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I seem to still get good smokes with the foil. I have a screen and first time I tried it the smoke was not as thick. It seems that when I use the screen I pull more air than smoke. I tried to use more heat and it burned the tobacco, so I am actually back to foil.
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Actually, I've been a foil user all my life, until my friend 2 weeks
ago gave me his metal screen to have because his bowl chipped, so he
had no more use for a screen. I tried it out just to give it a shot,
thinking that I wouldn't like it and my tobacco would burn, but to my
amazement, it worked GREAT!

The only thing that I did different when packing my bowl was instead of
packing it almost lvl with the top of the bowl like I normally do with
foil, I packed it still loosely, but left a small maybe 3-5mm gap
between tobacco and screen. And let me tell you, I was still getting
great plumes of smoke, and the only difference was that I was able to
get away with useing lots of coals. It never seemed to burn my tobacco.

If I ever used too much heat with foil, it would get harsh to all hell,
but for some odd reason with the screen, it worked amazingly.

So I know everyone says that screens tend to absorb a lot of heat and
burn the sh*t outta the tobacco, but I think that if you pack your bowl
right, screens work great, and then you don't have to worry about
aluminum in your system.
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I totally agree Yashman.  With the screen, I have to use a lot more coal to get the thick smoke that I want, BUT I have yet to burn or get harshness at all.  I haven't smoked in like 2 weeks and will probably only do so like 2-3 times over the next 6 weeks, scary!! :)
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At first when I got my screen, I loved it, but sometimes I still use the foil. Usually when I use a quicklight, I use a foil, but when I'm using natural coals, I like to use the screen. Maybe I still need to get the hang of the screen.....je ne sais pas.
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Thanks guys for the advice to search. Thanks Mushrat for the welcome. I just got into Hookahs about a month ago, I have great bar here in Morgantown WV. I am looking seriously into buying and I will check on this screen thing. thanks
  Joe
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