Hookah for Newbs

[4eigner]

Hi folks! I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions on hookahs. My friends and I are wanting to buy one but have no clue on what to get. We're thinking of spending under $100 on it. I was looking at Amazon and there were a couple around $40 that looked OK from the reviews. Any suggestions?

 

[Rakehellion]

Your mom's a hookah.

 

[Broheim]

a 40$ hooker isn't going to be very good, sure it leaves more money for blow but that just totally skews the hooker/blow ratio.

 

[disappoint]

I was looking at Amazon and there were a couple around $40 that looked OK from the reviews. Any suggestions?

a 40$ hooker isn't going to be very good, sure it leaves more money for blow but that just totally skews the hooker/blow ratio.

Yeah but those are Amazonian hookahs. They be diff'rent strokes.

 

[shortylickens]

Hookah for newbs?
Its called paper, brah.

 

[Vdubchaos]

What is this hookah crap?

 

[lxskllr]

What is this hookah crap?

A bong with hoses. You take a moist tobacco and flavor blend, and smoke it. It's kind of a communal experience. I'd be interested in trying it, but don't want to invest in the equipment, and am unaware of hookah bars near me. It was(is?) pretty popular in more urban areas.

 

[purbeast0]

A bong with hoses. You take a moist tobacco and flavor blend, and smoke it. It's kind of a communal experience. I'd be interested in trying it, but don't want to invest in the equipment, and am unaware of hookah bars near me. It was(is?) pretty popular in more urban areas.

not sure what it is called in a bong, but a hookah does not have the extra hole that you cover with your finger while you initially pull from a bong, then release to inhale the smoke.

 

[lxskllr]

not sure what it is called in a bong, but a hookah does not have the extra hole that you cover with your finger while you initially pull from a bong, then release to inhale the smoke.

Coming up, any kind of water pipe was called a bong. The stoppable hole was called a carb.

 

[purbeast0]

Coming up, any kind of water pipe was called a bong. The stoppable hole was called a carb.

ah gotcha. it's been over a decade since i've been around a bong so my memory of the names and stuff escapes me. hookah on the other hand, i have one myself and use it maybe once or twice a month.

 

[Crusty]

Coming up, any kind of water pipe was called a bong. The stoppable hole was called a carb.

Bong usually implies smoking marijuana though.

 

[Vdubchaos]

So do people buy their own tobacco? Guessing there is no filter involved?

Just wondering what the pros/cons are here. Also is there any cost savings in whole sale tobacoo (maybe less chemicals etc)?

 

[purbeast0]

So do people buy their own tobacco? Guessing there is no filter involved?

Just wondering what the pros/cons are here. Also is there any cost savings in whole sale tobacoo (maybe less chemicals etc)?

you buy shisha to put in it, which is like a flavored wet tobacco, and put a coal on top of it that you light.

shisha is technically the wrong word for it, but it is pretty common as to that people call it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu‘assel

 

[lxskllr]

you buy shisha to put in it, which is like a flavored wet tobacco, and put a coal on top of it that you light.

shisha is technically the wrong word for it, but it is pretty common as to that people call it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu‘assel

Additionally, the water is the filter, but don't delude yourself that it's healthy. Like most things in life, moderate use will cause minimal damage, but puffing on a hookah all day would likely be detrimental.