How To Pick A Fake Mya Qt & Is A Rusted Downstem A Health Risk?

[stuyvo]

well I took my hookah appart today for a clean after a short smoke and the downstem is rusted on the end, is it a health risk to continue using it? the whole top half of the hookah is useless if so as its all welded together

if it is a health risk i'l head down to the local shops and there is what looks to be a maya QT there, i know theres a "hookah king" knockoff that looks just alike: how would I tell them appart? if it comes in a maya box does that mean its a genuine maya or do they fake those too?

[Exile]

I'm gonna hafta say yes, if you continue to use the rusted stem, scabies will ensue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabies

[NickReppinThe909]

well I took my hookah appart today for a clean after a short smoke and the downstem is rusted on the end, is it a health risk to continue using it? the whole top half of the hookah is useless if so as its all welded together

if it is a health risk i'l head down to the local shops and there is what looks to be a maya QT there, i know theres a "hookah king" knockoff that looks just alike: how would I tell them appart? if it comes in a maya box does that mean its a genuine maya or do they fake those too?

a local shop that i dont buy from (too much NHT stuff in the store and not enough hookah stuff) sells "myas" and "mya" cases so it is easy to get a fake mya and a fake mya case or a fake mya in a real mya case

as for the rust YES it is a health risk you should either discard the hookah or clean it throughly and oil it down with mineral or vegetable oil after every use

[Winter]

If you want, you can try using some kind of rust remover such as Brillo or Rust Stain Magic. I'm not an expert on rust and rust removal, but maybe try going down to your local hardware / Home Depot store and ask them how to remove rust from your kind of metal.

[stuyvo]

its in the bin, i had a look at the "mya" and it seemed extremely flimsy especialy for the price ($80AUD) I ended up with an "eclair" hookah which is probably a piece of crap but from the looking over I gave it the seals are ALOT better and the glass was alot thicker.

[ilikemyusername]

if it's a real mya, its going to unscrew all over the place, these things come apart in crazy ways. aldo almost microscopically on the stem its going to have the MYA logo, third its going to be heavier than it looks, the tray is going to have the MYA logo and its going to be "thick" feeling, no flimsy crap there. if its a knock off that has all of the mya features, then its a knockoff thats just as good as the real thing.