Glass Screen?

[KillZedKill]

Ive been looking at the glass bowl screens, and was wondering wgere exactly do you put the coals when you use it? Over the center hole thing?

[Big Boss]

From what I've read, I am pretty sure that you put the coals around the outside, not directly over the hole. Don't ask me how it works, though.

[jelatin]

You put the coals around the outside just like you would using any other screen. It doesnt prevent heat from being distributed at all.

[HookahPrincess]

I really need to try this glass screen. I've stuck to my traditional foil ways for far too long. Time to shop.

[Sonthert]

I disagree, foil is the ultimate. Screens break, they accumulate crap which impairs your smoking. Foil, you just throw it away and get a new piece. Sure, it takes two seconds longer. Big deal.

[SmokeMojo]

I'm with Eric on this one.. Tin foil ftw. Not only is it more convenient, it never accumulates gunk and flavor from other smokes because you can just trash it. You are also able to adjust your heat according to hole placement and numbers and double it up if you want to keep some more heat in. It gives enough variety to find a happy medium while smoking, and you can get just as much or as little smoke as you like.

Another thing to keep in mind.. Many tobacco's require different heat/hole placement/ airflow for a good smoke and you cannot adjust a glass screen. It is what it is.

Foil cannot be beat.

[KillZedKill]

I disagree, foil is the ultimate. Screens break, they accumulate crap which impairs your smoking. Foil, you just throw it away and get a new piece. Sure, it takes two seconds longer. Big deal.

I was wondering about that too. There have been several times when my friends would set a coal they lit down onto a glass ash tray, the heat caused the ash tray to shatter. Wouldnt the glass screens and bowls do the same if too much heat was applied?

[SmokeMojo]

I disagree, foil is the ultimate. Screens break, they accumulate crap which impairs your smoking. Foil, you just throw it away and get a new piece. Sure, it takes two seconds longer. Big deal.

I was wondering about that too. There have been several times when my friends would set a coal they lit down onto a glass ash tray, the heat caused the ash tray to shatter. Wouldnt the glass screens and bowls do the same if too much heat was applied?

Most likely not. A lot of ash trays are cast out of molds whereas glass bowls and screens are handblown. The glass has been superheated and supercooled so it can sustain extreme changes in temperature a lot better than your average ash tray. Most likely won't shatter from heat, but what happens if you drop it or knock over the hookah on a hard surface. Bye Bye Glass Screen. Hello very malleable and super uber Tin Foil.

[KillZedKill]

Most likely not. A lot of ash trays are cast out of molds whereas glass bowls and screens are handblown. The glass has been superheated and supercooled so it can sustain extreme changes in temperature a lot better than your average ash tray. Most likely won't shatter from heat, but what happens if you drop it or knock over the hookah on a hard surface. Bye Bye Glass Screen. Hello very malleable and super uber Tin Foil.

Hmm, either way, Ill stick to my foil as well =]

[Sonthert]

Oh yeah, good call Mojo. Foil allows you to alter the placement, number and size of your holes.

Glass screens are generally made of Pyrex which is much more resistant to changes in heat. Ashtrays are just made of sodium (soda?) glass which expands and contracts quite a bit and induces shattering when exposed to heat. I broke an ashtray once, too, from coals.

[DVS]

Foil is the best by far, metal screens work, but i just dont like them. I was thinking, what if a glass screen was made to where it had a bunch of tiny holes in it, all over instead of one or three big holes? Would it work any better? I may need to contract my glass blowing friend and find out.

[KillZedKill]

Foil is the best by far, metal screens work, but i just dont like them. I was thinking, what if a glass screen was made to where it had a bunch of tiny holes in it, all over instead of one or three big holes? Would it work any better? I may need to contract my glass blowing friend and find out.

Well, since the glass screens are hand made, I think smaller holes would be harder to put in to hot glass. And if they could, the price would go up.

[DVS]

I don't think small holes would be necessarily harder to do, just more time consuming. And on another though, maybe just a glass screen with no holes and a glass drill bit and drill holes into after the glass blowing process? Maaaaaybe....

[jaker29902]

just blow a circular sheet of glass and before it heats up gently poke some holes in it, you would have to be very careful to make it look okay, but yeah doesnt seem to hard

[Hearsay]

That still wouldn't solve the problem of some tobaccos needing more heat/air than others. Reynolds wrap for sure.

[Big Boss]

I though I'd share this just because I'm still awake at 3:40 am... On the old hookah forum I was on some guy showed up one day and started talking about Smileys glass screens and how they were the best thing since sliced bread. I thought about getting one but then realized that the man was Smiley himself, he was incognito and pimping his own product.... and then I found five dollars.... Edited July 18, 2007 by Big Boss

[lazria]

I have and have used a glass screen. Personally - I don't like them. It burns the shisha faster, doesn't seal the bowl top, and it s b#tch to clean afterwards. Good old foil wins hands down. Heck, even a metal screen is easier to deal with and clean than the glass.

[*HOT&SMOKING*]

I disagree, foil is the ultimate. Screens break, they accumulate crap which impairs your smoking. Foil, you just throw it away and get a new piece. Sure, it takes two seconds longer. Big deal.

FOIL FTW!!!!!!!

I only use foil, I seriously think screens are total kak!!

-H&S