LS1 FTW Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Well, my funnel, mod, Smileys glass bowl, some Tangiers, and some Fusion came in today. Saw the FedEx truck pull up, and ran downstairs all happy and giggling like a little schoolgirl eager to try out my new stuff. Headed over to my buddys house (as my new hookah doesn't get here until later today). Read all the FAQs and stuff on how to pack the funnel. Loaded it up with some Tangier's blueberry, used a 33mm quicklight broken in half. After trying with and without the mod, and all different kinds of hole arrangements, I got it to smoke halfway decent for about 30 seconds before it got WAY too hot. Hardly got any flavor out of it at all. Smoking through my buddys Cylo 3 hose from Socialsmoke, with ice/water/sweetened condensed cream in the base, with a medium funnel. Hopefully I'm just doing something wrong, I don't want to be disappointed with it. I let the tobacco acclimate for probably 3 hours, put a good bit in the funnel (about even with the inlet thing), had 2 rings of holes poked with the the thing on the tongs, and one over the inlet hole. Argh....Smoking Fusion sweet melon out of the Smiley's bowl right now, hits wonderfully, pretty cool to watch the smoke swirl through the bowl too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 ACCLIMATION.You need to let the tobacco settle in the local air for a good few hours - search the above phrase!Don't use the mod in the funnel for smoking Tangiers either.JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 QUOTE (LS1 FTW @ Aug 9 2007, 12:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well, my funnel, mod, Smileys glass bowl, some Tangiers, and some Fusion came in today. Saw the FedEx truck pull up, and ran downstairs all happy and giggling like a little schoolgirl eager to try out my new stuff. Headed over to my buddys house (as my new hookah doesn't get here until later today). Read all the FAQs and stuff on how to pack the funnel. Loaded it up with some Tangier's blueberry, used a 33mm quicklight broken in half. After trying with and without the mod, and all different kinds of hole arrangements, I got it to smoke halfway decent for about 30 seconds before it got WAY too hot. Hardly got any flavor out of it at all. Smoking through my buddys Cylo 3 hose from Socialsmoke, with ice/water/sweetened condensed cream in the base, with a medium funnel. Hopefully I'm just doing something wrong, I don't want to be disappointed with it. I let the tobacco acclimate for probably 3 hours, put a good bit in the funnel (about even with the inlet thing), had 2 rings of holes poked with the the thing on the tongs, and one over the inlet hole. Argh....Smoking Fusion sweet melon out of the Smiley's bowl right now, hits wonderfully, pretty cool to watch the smoke swirl through the bowl too Aside from what Johnny D said... You want to poke holes throughout the foil for an 'all over' approach. Also, you'll want to pack your funnel pretty close to the top (closer than you might think.) Lastly, it wouldn't hurt to put your Tangiers in a tupperware-type container. That makes it easier to store and stir up when you're ready to smoke. Hope everything works out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS1 FTW Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 It's been in a tupperware container since I opened it. Sat open in it for a good 3 hours already....have it open again right now. I had it reeally close to the top, to the point where some got stuck after putting a coal down on the foil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggie505#2 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 well tangiers will take a lot of attempts to get it right. but it sounds like you had too much heat, I use 4 jap coals and once it gets going I bring it down to three. But there are times where my tangiers will have no flavor. It is a great tobacco, but you have to work at it to be able to get it to smoke good all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I never have a problem, but ya know... Blueberry is one flavor that will go flavorless in humidity shock.Was the smoke thick or thin?Don't use a mod. What mods were made for is not the way I suggest people smoke Tangiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calcartman Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Pack the bowl higher.My tangiers touches the foil and then some. Sometimes juice pops out when i poke the holes.QUOTE I had it reeally close to the top, to the point where some got stuck after putting a coal down on the foil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 ^ see calcarman's post. if you think you packed enough, pack even more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allia22 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Yep, more 'baccy. Once it starts falling out , then you may have enough. Look for the thread "OMFG, Tangiers is smoking" for a nice tobacco amount cause and effect list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS1 FTW Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 QUOTE (Sonthert @ Aug 9 2007, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I never have a problem, but ya know... Blueberry is one flavor that will go flavorless in humidity shock.Was the smoke thick or thin?Don't use a mod. What mods were made for is not the way I suggest people smoke Tangiers.Lol, I'd hope you didn't have any problems.The smoke was very thin for most of it, got decently thick as it got way too hot. I didn't use a mod for most of the time, just slapped it in there for a second to see if it helped - it didn't.It's been sitting open since I made my second post in this thread. My hookah is at my house, about to go pick it up, and try it out again. Houston is of course VERY humid, so hopefully by now it's acclimated. Guess I'm gonna pack the bejeezus out of that funnel lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victim026 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 With all the rain and such it took my tanigers almost 3 days to acclimate fully down here in San Antonio, I imagine it's even worse for you being closer to the ocean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haunt1 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I've been running into similar issues with my Small Phunnel too. In fact, as we are speaking, I am smoking a bowl of Romman Double Apple with the Mod and I'm getting really hot smoke. I didn't have these problems earlier with my Phunnel, so I'm a bit confused as to why it's happening now. I'm using a 33 Golden, like always, and it's getting way too hot. I'm half tempted to switch back to my Combo bowl because I'm quite frustrated... Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS1 FTW Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Well, just tried it again through my new hookah, and it was definately much better, but still not quite what I was expecting flavor-wise from all the reviews I've read. Decent clouds though. Gonna let it acclimate for another day or so. It's definately humid down here.Now for my first taste of Nakhla....mixed fruit through my Smileys bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pboyle Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Now, does super-packing the funnel work for all tobaccos? I have some of Smiley's sexy shisha and its ridiculously juicy (almost perfect for the funnel concept) but it doesn't have a very strong flavor. Thick smoke, light flavor.more tobacco possibly?Its Irish Cream btw. The container smells like Fig Newtons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 QUOTE (pboyle @ Aug 10 2007, 08:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Now, does super-packing the funnel work for all tobaccos? I have some of Smiley's sexy shisha and its ridiculously juicy (almost perfect for the funnel concept) but it doesn't have a very strong flavor. Thick smoke, light flavor.more tobacco possibly?Its Irish Cream btw. The container smells like Fig Newtons.No, in general, you want to pack smaller the waterier the tobacco is and the smaller the cut of the tobacco is. The larger the cut of tobacco and the drier and or oilier it is, the more you want to put in. Watery:Hookah Hookah, Smiley'sOily: Tangiers, Fumari, RommanDry: NahklaSmaller Cut: Al AmirMedium: Nahkla/Al WahaLarger:Tangiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalSoil Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 from what i read i thought your problem was not enough heat. one 33mm QL is how much i use of my small phunnel. i would think thta would be suficient for the medium too cause i use 3 on a large. as far as it getting too hot, it may just be to hard on you. if you havent smoked tangiers before it is kinda overwhelming. my friends have smoked it before but they cant smoke it like me at all. its a stronger tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS1 FTW Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 QUOTE (EternalSoil @ Aug 10 2007, 08:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>from what i read i thought your problem was not enough heat. one 33mm QL is how much i use of my small phunnel. i would think thta would be suficient for the medium too cause i use 3 on a large. as far as it getting too hot, it may just be to hard on you. if you havent smoked tangiers before it is kinda overwhelming. my friends have smoked it before but they cant smoke it like me at all. its a stronger tobacco.Both me and my buddy that I usually smoke with smoke a half pack a day or so (when sober anyways lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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