Discontinued The Grasshopper

[Bdubbdiblets]

I agree with you 100% I'm on day 5 with the Hopper and am in love. I circumvented my Ti preorder which I theoretically won't receive for 6+ months and bought an SS off Ebay. I went ahead and also ordered an additional 'backup' SS to circumvent a possible repair/warranty issue on my 1st SS..I expect delivery within a week. Seriously...embarrassing I know....but I like the GH that much. In 2013 bought a Pax 1 and it became my sole device for 3 years. The GH is everything that I had ever hoped that a device could be. My temp control ability is so precise that it astounds me. My back end only gets warm if I am on temp level 5.....and temp level 5 is HOT....while temps 1 & 2 are quite pleasantly low (enjoyable on a fresh pack).

I'd purchased an FF2 but it provided me none of the benefits that I sought....except it did provide cool vapor. The GH will not provide cool vapor...and it may be harsher than many other vapes due to its form factor....but for my style of usage....the GH is an irreplaceable game changer. I also like the 'feedback' that the GH's harsher vapor provides....reminds me of actually smoking....but without the adverse yucks of combusting.

I wish that I didn't have this feeling that my GH could fail at any moment...I've read all the posts. Knock on wood mine is performing flawlessly. So flawlessly in fact...that it will be my sole device choice moving forward. I sold the FF2 and the Pax so I wouldn't feel so badly about having 3 GH's on order. I'm not sure that I would be so tickled if I were on my "9th warranty claim" as someone recently posted, however, I'm verging on becoming a fan boy of the GH. It is a spectacular little device.

Agreed for what it does it is absolutely all I need!! No more VAS for me!! Unless that includes getting more hoppers incase one hits the dreaded warranty ...as I have done as well! I must admit it calms me down knowing that if the hopper in hand were to croak...there is another waiting in the wings...honestly not sure if I can happily use anything else at this point. I know this is not the case for everyone but for my particular needs this thing is the end..

 

[YaFreekin Right]

they have scheduled themselves to ship pre-orders starting from April 2015 up till January 2016. as reports in shipping thread suggests. they current shipping rates are nowhere near to do that. June already is in da middle, but they haven't started to send out an address confirmations for April 2015 pre-orders jet.

"they have scheduled themselves to ship pre-orders starting from April 2015 up till January 2016."

I don't understand what you are trying to say here.

Let's start with the 5200 remaining orders and assume they are up to 6000 now. Let's also assume they maintain the 1600 / month (which is low due to the charger fault). 6000-1600 = 4400 / 1600/month = 2.75 months = September.

 

[sammac]

For those with hoppers what is your preferred filling method?

 

[jabba]

For those with hoppers what is your preferred filling method?

Ground bud poured into left palm. Opened Hopper chamber scoops into palmed material. Easy peasy. No muss no fuss.

 

[Bdubbdiblets]

For those with hoppers what is your preferred filling method?

Delta3dstudios.com has a funnel and stand that make it super easy for me at least..

 

[Vapor_Eyes]

@sammac

I plan on using a doob tube to both store herb and load my Grasshopper. I fill the doob tube with a loading funnel from http://delta3dstudios.com

I already had doob tubes but they sell those for a great price too. Check out the store, lots of great Grasshopper accessories including battery sleeves and caps.

 

[ade848]

I have had my Ti for about four months and decided to get a back up SS

Comparing them
Back to back I think my Ti may be developing a fault. The amount of vapor produced at say Temp 3 seems to have declined and certainly a lot less than my SS. The back end also gets hot to touch. But it does still work in terms of effect, and produces some vapor at say Temp 4.5. It's just doesn't seem to be as goo as it was, and I actually prefer using the SS

I will keep an eye on it as not sure I can instigate a warranty return for a unit that is working. What do you guys think?

 

[Vaperist]

I don't understand what you are trying to say here.

that is true. it looks like you don't understand what Hopper Labs are up to.

important is not what HL are saying, but what they are doing. and doing they are well by opening international retail sales while in last month they only served preorders from February to mid March 2015. and now you believe that in June they gonna serve preorders made in time period of 10 months? don't be naive man. another excuses are coming for estimates extensions.

 

[slcbdco]

I have had my Ti for about four months and decided to get a back up SS

Comparing them
Back to back I think my Ti may be developing a fault. The amount of vapor produced at say Temp 3 seems to have declined and certainly a lot less than my SS. The back end also gets hot to touch. But it does still work in terms of effect, and produces some vapor at say Temp 4.5. It's just doesn't seem to be as goo as it was, and I actually prefer using the SS

I will keep an eye on it as not sure I can instigate a warranty return for a unit that is working. What do you guys think?

While you have 2 I would send it in, they're pretty interested in making sure every hopper out there is working properly. That's what the lifetime warranty is for so use it!

 

[HappyFunTime]

For those of you from the US that bought a Hopper from Vaposhop, mine has landed stateside:

June 15, 2016
2:52 pm
Processed Through Facility,
ISC CHICAGO IL (USPS)

As reported by USPS.com

 

[sammac]

Yipee!

 

[NimbusVapor]

Got mine in the mail from vaposhop on monday!

 

[Bdubbdiblets]

Just fyi the cases they sell at newvape.com fit the hopper and even the delta3dstudios.com funnel as well as a jyarz filled with ground white widow ready to go!! It zips perfectly too!!

 

[Vapetrees]

Just fyi the cases they sell at newvape.com fit the hopper and even the delta3dstudios.com funnel as well as a jyarz filled with ground white widow ready to go!! It zips perfectly too!!

Now that's living.

 

[YaFreekin Right]

that is true. it looks like you don't understand what Hopper Labs are up to.

important is not what HL are saying, but what they are doing. and doing they are well by opening international retail sales while in last month they only served preorders from February to mid March 2015. and now you believe that in June they gonna serve preorders made in time period of 10 months? don't be naive man. another excuses are coming for estimates extensions.

I guess you still think there are "evil conspiracy theories about HopperLabs being evil".

I'm not sure they have "open[ed] international retail sales", it has been discussed that these are likely retail stores who added many pre orders to their original order just as you & I had the ability to do. They may have seen an opportunity & taken advantage of it.

"now you believe that in June they gonna serve preorders made in time period of 10 months?" Never said that anywhere. You & I have no idea how many orders per month, so therefore have no idea of how many months of existing pre orders they will be able to deliver in June.

This 'conversation' started by me saying that I believe someone who orders today will get their unit in Sept, I provided the math & logic of why I believe this. If you can provide me some info I'm missing, not just "evil conspiracy theories" I'm all ears.

 

[Vaperist]

I guess you still think there are "evil conspiracy theories about HopperLabs being evil".

I'm not sure they have "open[ed] international retail sales", it has been discussed that these are likely retail stores who added many pre orders to their original order just as you & I had the ability to do. They may have seen an opportunity & taken advantage of it.

"now you believe that in June they gonna serve preorders made in time period of 10 months?" Never said that anywhere. You & I have no idea how many orders per month, so therefore have no idea of how many months of existing pre orders they will be able to deliver in June.

This 'conversation' started by me saying that I believe someone who orders today will get their unit in Sept, I provided the math & logic of why I believe this. If you can provide me some info I'm missing, not just "evil conspiracy theories" I'm all ears.

wait and see! is it conspiracy theory or not. i think there is no coincidence that SS Hoppers are halt back more than Ti, while Vapefiends got a new batch of SS in their store.

"it has been discussed that these are likely retail stores who added many pre orders to their original order just as you" ... this is exactly what makes them evil. allowing retailers to add unlimited amount of units.

 

[kingfisher]

Sorry I haven't gotten around to sharing this. Never mind the beer brand lol not trying to advertise.

 

[Vaperist]

Sorry I haven't gotten around to sharing this. Never mind the beer brand lol not trying to advertise.

http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/how-to-post-pictures.155/

 

[Stu]

http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/how-to-post-pictures.155/

Thanks for pointing him in the right direction. I've edited the post to display the image.

 

[kingfisher]

Ty

 

[Vapor_Eyes]

I was one of the ones defending Hopper Labs, I was under the impression these units going to retailers were preorders. However, it looks like that's not the case, at least for Vaposhop, as of August 19th 2015 they still did not have an agreement in place with Hopper Labs:

http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/vaposhop-europes-1-vaporizer-store.4187/page-6#post-839136

I understand they may have made commitments with European retailers that they could not break. It was the right decision to honor those agreements. However, making such arrangements in advance before they knew 100% that they could fulfill preorders first was a bad decision in my opinion.

I'm hoping this scenario is what happened, I prefer to think that HL is just completely inept at estimating shipping times (no way!?!), and not being actively malicious.

 

[Kermitt]

Nice cases, I need a case too

 

[Jack Sprat]

Sorry I haven't gotten around to sharing this. Never mind the beer brand lol not trying to advertise.

You should really consider some sort of case for those batteries so they don't short out on each other or anything else. Li-ion batteries can catch on fire if shorted.

 

[ElectropoK]

Plugging in my grasshopper is the first thing I do when I get in the car! I use it plugged in all the time and it really helps preserve battery life which is awful and the only downfall of the vape in my opinion. It does need to have at least 20% battery to be used on the charger so I might still kill the battery on a long drive since my car charger is pretty slow. I would certainly pay WAAY more than 7 dollars for a longer lasting battery. Seems a lot of vapes have battery prices in the 30-40$ range. I would certainly pay that as a upgraded battery.

Thank you for your feedback ! It's not that bad then, I had the (bad) impression that this feature is not working well or not efficient for long usage. But when thinking of it, I'll be fully medicated with 2 or 3 sessions... lol It's not a big deal.
So now my charger will stay in the car and extra batteries (4 in total) will be charged by an Xtar charger at home :-)

For those with hoppers what is your preferred filling method?

Roughly grinding my mJ on top of my left hand, filling the chamber with the right hand, cleaning a bit the top of the GH and "Click" :-) Or a train ticket, fold in half and filling the chamber with the ease of this ticket.

Sorry I haven't gotten around to sharing this. Never mind the beer brand lol not trying to advertise.

I like the cap beer on top on this bag ! :-D Same tip as other about batteries, pay attention. While I'm thinking about using caps on my batteries, I've put those spares in a plastic bag (the same as mJ in coffeeshop)

Peace ^^

 

[NimbusVapor]

Been loving my grasshopper more and more as I use it , what a powerhouse!
I'm even more convinced there is some kind of alien technology behind this thing....

I used it without water for the first time last night and was really impressed with performance again.
found setting 4 to be quite comfortable on a long draw. The silicon rubber mouthpiece is a must but I don't mind using it.

Its worth noting I am very sensitive when it comes to vapes and have found all other vapes to have some sort of irritating or harsh signature. I can honestly say that this device is very , very comfortable to use dry.
I have a feeling the detractors try to use this a session device and I dont think it is intended for that , I find it works best for huge one hit flower snaps.

I discovered this last night and thought it is worth sharing!

When using it last night ,I went to go charge my 18650 for my w9 AC and noticed the nibbler AC base looked to be about the same diameter as the grasshopper. I kept the silicon mouthpiece on , grabbed the nibbler , and was pleasantly surprised to find it is a match made in heaven.

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In fact it is such a perfect fit that the nibbler slides over the silicon and then part of the main body on the grasshopper to make a very secure pairing .You would think hopper labs engineered this thing to work with the nibbler. Its not to to tight and not too loose , there is no sloppiness or wiggling , it is a perfect match. If you have one I suggest you check it out for yourself.

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