite this, mine ended up just getting straight to blue issues, but only worked a few weeks upon return.
The other thing you've mentioned, the random power ons, I've heard before too, but haven't experienced. It must be one of few faults I haven't yet faced haha.
It sounds a bit sketchy to be honest and perhaps would be worth emailing HL about. But I would also be continuing use regardless
And I also agree about the batteries and PFE extras, a tad annoying. I have managed to coincide multiple RMAs with all my restocks though, which has ended up saving me a few dollars in postage.
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I wonder when that bloody SS case will drop though, traded my funds (purchased 07/15) for batteries that have since died. Lol.
Tried it once and I think I combusted just a bit. I didn't pack it that much though. Just a bit of leftover stuff from what I usually throw in the GH from a doobtube. I went back to the GH, I'm at the park and it's super windy so the GH is just so easy to use. I don't see this M taking over the GH daily duties. It's my go to and I thInk it will be that way until someone makes a vaporizer that can do what the GH does so inconspicuously.
@CarolKing My purple Ti was getting warm from the backend as well and I just cleaned the threads and backend well and it went back to cool.
Yeah, it's a manual vape and I did the very same. Might be weird to say, but it actually does a very good job of a light combustion (like the GH actually, as either don't breach 300° Celsius, the addition is benzene based pyrolisis byproducts [which begin ~200°C\390°F]), even though the material is charred there is minimal tars generated, so it tastes worse than vaping but it's still better and much more potent than smoking.
There's no question though, the GH is much easier to use than the VapCap, and I'll be using my M for two use cases: as my portable when the GH is down, but mainly to sit back relax and have a few slow lighter tokes. It has a nice signature and is enjoyable to use, but it doesn't fit my favourite usage: load up a single dose, blast it, move on.
The M is a session vape, like a joint style of toking, where some time is necessarily absorbed in the process of using and enjoying it. I like that as an option but I don't want to be restricted to that style.
For a long while that's what I assumed vaping was restricted to and wasn't interested in it.
The EQ allowed me to switch to vaping but wasn't good enough to escape the strong grasps of nicotine addiction, the GH was better and got me very close, perhaps there.
Now I have the Sublimator, I have properly caught up to the clouds I was chasing, but I couldn't quit smoking with it alone. So as a squad of three I've somehow managed a near perfect solution - if only the hoppers would always work!
