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[quote name='danguarda']Any reason for favoring the non-screw in?[/quote]
Personally, I wouldn't trust the screw-in feature for airtightness (is that even a word? )
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Hi guys, it's been a long time since I was on the forum.  Nice to see Adrock finally culled the nuts. 
I have had a 24" Mya for almost three years and rarely use any of my others. It's just really well made and seems to smoke better.
Both of the Bohemians from Socialsmoke are MYAs and normally I would agree that a screw-in is not a good idea but the mya uses silicone o-rings so it's really airtight.
One thing about the MYA - unless it's changed they use Lebanese style (male stem) bowls which is ok but you usually can't just go to the local middle eastern grocer and pick up a replacement.  So if you go with a MYA contact Ali at socialsmoke and get an extra bowl. (or 2) He has them in stock but I didn't see them on the website.
Just my 2 cents.
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My Mya smokes brill.  Mya also has excellent customer
service.  I bought a Mya hookah from abroad and I lost the
tray.  The website does not support ordering from overseas so I
emailed them and they sent the replacement 100% free of charge. 
They didn't ask for the $7 tray cost or the high shipping to the UK.

As for the bowls, the top part unscrews and i'm pretty sure both types
of attachment are available.  Mine came with the male egyptian
style one.

Mine is a small standard one with the grommet.
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Mine is Bohemian.
When I bought it the acrylic bases all looked like the plastic 2 liter coke bottles are made from. . . . The new acrylics look a lot better - better clarity and colors, and the new ones are a little more scratch resistant but if it needs to be scrubbed to remove a stain you will need to be really careful so it doesn't get scratched up.
I've also read that acrylics won't break if dropped although I've never seen anyone try it to see what happens. The day get the urge to bodyslam a hookah  just to see if it breaks I'll switch to cigars.
Oh, sorry.  I haven't posted in a while so I'm running on and on. . . .
Basically overall glass, bohemian or otherwise, looks better and is still easier to clean.
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