Averyminya
Grasshopper Backer
Fairly sure its from heavy use. By the time I'm cleaning the threads, the screen in the cap is starting to become slightly restricted. I'm using a santa cruz shredder, and some of my meds are a little dry. A rougher grind and wetter material might help with this. I load over the screen of my grinder, I do no load it like a dugout.
Not really a big issue, I'm just trying to be sure I don't strip the threads by forcing it.
This happens to me too. I think it's from pieces of herb being pulled into the screen, and then moves to the side and gets stuck.
Every 3 days or so, I take a 3 Q-Tips, dip them in Iso, hold the mouthpiece upside down and swab the threading, and then the screen. I use the other dry ends to swab it dry. Then I blow through the mouthpiece and swab with a dry Q-Tip just to make sure I get the Iso in case it gets around the other end of the screen. Sometimes I will swab the outer threads, but definitely less often than the inside. However, it takes less than 5 minutes, and looks brand new every time I do it. There is only 1 small stain that I think is from heat of vapor residue that I just don't clean well enough. The threading feels so freaking nice though, cleaning it isn't a chore because the payoff is so nice.
I don't think you would strip the threads though, I think the gunk just makes it a little harder to close.
Also, if you use the mouthpiece as a way to pack the Hopper (which works very well), the threading will get dirty much more quickly. I actually stopped packing it that way because of this. Loading the GH is so easy though, and there are a few different ways to do it. I'm going to try loading with a doobtoob soon, I just got my hands on one.
Funny thing happened to me today! My battery died when I was hitting a fresh bowl. I forgot to turn off the unit, but the blinking lights had gone away (They only last a few seconds). So I start unscrewing the backend, swap my batteries, and when I go to but the backend back on, halfway through screwing it back in I see the lights turn on and I'm was so confused. The mechanical pen click tricked me!
I'm glad to see so many positive posts after the "Get Your Shit Together" post hah! I think part of what the problem is, is how much can you talk about a product after you have said something on it? I definitely feel awkward whenever I repeat myself.