Good Quality Hookah's In The Uk?

[gibberish]

hello everyone,

ill start by admitting that iam a hookah noob. many years ago when i was about 16 years old, my friends brother came back from israel where he had been working on a kabutz. with him he brought a big green hookah and various boxes of flavoured tobacco. my friend, his brother and i spent the entire evening sampling the many different flavours and billowing huge clouds of thick white smoke into his room. i remember it tasted and smelled amazing and we smoked for hours and hours...

since then ive often thought about buying my own and attempting to track down some good tobacco but until today i have never bothered. last night, for whatever reason, i had a dream about the evening at my friends smoking this stuff and when i woke up all i could think about was buying a hookah and some tobacco

i had a look on ebay today and i was a click away from buying some random one before i thought i should do some research first. i found this site: http://www.hookahs.co.uk/ but iam weary of buying a hookah that isnt built very well.

can anybody recommend anywhere in the uk that i can buy a semi-decent hookah from? it doesnt have to be amazing as its my first one, i have around £40 to spend on it... maybe £50 at a push.

if you could also recommend some good brand tobacco and somewhere to buy from that would be great too.

thanks for reading and i look forward to checking the replies...
cheers

[Johnny_D]

I would avoid hookahs.co.uk like the damn plague.

I have had 3 hookahs from http://www.hookahshop.co.uk - Speak with Kam.

Look for my recent thread showing my last one received just after christmas - great quality and they are now
stocking a washable & durable hose

JD

[gibberish]

thanks a lot johnny d!

that site looks good.
however, ive just got back from my lunch break and on my travels i found a tiny little shop tucked away in a small and dirty shopping arcade in town. the shop is run by an egyptian guy who imports hookahs and tobacco from... well... egypt!

i had a look at a few and the build quality of them seemed reasonable to my untrained eyes... the one i looked at was very tall (85 cm) and completely airtight. he said he'd give me 2 boxes of flavoured tobacco, coals, large barrel, pipe cleaners and the hookah itself for £35 which i reckon is an offer i cant refuse (the hookah on its own is £30). im going to go back there after work to pick it up i think.

i will definitely bookmark that site though, and if i enjoy this hookah as much as i think i will ill most likely buy my next "awesome" hookah from there.

thanks again for your help,

[Johnny_D]

What town did you find this little shop?

Just for future reference

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What town did you find this little shop?

Just for future reference

its in nottingham,
if you know nottingham, it was on the lower floor of west end arcade (which is between the market square and upper parliament street)

[Johnny_D]

Cheers

[gibberish]

oh, and that gift you received through the post looks absolutely marvellous