Hello folks.
Paul here once again with another video for you.
This one is in response to a question that I see quite frequently, which is “how do
I choose the right size of bowl for me?”
There are so many different bowls out there that it can be really hard to figure out what's
the best, especially because everyone has their preferences, and to be frank, very few
people have exactly the same preferences when it comes to hookah accessories.
Personally, I'm a big fan of bowls that hold somewhere between 15 and 25 grams of tobacco.
I find that is large enough to offer up to about a two hour session if you pack it very
tightly with the right kind of tobacco, but it’s also small enough that if you pack
it lightly and fluff up the tobacco, you can smoke for about an hour to an hour and 20
minutes and not waste much tobacco at the bottom of the bowl.
Something like the old Tangiers small, which I have here, which is probably closer to what
a Tangiers medium is nowadays.
This bowl can last for about four hours if I pack it right and I don’t want that every
time.
Even if I pack it lightly, if I smoke for just an hour, I'm going to have a huge amount
of wasted tobacco and lost flavor at the bottom of the bowl that I just toss out and that’s
bad for me.
If I had to pick one bowl for my ideal size, I’d say that the Crown Classic, the glass
bowl produced by Crown Hookahs, is probably my absolute pick.
I haven't tried the most recent iteration.
The 4.0 is not one that I've ever gotten my hands on, but the previous versions have treated
me really well.
They performed beautifully.
They hold just the right amount of tobacco for me personally and I think that they are
some of the best bowls on the market.
They're a little expensive, about $40 as of the making of this video, but they hold just
the right amount and perform beautifully.
If you want super long session, you can set it up with friends at a party and then just
keep replenishing coals over the course of the night.
I would suggest going for something like the Tangiers medium, or if you're feeling crazy,
you can go for the Tangiers large funnel because those will give you absolute marathon sessions.
If you're looking for something that will smoke for maybe an hour, close to an hour
and a half if you push it, something like the Crown micro funnel, which only holds 10
to 12 grams of tobacco, is a really good option.
Sometimes that’s all I want and for that I have my now retired Crown Hookahs micro
classic, which that one only holds about 10 to 12 grams of tobacco and that’s what I
smoke with mostly when I'm home alone and I want to try a bunch of things out and I
really don’t want to be smoking for too long, like an hour at a time at most.
There are some other bowls that are worth looking into that are in the 15-25 range.
I've already mentioned Tangiers bowls.
They are of very high quality and I'm a big fan of the different colors that they come
in and the different glazing patterns.
The current smalls, which are considerably smaller than the old small that I have, they
are a little big for my taste.
They push more toward the 30 to 35 gram capacity, but the smalls, which I believe are on the
ranking system of tangiers bowls, I believe they're a #8 size.
The #8 and the #7 are really good bowls that I think are moderately sized, they're a little
bit expensive, but they perform beautifully and they hold an almost perfect amount of
tobacco for me and they offer great versatility, similar to the Crown Classic.
Another bowl that has been seeing a resurgence in popularity as of late is the Vortex bowl.
The Vortex has actually been redesigned for 2014, so the capacity is a little different.
It’s a little deeper than some of the bowls I've mentioned so far, but it also holds a
far amount of tobacco without being absolutely massive and smokes pretty well, although it
does in my opinion takes a very different form of heat management than something like
a solid clay bowl like the Tangiers bowls because of the hollow walls of it.
Those are some of my picks for some of the best bowls in the 15-25 gram range as well
as my reasonings for why I like that range of capacity.
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