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Do any of you guys that live in dorms use the stove to heat up natural coals? I've been considering this so I can smoke in the dorms without the smoke of QL's setting off the smoke detectors. I'm assuming that the natural coals heat slowly and don't smoke. Let me know if I'm way off.
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maybe. but trooth be told, there are only so many new posts you can make on hookah. if all we did was research old posts, we would run out in days.
i think ill go make a post on why i cant taste the shisha now. i dont think we have any of those :-p
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QUOTE (Eifah @ Feb 18 2008, 09:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I got a solid hot plate, not a coil, and it didn't heat the coals up enough to make them glow, even though the thing was really hot. I had to return it. I guess I'll get a coil burner next time.



yeah, that's how i found out the hot plates don't work. HOWEVER the coil burners are amazing, It will light anything in no taime, including Coco Nara AND natural lump coal, which i was surprised that an electric coil burner can cook them all the way through so quickly...my new ally in waging the war on coal convenience...although coconara has already done that for the most part
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QUOTE (antouwan @ Feb 19 2008, 10:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Eifah @ Feb 18 2008, 09:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I got a solid hot plate, not a coil, and it didn't heat the coals up enough to make them glow, even though the thing was really hot. I had to return it. I guess I'll get a coil burner next time.



yeah, that's how i found out the hot plates don't work. HOWEVER the coil burners are amazing, It will light anything in no taime, including Coco Nara AND natural lump coal, which i was surprised that an electric coil burner can cook them all the way through so quickly...my new ally in waging the war on coal convenience...although coconara has already done that for the most part


I need to pick one of these up now.
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I've used a solid hotplate for months.. the key to those is to make a Rayver-style cover for it. Take some aluminum foil and make a kind of dome-shaped cover out of it to place over top of the coals while they sit on the hot plate. Make sure there's a hole at the top for some airflow/exhaust too. It still takes about 6-8 minutes to fully light a coal, but it works smile.gif
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I have the same burner that you link to. Only I got mine on clearance at Kroger for $5. Works excellent. I just set it on low (seems to do as good as setting it on high) and the coals are ready by the time I get everything else set up.
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QUOTE (shoresidejake @ Feb 20 2008, 02:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Seanij @ Feb 20 2008, 03:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have a better toy than any of you! A gas stove =]



no way -- not only does my ronson torch light my naturals in seconds, but i can take it anywhere i go... let's see you toss that stove in your bag and bring it to the pool with you! rolleyes.gif


That doesnt count. Torch Lighters or Lighters dont count, they're not toys, they're grenades (throw and boooom)
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