Effective Mass Coal Lighting

[bushninja269]

I am wondering how hookah bars effectively light multiple coals (i.e. different techniques on how to do so) thanks

[Shifty]

A portable propane stove or blowtorch works for me lighting 3 pieces of jap coals at a time. Some electric stoves may work well also.

[ASUSEAN1]

for quicklights put them on there side like this..

[disturbedguru]

Not only putting them on there sides if you need to light alot of coals quickly (quicklites) I light a main coal and then pile others on top of it...seems to heat them up quicker or just use a stove....really depends on the place i suppose.

[Allia22]

I'll vouch for that. If I light my quicklights with a lighter, it takes a bit of effort to get it to fully light. But if I put it on top of an already lit coal, wait for it to stop sparking, and blow on it, it turns red very quickly.

[JoeLipinski]

I use a hot plate and I can fit about probably 10-15 1-1 1/2" peices of natural coals on it. The lounge could keep the hot plate on all the time and then it would take about 3-4 minutes to heat each.

[bushninja269]

thanks, yeah im workin on opening a bar and that was one aspect I had thus far neglected and wanted to get some good shishaheads opinion on the matter

[ASUSEAN1]

oh well then a propane torch or a hotplate with coils

[cemab4y]

I prefer to use a "Volcano" brand butane lighter. They cost about $50, but they are quality, with a permanent guarantee.