Smiley's Coconut Coals

[The fabulous Ian]

These sound seriously fancy, natural coals made from coconut shells. I was wondering, has anyone used these? I've never done natural coals before, and I was thinking trying these or Romman's natural lemonwood coals, but the coconut just intrigues me to no end, and I've been itching to try out Smiley's jazz. Reviews?

[Hookah_Bob3]

I hear they're really good, but I won't actually get to try them until this summer. He says that you can douse them out and reuse them if you don't finish a coal before you get tired of smoking

[wuonice]

i have them and i like them more then any other coal i've used. but i've only tried 2 other coals before this. and yeah i put them out in water once and reused them and it worked perfectly fine

[hbomb]

I'm a big fan of the natural coals. I just got a bag of Smiley's Coconut Shell Coals in and tried them today. They were very good and clean, no chemical smell or taste to them. They were a lot bigger than I expected, though, and I wanted to break the coa in half, but couldn't. It lasted a long long time, and it hardly ashed. Lighting time was surprisingly quick for the size. I still like my japanese coals better because the size is perfect to put a few around the edges, but I will definitely be using the coconut coals a lot as well depending on the size of the bowl.

I used the Romann Lemonwood coals for a long time, and they taste a lot better than the quick-lights, but taste worse than my japanese and coconut coals. The size on them is so inconsistent, and it seems like the last quarter of the bag is unusable because its just a bunch of shards that are too small. Also, they ash everywhere. So, I wouldn't recommend them. I keep them as a last resort in case I run out of japanese, coconut, or stargate coals.

[The fabulous Ian]

I'm a big fan of the natural coals. I just got a bag of Smiley's Coconut Shell Coals in and tried them today. They were very good and clean, no chemical smell or taste to them. They were a lot bigger than I expected, though, and I wanted to break the coa in half, but couldn't. It lasted a long long time, and it hardly ashed. Lighting time was surprisingly quick for the size. I still like my japanese coals better because the size is perfect to put a few around the edges, but I will definitely be using the coconut coals a lot as well depending on the size of the bowl.

I used the Romann Lemonwood coals for a long time, and they taste a lot better than the quick-lights, but taste worse than my japanese and coconut coals. The size on them is so inconsistent, and it seems like the last quarter of the bag is unusable because its just a bunch of shards that are too small. Also, they ash everywhere. So, I wouldn't recommend them. I keep them as a last resort in case I run out of japanese, coconut, or stargate coals.

Wow, thanks for the in-depth analysis, it was uber-helpful. I'll avoid the Rommans, but maybe get a bag of the coconuts just to have around the house. I haven't heard of Stargate before, how are they? And is there a specific brand of Japanese coals you'd reccommend?

[metalhead209]

actually my favorite coals so far are romman coals. its true that the last part of the bag are all tiny shards but take into consideration a bag is like 5 bux and natural coals last way longer then any quicklite and burn hotter then any jap coal. they are tastless and odorless. ive used stargates, jap coals, quick lites, nours, and three kings and honestly i like romman the best so far. you can realy make a bag last and they are pretty easy to break the bigger chunks up into more managable peices. as far a ashing goes the do leave alot but it wont effect the quality of the smoke. besides thats why every hookah has a big plate under the bowl so you can scrape the ash into. id say try all the coals you can and make up your own mind.