long-time hopper owner+lover (several units, dating back to 2016). all units have been in and out of service like addicts in rehab, but darnit when they are here they are wonderful. for many years i have advocated to my fellow plant lovers the unique and superior benefits of the hopper design, mostly in terms of being the only legitimate portable on-demand vape, but also one that is largely/mostly convection (as many have noted, with repeated use both the oven and mouthpiece get too hot), and have you tasted those terps? i even love my 3D-printed Double Feeder, as it has enabled countless hours of gleeful shoveling of fluffy bits of fresh herb into my hopper's mouth like cookie monster, but without the crumbs. i think i've even shoveled actual cannabis cup winning Cookie Monster into my cookie monster. that's right, a dream within a dream... i'm impressed.
the point i'm making is, i love my hoppers, despite all their flaws, and the unfortunate reality that they aren't truly reliable devices.
which is why it has been a little bit difficult for me to fully and joyfully accept that my tinymight is a better device, possibly without exception.
the TM flavor / terp extraction is at least as good as the hopper. at lower temps, probably better.
the TM has more versatility to work well with a range of load sizes. TM can pull one really good hit out of a pinch of herb. or let you hammer on 0.3g for a solid session. hopper, imo, seems to have a sweet spot load size, which is what the double feeder perfected. that is to say, less versatile.
the on-demand capability is similar (TM also has a preheat delay, which also varies based on ambient and target temp). in real world performance, TM has been better for on-demand use because it does such a good job of keeping the chamber cool in between OD hits.
power, to my crude eye, seems overall comparable - a TM on 10 vs. a hopper on 5 (both with full/fresh batteries) are both going to demolish whatever you put in front of them. if i had to guess, the TM is more powerful, perhaps because i almost never need or want to go past 8.5.
battery life, hands down, thank the Plant Lord for TM doing this right. the TM's sony VTC6 battery is readily available and affordable, and in my real world use gives about 2-3x the session capacity. i can use the TM multiple times in a day and not worry about charging the battery; this would never be the case with the hopper. even though i could buy and travel with spare batteries, i just haven't seen the need. in comparison, hopper labs' fatal step of hubris to build their own battery is what seems to be hurting them the most. frankly i'm shocked they didn't use the hopper io as an opportunity to re-design around a standard battery size; it's as if this lesson still hasn't been learned, isn't understood.
cleaning cycle, perhaps this is the only area where i can say the hopper still wins mightily. TM has good flexibility on the mouthpiece, but most options involve going back to basket screens that need cleaning and replacing over time. i love that the hopper mouthpiece uses a permanent screen that is easy to clean with iso. wish that TM had found a way to design something like that.
probably the biggest and most impressive thing, though, has been the reliability and consistency of the TM. since it's first use, its performance has been incredibly solid, and every single time the experience is the same. it feels more like a machine than a digital device. it feels like something someone built with their hands and a soldering iron. it feels like something that will never get a firmware update, because its firmware barely does anything. it feels like something that will only ever fully work, or not work at all. it's prudential. it's the rock. and i love it. probably more than the hopper. because this bitch never lets me down.
in case there are hopper lovers correctly wanting to point out that i haven't tried a hopper io yet. yes, i would love to try the new hopper io. but having followed the various threads on it, it doesn't seem like any of the upgrades they've made would change any of the calculus above. and the reliability issues seem to persist. i wish them luck in their pursuit. and might even buy a GHB3, if one ever comes into existence. but i won't be counting on them in the future, when i know i can count on my TM. because once you go finnish.
the point i'm making is, i love my hoppers, despite all their flaws, and the unfortunate reality that they aren't truly reliable devices.
which is why it has been a little bit difficult for me to fully and joyfully accept that my tinymight is a better device, possibly without exception.
the TM flavor / terp extraction is at least as good as the hopper. at lower temps, probably better.
the TM has more versatility to work well with a range of load sizes. TM can pull one really good hit out of a pinch of herb. or let you hammer on 0.3g for a solid session. hopper, imo, seems to have a sweet spot load size, which is what the double feeder perfected. that is to say, less versatile.
the on-demand capability is similar (TM also has a preheat delay, which also varies based on ambient and target temp). in real world performance, TM has been better for on-demand use because it does such a good job of keeping the chamber cool in between OD hits.
power, to my crude eye, seems overall comparable - a TM on 10 vs. a hopper on 5 (both with full/fresh batteries) are both going to demolish whatever you put in front of them. if i had to guess, the TM is more powerful, perhaps because i almost never need or want to go past 8.5.
battery life, hands down, thank the Plant Lord for TM doing this right. the TM's sony VTC6 battery is readily available and affordable, and in my real world use gives about 2-3x the session capacity. i can use the TM multiple times in a day and not worry about charging the battery; this would never be the case with the hopper. even though i could buy and travel with spare batteries, i just haven't seen the need. in comparison, hopper labs' fatal step of hubris to build their own battery is what seems to be hurting them the most. frankly i'm shocked they didn't use the hopper io as an opportunity to re-design around a standard battery size; it's as if this lesson still hasn't been learned, isn't understood.
cleaning cycle, perhaps this is the only area where i can say the hopper still wins mightily. TM has good flexibility on the mouthpiece, but most options involve going back to basket screens that need cleaning and replacing over time. i love that the hopper mouthpiece uses a permanent screen that is easy to clean with iso. wish that TM had found a way to design something like that.
probably the biggest and most impressive thing, though, has been the reliability and consistency of the TM. since it's first use, its performance has been incredibly solid, and every single time the experience is the same. it feels more like a machine than a digital device. it feels like something someone built with their hands and a soldering iron. it feels like something that will never get a firmware update, because its firmware barely does anything. it feels like something that will only ever fully work, or not work at all. it's prudential. it's the rock. and i love it. probably more than the hopper. because this bitch never lets me down.
in case there are hopper lovers correctly wanting to point out that i haven't tried a hopper io yet. yes, i would love to try the new hopper io. but having followed the various threads on it, it doesn't seem like any of the upgrades they've made would change any of the calculus above. and the reliability issues seem to persist. i wish them luck in their pursuit. and might even buy a GHB3, if one ever comes into existence. but i won't be counting on them in the future, when i know i can count on my TM. because once you go finnish.
ve: The Hopper is of course better for on the go. I only vape at home anyway. The steam is cooler at the TM, which doesn't even bother me. The hopper only gets quite hot on the lisp, only with a silicone mouthpiece and little breaks between the draws is vaping on the lips possible.
both, if I had to choose one it would be clear that the TM because is easier to use and clean, etc. But better is to have both. 
