Hookah anybody?

[ocnbrze]

i have not done that in many years. a friend of mine invited me to a hookah bar yesterday and now, i'm hooked.

i'm about to go and look for a hookah. i'm gonna start online and then look for a place that sells them. do you use one at home?

 

[olbriar]

My youngest daughter and her husband are big hookah fans. She worked in a hookah bar for a couple of years. It has a great following around here.

When I was a teen I built my own hookah from repurposed science hardware from school. We had a lot of fun gathered around that hookah. We were smoking store bought pipe tobacco. They have a million different smokes now flavored with this or that. It was fun back in the day and quite the vehicle to be social. A real novelty in the sixties. I started smoking a pipe when I was in grade school so it was right up my alley.

There is no cleaner smoke than pulling it through water... or whatever. It removes a great deal of the tars leaving the flavor.
If you invest in your own hookah, or hubble bubble as we called it, be warned that the liquid becomes very nasty in a short time.

 

[ocnbrze]

My youngest daughter and her husband are big hookah fans. She worked in a hookah bar for a couple of years. It has a great following around here.

When I was a teen I built my own hookah from repurposed science hardware from school. We had a lot of fun gathered around that hookah. We were smoking store bought pipe tobacco. They have a million different smokes now flavored with this or that. It was fun back in the day and quite the vehicle to be social. A real novelty in the sixties. I started smoking a pipe when I was in grade school so it was right up my alley.

There is no cleaner smoke than pulling it through water... or whatever. It removes a great deal of the tars leaving the flavor.
If you invest in your own hookah, or hubble bubble as we called it, be warned that the liquid becomes very nasty in a short time.

yeah my roommate back in college had a hookah so i know of it's upkeep. it was pretty relaxing though.....at least for me. i just read that you get more nicotine than from smoking a cigarette. but i like smoking my cigar, but the various flavors makes the hookah intriguing to me.

i was just looking at amazon and they have some cool looking ones for about $50. some even have leds with various colors....to set the mood i guess. i'm looking for a super nice one though....probably a two pipe.

 

[olbriar]

yeah my roommate back in college had a hookah so i know of it's upkeep. it was pretty relaxing though.....at least for me. i just read that you get more nicotine than from smoking a cigarette. but i like smoking my cigar, but the various flavors makes the hookah intriguing to me.

i was just looking at amazon and they have some cool looking ones for about $50. some even have leds with various colors....to set the mood i guess. i'm looking for a super nice one though....probably a two pipe.

I don't think lights would float my boat but I suspect there is a demand or they wouldn't be for sale. I'll ask my daughter what, with her experience, she might recommend in the nice to very nice hookah and post again.

 

[olbriar]

i just read that you get more nicotine than from smoking a cigarette. but i like smoking my cigar, but the various flavors makes the hookah intriguing to me.

More nicotine surprises me. Perhaps it is the coolness of the smoke that led me to believe there was less. I know something is filtered into the water... big time.

 

[olbriar]

My Daughter text me with this: Mob hookah has a brand called Smokah. It's easier to clean than the old school hookahs and the attachments are magnetic so you don't have to mess with silicone grommets. Two hose hookahs are harder to find and don't smoke as well. You can get plastic tips to put in the hose if they want to share the hookah. I also like Khalil Maamoon hookahs if they want a traditional hookah brand that will last forever. It is harder to clean and I don't think they sell a two hose.

She went onto say that ONYX Gamma Hookah (Stainless Steel) is her daily driver.

 

[ocnbrze]

My Daughter text me with this: Mob hookah has a brand called Smokah. It's easier to clean than the old school hookahs and the attachments are magnetic so you don't have to mess with silicone grommets. Two hose hookahs are harder to find and don't smoke as well. You can get plastic tips to put in the hose if they want to share the hookah. I also like Khalil Maamoon hookahs if they want a traditional hookah brand that will last forever. It is harder to clean and I don't think they sell a two hose.

She went onto say that ONYX Gamma Hookah (Stainless Steel) is her daily driver.

Nice, thanks for that. There is a smoke shop near me that sells hookahs. I'll look and see what they have.

I also see that they have some tarless shishas that have no nicotine. I might check those out as well.

 

[Bearsyzf]

I have one but haven't used it in years.

 

[ocnbrze]

I have one but haven't used it in years.

just curious as to why, if you don't not mind me asking?

 

[Bearsyzf]

I guess i just burnt myself out on it for awhile, i even used to go to the Hooka bar.

 

[Bearsyzf]

I have still have mine and it's packed up somewhere

 

[ocnbrze]

yeah it might be one of my many fads, but i really want one. i can see myself doing the same thing.....especially if cleaning it is such a chore.

 

[olbriar]

I clean my pipes all the time. Not hookahs but still a chore. Not a biggie when you keep up with it. Time well spent.

 

[ocnbrze]

so i went to my local headshop and i bought a $69.99 hookah. it is simple and easy to clean. after a few tries, i was able to get a good smoke going. right now i am rocking with some grape and mint shisha and just chilling.

 

[olbriar]

Congrats! I hope that it serves you well. I'm smoking Mac Baren Seven Seas Royal in my briar.

 

[ocnbrze]

so i bought the insta light coals. i have found that one takes longer to heat shisha and the smoke is not as much. two burns to hot and makes my throat sore, but provides more smoke. should i try the coconut ones?