The Grasshopper

[Stu]

Haha prove it (@Stu probably can lol)!

I see now said the blind man. You guys should not be allowed to edit posts anymore! I'm going to bring it up at the next mod meeting.

 

[vapemon]

ok so are we with the understanding that they received 1000s of hopper parts so now they must assemble them all *BUT* we're still waiting on the heaters? I think from their last update they said the company can only produce 30 heaters a week? So even with the thousand parts they can still only assemble and ship 30 a week?

 

[grokit]

ok so are we with the understanding that they received 1000s of hopper parts so now they must assemble them all *BUT* we're still waiting on the heaters? I think from their last update they said the company can only produce 30 heaters a week? So even with the thousand parts they can still only assemble and ship 30 a week?

How else are they supposed to have any leisure time?
They're people, not robots!
Maybe they should get some robots...

 

[peaceonearth]

'Scuze the probably dumb question, but are they anodizing the color Ti's as part of the assembly process? Happy to see a production Ti, but was also hoping to catch a glimpse of my blue one.

Edit: also, I don't see any s/s cases - would have thought they would come with the other machined parts.

As for heaters they had said they resolved that and were back to the original numbers promised by the supplier. Would love to see a nice big group picture of those.

Otherwise encouraged by this update. Can't deal with the MFLB much longer especially since the power adaptor broke

 

[vapemon]

since when and where does it say they resolved their issues with the heaters ? i remember them saying they resolved it as in they were able to keep the costs down..but not that they could get 1000 heaters

 

[peaceonearth]

since when and where does it say they resolved their issues with the heaters ? i remember them saying they resolved it as in they were able to keep the costs down..but not that they could get 1000 heaters

"We arrived at their facility after 27 hours of travel, and immediately got to work on a solution. After a few days of intensive problem-solving, we were back down close to our original numbers. While we were supposed to have thousands of heaters in-stock by now, it was still a victory to not be permanently crippled by the issue. By our departure on Friday afternoon, the manufacturer was assuring us that heaters would begin shipping in within the month."

A few days of intensive problem solving doesn't sound to me like price negotiations. Pretty sure they were referring to the numbers of heaters when they said they were back to their original numbers.

 

[vapemon]

no it was the cost of the heaters...someone emailed trevor and asked and i think they wanted like $43 per heater but brought the cost down...someone somewhere said they can only make 30 heaters a week

 

[SmokinMagic]

no it was the cost of the heaters...someone emailed trevor and asked and i think they wanted like $43 per heater but brought the cost down...someone somewhere said they can only make 30 heaters a week

I'm pretty sure they fixed the 30 a week problem as well. Here https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/grasshopper-vaporizer#activity is where they've posted all of their activity. Read for yourself and see what you think. Sorry if this sounds rude I'm pretty high.

Here I found the part where they talk about it.

"During our last few days in China, we received a call from our heater manufacturer in the US. We’d ramped our order size a few weeks prior, and they were having problems getting a reasonable yield rate in mass-production. They proceeded to tell us that they would only be able to deliver 30 parts per week at a revised cost of $40ea in the near-term. This was some bad news, and we knew that we needed to get to their facility as fast as possible to work out a solution. Redirecting our flights out of China, we headed directly to the northeast United States.

We arrived at their facility after 27 hours of travel, and immediately got to work on a solution. After a few days of intensive problem-solving, we were back down close to our original numbers. While we were supposed to have thousands of heaters in-stock by now, it was still a victory to not be permanently crippled by the issue. By our departure on Friday afternoon, the manufacturer was assuring us that heaters would begin shipping in within the month.

The China trip was a success, and we feel confident about our operations there. Look for more units to trickle out over the next few weeks as the heater manufacturer gets into gear. We’re smoothing out the last few bumps, which is a good place to be. Check back on the 15th for another update."

 

[Gregori]

I never read "30 heaters a week " in any official update or e-mail answer.
To me, that number is completely made up.

 

[1_gr8_underdog]

See above your post @Gregori it is contained in the update from 21 days ago. The one before the usb cable update.

 

[delloy]

I'm pretty sure they fixed the 30 a week problem as well. Here https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/grasshopper-vaporizer#activity is where they've posted all of their activity. Read for yourself and see what you think. Sorry if this sounds rude I'm pretty high.

Here I found the part where they talk about it.

"During our last few days in China, we received a call from our heater manufacturer in the US. We’d ramped our order size a few weeks prior, and they were having problems getting a reasonable yield rate in mass-production. They proceeded to tell us that they would only be able to deliver 30 parts per week at a revised cost of $40ea in the near-term. This was some bad news, and we knew that we needed to get to their facility as fast as possible to work out a solution. Redirecting our flights out of China, we headed directly to the northeast United States.

We arrived at their facility after 27 hours of travel, and immediately got to work on a solution. After a few days of intensive problem-solving, we were back down close to our original numbers. While we were supposed to have thousands of heaters in-stock by now, it was still a victory to not be permanently crippled by the issue. By our departure on Friday afternoon, the manufacturer was assuring us that heaters would begin shipping in within the month.

The China trip was a success, and we feel confident about our operations there. Look for more units to trickle out over the next few weeks as the heater manufacturer gets into gear. We’re smoothing out the last few bumps, which is a good place to be. Check back on the 15th for another update."

My interpretation from reading the above was that they managed to resolve the issue with the number of heaters and the cost in one visit.


I have also been looking at the latest update pics from GH and trying to figure out what all the parts are. Any ideas people, I think I can work out one or two, but the funnel shaped piece is intriguing.

 

[syrupy]

30 heaters per week? Is that serious?

Edit: It appears from the posts above, it may not be.

 

[peaceonearth]

I have also been looking at the latest update pics from GH and trying to figure out what all the parts are. Any ideas people, I think I can work out one or two, but the funnel shaped piece is intriguing.

From the filenames the 2nd pic is "backs" and the 3rd one is "pins". But the first one is just named "bagged parts".

 

[Delta3DStudios]

From the filenames the 2nd pic is "backs" and the 3rd one is "pins". But the first one is just named "bagged parts".

Can't believe I didn't think to check the filenames on the pictures.

That was a rather short update. I was hopeful they'd give us a little more insight into what's going on.

 

[Skored]

@BuzzDanklin Any word on them changing the light patterns to indicate battery life? Many pages back, there was a great suggestion and consensus for an altered light pattern to show battery levels. And I think it's been enough time for them to make that change if they wanted to.

 

[vapebuddy13]

@BuzzDanklin Any word on them changing the light patterns to indicate battery life? Many pages back, there was a great suggestion and consensus for an altered light pattern to show battery levels. And I think it's been enough time for them to make that change if they wanted to.

I feel like I saw somewhere that they couldnt really do it because of the lights they use or something, dont remember exactly what was said but I think something was said about it

also, although I agree it was a short update with not much in it idk what else to really say. They got the parts they were waiting for to start putting them together and send out. The only other stuff I could imagine including would be any problems they ran into if any so would assume they are just throwing the pens together and shipping them out. (though I would have liked confirmation that accessories are all set to be shipped with the appropriate orders)

 

[Kalessin]

'Scuze the probably dumb question, but are they anodizing the color Ti's as part of the assembly process? Happy to see a production Ti, but was also hoping to catch a glimpse of my blue one.

Edit: also, I don't see any s/s cases - would have thought they would come with the other machined parts.

As for heaters they had said they resolved that and were back to the original numbers promised by the supplier. Would love to see a nice big group picture of those.

Otherwise encouraged by this update. Can't deal with the MFLB much longer especially since the power adaptor broke

I'm also wondering when we'll see some color Ti's. I hope they haven't been delayed or anything, though you'd think that'd be a big enough deal to have them say something about it...

 

[Mister G]

I don't think they will ever say anything about shipping in the updates until the things are boxed up to go and ready to be picked up by the carrier. But speculation is fun! I still think they could be much less vague and not cause themselves trouble by it (and in fact help their image more), but whatever...

Did anyone email them for clarification on if they are getting the heaters in along with the body parts?

 

[Delta3DStudios]

I don't think they will ever say anything about shipping in the updates until the things are boxed up to go and ready to be picked up by the carrier. But speculation is fun! I still think they could be much less vague and not cause themselves trouble by it (and in fact help their image more), but whatever...

Did anyone email them for clarification on if they are getting the heaters in along with the body parts?

As far as I understand, they were planning to ship the GH as they build them (wasn't there talk about 24 hour building the first few weeks to get them rolling out the door?)

I suspect those packages were the mass produced parts from the Chinese vendors.

From what understand about the heaters, those are coming from a US manufacturer, which is making an undisclosed number per week. Assuming they have already started producing these heaters, they should have plenty to get started building and shipping GH for IGG backers at this time.

I'm still predicting we'll see the first shipping announcement before the end of this month.

 

[lwien]

ATTENTION !! New Grasshopper Contest:

Guess how many parts are in these bags.

Winner will be announced no later than August 15, 2018, possibly sooner, unless unsuspecting circumstances arise. Prize as of yet is undetermined.

 

[Shit Snacks]

I feel like I saw somewhere that they couldnt really do it because of the lights they use or something, dont remember exactly what was said but I think something was said about it

also, although I agree it was a short update with not much in it idk what else to really say. They got the parts they were waiting for to start putting them together and send out. The only other stuff I could imagine including would be any problems they ran into if any so would assume they are just throwing the pens together and shipping them out. (though I would have liked confirmation that accessories are all set to be shipped with the appropriate orders)

Yeah it only has blue and red, so we came up with a good suggestion of how to do it, since its flashing a few seconds while heating up, the colors when flashing would be blue for pretty full battery, alternating red and blue for medium level, and just red flashing for low. Then when in use it'll flash red when close to dying as it always did. Isn't that what we settled on @BuzzDanklin? I can't quite recall

 

[Delta3DStudios]

ATTENTION !! New Grasshopper Contest:

Guess how many parts are in these bags.

Winner will be announced no later than August 15, 2018

I'm guessing between 3000 and 5000 pieces based on IGG numbers

 

[vapebuddy13]

ATTENTION !! New Grasshopper Contest:

Guess how many parts are in these bags.

Winner will be announced no later than August 15, 2018.
Prize as of yet is undetermined.

3.5k

 

[Mister G]

I'm guessing between 3000 and 5000 pieces based on IGG numbers

I estimate each bag contains between 350-500 pieces depending on part size, but we don't know how many bags they have that are not pictured.

 

[Gregori]

Don't you think there will be some kind of stress-test/quality contrôle ? How long will that last ? I can't imagine them rushing after being so scrupulous for so looooooong. (with 7 ô)