Maybe you remember these guys from their Indiegogo campaign, but if not, here’s the deal. Designed by Hopper Labs in Boulder Colorado, this portable vape pen is made to look, well, like a pen. In other words, it’s discreet as hell. But plenty of vapes are discretely built nowadays, so what makes it so special?
Unlike most vape pens, which seem more or less the same, the Grasshopper has a huge amount of innovation packed into its slim figure. Size-wise it’s a lot like a regular pen. The Grasshopper vape measures 5.6″/142 mm in length and a little more than a half inch (15 mm) in diameter. It weighs just 2.3 oz./65 g, lighter than just about every other portable vaporizer out there. They also have a titanium model that clocks in at 1.9 oz./55 g. Second, it heats up insanely fast, like within a few seconds – faster than the ultra speedy Firefly 2, even! I shit you not, this might be the fastest heating vape I’ve used!
In the vaping community, there’s been a great deal of hype over one new portable vaporizer called the Grasshopper. Designers of the Grasshopper claim that they wanted to create the most stylish and efficient portable vaporizer of all time. Those are some pretty big words to live up to, eh? To top it off, they also claimed that their use of aerospace design techniques allowed them to create this perfect portable product. When I got my own Grasshopper to try, I was immediately impressed with its discreet and light design. Each Grasshopper is only 5.5 inches in length and 0.55 inches in diameter. These pen-like vaporizers weigh just 2.35 ounces each, and you simply click the top of the Grasshopper like a pen whenever you are ready to start heating it up. The LED lights change from red to blue when it’s done charging. You also get an awesome lifetime warranty with your purchase of the Grasshopper, so no worries there. Stainless steel Grasshoppers are around $175 right now, and their classic titanium models are around $225. With all that being said, should you put the Grasshopper on your Christmas wish list this year? Well, hopefully by the end of this review you’ll be able to answer that question for yourself.
Not Necessarily Best For People On The Go
Although this is touted as the best portable vaporizer on the market, I would only really recommend this vaporizer for people who like to use glass rigs. Although this titanium vaporizer is super chic, you will most certainly burn your lips and look like a fool in front of friends when pulling this vaporizer out for a straight vape. If you are going to do that at all, you need to put the silicone guard over the mouthpiece. Yet, even with the silicone mouthpieces, you won’t get the high quality hits you can get with a glass rig. So, if you are in the market for a vaporizer you can just pop in your pocket and take with you to work, I’d look elsewhere. However, if you love to use water rigs with your vaporizers, you can get some of the best hits from any portable device out of this little guy.