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So, last autumn, my bottle broke...

I didn't want to spend any money on a pipe I was not gonna use for half a year (I don't smoke inside).
Now spring is around the corner, so I should be getting me some new gear.

This time around, I would like to have a dual hoze one.
But most of all, since I'm always using it in outside areas, I want it to have a stable base.

I tried a search, but didn't get any usefull results, so I turn to another "advise me" thread..

So.. any advise? Edited by Boersnoes
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Sounds like you're gonna be carrying it location to location alot, so get a QT. Everyone loves em, and if it should happen to tip, its not far to fall.

Wide base diameter too so it shouldnt fall over unless someone trips over the hose or something stupid like that.
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tongue.gif it feels like there's been about one a day since I've been here, which is only 120 or so days. So I guess that is a bit hyperbolic. But I think it's accurate to say that no other pipe has had even a 20th or 50th the complaints about broken bases though.

QUOTE (shisha fan @ Feb 14 2008, 02:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
thats really exagerated gaia. maybe you like the mya saturn, which definately has a stable base http://www.shisha-world.com/MYA+Saturn+4er...+Dunkelblau.htm
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QUOTE (Elky @ Feb 14 2008, 08:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sahara Smoke has geat bases if you have your old stem still, if not you may want to look into their pipes. I have one and I love the thng.



I have a Sahara Smoke Cyclone. It is a very stable vase. They have larger vases that shape that will be good for your stem. I would go with them for sure. I still need to find a better stem for mine. It is ok, but it is not going to last.


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Haha, love this! Been gone for a day and already got a lot of replies smile.gif

As for the budget: I want something to last.
My filosofy in all purchases is to spend a little more and use it for a little longer.
(yes, still using my very first mobile tongue.gif )

Breaking: I don't want my base to break AGAIN! My very first one (which is also the one I'm finally replacing now) snapped 2 times.
I was cleaning it and the bottom just snapped clean of.. 2 times! If you ask me this was a production issue. Too much tension + warm water = snap?
Since it was a very clean breaking line (word?), without chips, I was able to glue it.
The reason I'm replacing it now was a transport issue tongue.gif

I already got two little pipes to take with me on quests in yonder-land. This one will mainly be for garden use. So I was thinking big.
I know, big does not equal better, but it is more impressive wink.gif

The reason I want a stable base is not really because the base would break, but because I hate to loose a good coal & shisha, break the head on the tiles, burn ppls clothes etc.
It happens more then is fun that with passing the hose the pipe just tips over. Maybe this will be a lot less with my new hose, but nevertheless I would like to limit the burn holes in my garden-sofa this time.

Also, I got three acceptable spare stems lying on my clauset here.
Are there stores where I can buy just the vases?

@thecoalition: not looking for a hobo hookah. Already got travel pipes. This one
 needs more style.  Edited by Boersnoes
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HoboHookah can have a lot of style, if you chose a good vase. Like one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboy. A bit of an aside: Liquor bottles really make great vases: They are thick so that they can be tranported with out breaking in large quantities. Unlike hookah vases: If a bottle of booze breaks, its a lot of mess and clean up as well as lost revenue. A few broken hookah vases in a shipment aren't a bit deal: Its more cost effective to make them cheap, and allow for a few to break in transport.

I like old school Egyptian vases though. Like the ones you see at most hookah bars. The vases are usually great, but the pipes are a lot of times shit. It might be worth your while to go to a hookah shop, find a vase and gromment that will fit with your old stem (if your old stem was pretty nice).
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Anyone else besides me think stargates are ugly..... any who i have the QT and the Gyro, according to your post you are not looking to spend alot of many then scratch the gyro, go with a QT, it will las you a long time and work great.
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@ St. Goodypants:
Well the Micron and Stratus do indeed meet the reqs, but they are just damn but ugly!
I do like a modern design, but that's just .. not it.

@Hobocans
About the hobo hookah. You have actually made me think about it again.
I have dug up my old initiative of making my own pipe (don't we all at one point or another?) and found this cool vase I have here.
It's from my father's work. He's a chemist and the bottle is used for storing all kinds of liquids.
The bottle's totally "inert" (word?) so it doesn't take up any smell/filth. It's stable and hard to break too.

Thing is, it doesn't have a standard bottle neck.
It's bigger then regular booze bottles but smaller then the big necks you find on some fruit juice bottles sometimes.
There's a screw on cap on it that fits air/water tight. I wanted to use it before, but the hole's too small to fit any of my stems in..

Can't post pictures right now. Cam's not in the house...
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