Vapor_Eyes
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You gave a very good response as to why the GH isn't the best vape for your usage. It's important for others to remember that we all need different things from vaporizers. There are many highly rated, wonderful vaporizers that just aren't right for me.The use case you describe, of taking a quick hit and going back into the pocket, is a use case where the grasshopper excels.
In that case the tip isn't overheating since you're taking just a single hit. The gh does heat up quickly so the time and effort that goes into getting the single hit is minimal. And since you're only taking a single hit, the loading and unloading doesn't matter as much because the one load lasts for hours or maybe all day, as the herb is being consumed slowly rather than all at once. Also, in this case, the herb isn't cooked between hits, but is preserved nicely.
Yeah, I agree, that is a great use case for the gh, where it performs exceedingly well. A single hitter.
And in that case, where I needed a vape to do that, the gh is at the top of the list. If stealth isn't as important and size isn't as important, then I have two other vapes that would also be at the top of the list also for a single hitter, and that's the vapman and milaana. The FF works too in this case but takes a bit more time/effort to get that one good hit.
Anyway, what you write doesn't disagree with what I wrote, you just bring in a particular use case in which the gh is a great fit. My own uses cases typically consume the entire load all at once and then I don't use the vape again until the next load. So for me, the loading and unloading, the heat of the vapor and tip, the need to clean - all these factors just reduce gh's utility for me to where it is mediocre at best, all things considered.
Without a water device, I can't quickly load the gh and consume to completion that load. The tip always gets too hot, and the back to back hits are really irritating without a water device. If I'm out and about, it's messy to unload and load the gh. There is the battery issue of two people are attempting to use it too.
I guess my overall point is for my uses cases the gh doesn't fit well. As you point out there are some use cases where the gh is a great fit. That doesn't mean we've disagreed on anything, just that our uses cases are different.
My experience with the gh was fine, in fact a really excellent experience, well except for the lengthy wait to get it. No problems of any sort. I understood how to use it (of course I've got experience with tens of different vaporizers), had no technical issues or flaws of any sort.
Also, I quickly understood it's characteristics and tendencies. I understood it's strengths and weaknesses.
With that understanding, I also easily matched up the gh's characteristics with other vapes, and with my own needs and use cases for vaporizers and summarized. My description of the gh isn't meant to glorify or damn the gh. I'm not taking a side as in for or against the gh. Rather, I'm pointing out how for me it is a mediocre at best vape. This isn't really an opinion as much as it is fact. It's very true for me. It might not be for you, but that would be because you have different use cases. I'm sure the functionality of the gh is pretty much the same for both of us.
I noticed the slow draw helps, but at the end of the load, trying to get that last bit of vapor/essential oil, when trying to consume completely, the gh's heat issue is overwhelming. If you let it cool, then hit, cool, then hit ... it consumes the battery too fast, and hardly does a single load. Some people can choose to live with high temp vape and claim it's fine, but over time it's not. No one wants to have that narrow hot air stream hitting wet flesh for long, it's irritating. I like short air paths too, like on the vapman and milaana (with short mouthpiece), but paths a bit longer (enano and milaana long) seem fine too and add a bit of cooling.
The only thing I would say is have you tried using only a pinch in the Grasshopper? Roughly .05 grams?
I only mention this because you say you can barely get through one chamber on a battery and have trouble unloading the GH. With just a pinch, I get 3 chambers on average, 12-15 hits from a battery. Also, the cannabis just falls out when I go to unload. I might have to tap the side a little but no pick required.
As for loading I usually use a doob tube which works wonders, but even loading a pinch at a time by hand is easy for me.
I use mine like a portable log, almost exactly how I use my E-Nano. Admittedly, the nano has better flavor and smoother vapor, but the GH gives me that on demand, convection one hitter experience on the go.
I'm not trying to refute your experience, just give a couple friendly tips. If the GH is not ideal for you that's fine too, I have no personal stake in the company, other than my lifetime warranty of course.