In the Herbalizer Development Forum, a very small forum for the engineers at Herbalizer, The Creator (Josh Young), and a couple of early Beta Testers.. myself and @Slightly Medicated ,I addressed the issue of the cool grip slipping.
I said:
Vitolo 8/17/2013:
The black silicone that gives us grip, at the chambers top (cover) is held in place by
and amount of "extruded" material that snaps in place around the plastic housing...
into two "notches" on opposite sides of the plastic itself.
This leaves two areas that do not have notches to "pinch" the extruded silicone.
This has only happened to me one time, naturally during use....
If you reach for the chamber and grab right in that spot ... the silicone ring tries to slip off.
This was easily averted by turning the chamber a bit and rocking it off it's magnet by another spot..
and holding it a bit more securely.
This link will show a private video spot of the concept I speak of;
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k3EYMunrFfKNQ44sHmz
*NOTE: Video has been removed
The Inventor of the Herbalizer, Joshua Young responded:
Josh 8/18/2013:
Great video it really helps communicate the issue. Correcting that will require a totally new bowl/grip design and that will take time. We started designing an improved bowl that stays much cooler and where the grip is well secured, but we got sidetracked. The issue is noted and will be factored into the second generation.
In spite of the unfortunate situations that led to the Inventor/Creator and CEO of Herbalizer Josh Young and the marketing genius Sheila Hoyt no longer being a part of the "corporation" *,
the engineers at Herbalizer were made very aware of this issue I pointed out three years ago.
Whether they chose to follow through with this is not certain, as Sheila Hoyt and Josh Young were my main contacts all through the Beta testing and until they both were no longer at Herbalizer.
I do know my second set of grips worked from 2013 until 2015... the composition of the grips was the same, I just think I learned to handle the chamber better when removing it from the Vaporizer.
As I said:
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