ronald_dooley Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Well, I decided to do a little math. I buy Coco Naras directly from Coco Nara USA. I buy two boxes (84 pieces per box) which cost $32.00 with shipping. I use two sets of two cocos per session, on average, for a total of four Cocos per session. This equals $0.76 per session for Coco Naras.I use AF shisha primarily, and I buy it locally for about $10.00 a tub of 250g with tax. I would say that I use on average 20g for a session with my small phunnel. That equals $0.80 per session for AF shisha.$0.76 + $0.80 = $1.56 per session, roughly estimated.How about you?- Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobosap Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 QUOTE (ronald_dooley @ Jul 15 2008, 10:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well, I decided to do a little math. I buy Coco Naras directly from Coco Nara USA. I buy two boxes (84 pieces per box) which cost $32.00 with shipping. I use two sets of two cocos per session, on average, for a total of four Cocos per session. This equals $0.76 per session for Coco Naras.I use AF shisha primarily, and I buy it locally for about $10.00 a tub of 250g with tax. I would say that I use on average 20g for a session with my small phunnel. That equals $0.80 per session for AF shisha.$0.76 + $0.80 = $1.56 per session, roughly estimated.How about you?- Ronaldyou also need to take into consideration your water power bills. what do you fill the base with and how do you light the coalsyou also need lights to be able to see what your doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotless Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 save the cost estimation for the lounges and just smoke up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esheg4ever23 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Imagine going to a hookah bar and spending like $15. That's 10 hookah sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathuv Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 QUOTE (esheg4ever23 @ Jul 16 2008, 08:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Imagine going to a hookah bar and spending like $15. That's 10 hookah sessions.i calculated how much the lounges make.. on hookah only, without the water and power bills. so thats 1 coal per session and around 15g of tobacco. thats around €0.30 for tobacco (€5 per 250g of nakhla) and €0.20 per coal (€2 per roll of 10) so, they spend €0.50 per session and people pay €5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speel Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I failed math class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathuv Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 QUOTE (speel @ Jul 16 2008, 03:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I failed math classme too, whats your point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah hippie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 it costs money to smoke yeah smoking boo costing money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename067 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Lets see. At $8/250g of AF...and at roughly 25 grams in a small phunnel...it will be around $1.25 a session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staygone Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 25g of tangiers lucid= $1.6952 coconara coals= $0.32Roughly $2.00 in supplies. You could factor in so much other "costs" that it'd make your head explode. -QM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickReppinThe909 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 25-35g of tangiers $.959 coconaras (3 each round of coal) $1.80ishso $2.75but thats not including-foil-water-electricity (to start the coals)-% of mr.clean magic eraser used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majid Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (mathuv @ Jul 16 2008, 04:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (esheg4ever23 @ Jul 16 2008, 08:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Imagine going to a hookah bar and spending like $15. That's 10 hookah sessions.i calculated how much the lounges make.. on hookah only, without the water and power bills. so thats 1 coal per session and around 15g of tobacco. thats around €0.30 for tobacco (€5 per 250g of nakhla) and €0.20 per coal (€2 per roll of 10) so, they spend €0.50 per session and people pay €5...Nah you have to factor in the overhead, the bar needs to pay for many things to stay up and running.My own estimate at home: 20 grams of nakhla at 7.50 euros per 200 grams=75 cents for tobacco4 coals a session at 3.50 for 36 coals=~40 cents worth of coals per sessionWe'll add 20 cents for water and gas Total of 1.35 euros/2.13 dollars per session. Edited July 16, 2008 by Majid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esheg4ever23 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Bottom line...hookah bars are a total fucking rip off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canon Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Initial Cost of everythingHookah: $90-$100Rug cause your tired of burning carpet: $20Brasso to polish hookah: ~$8.00Replacement bowls/ball bearings: $50Replacement Hoses: $30Green scrubby pads: $5Total: $213Cost per sessionTobacco: $.75Coals: $.20Water: $.02Foil: $.05Electricity: $.01Total: $.98 +$213/Total sessionsEnjoying a nice Tangiers smoking session: Priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 QUOTE (Canon @ Jul 16 2008, 09:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Initial Cost of everythingHookah: $90-$100Rug cause your tired of burning carpet: $20Brasso to polish hookah: ~$8.00Replacement bowls/ball bearings: $50Replacement Hoses: $30Green scrubby pads: $5Total: $213Cost per sessionTobacco: $.75Coals: $.20Water: $.02Foil: $.05Electricity: $.01Total: $.98 +$213/Total sessionsEnjoying a nice Tangiers smoking session: Pricelessnice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esheg4ever23 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 QUOTE (Canon @ Jul 16 2008, 05:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Initial Cost of everythingHookah: $90-$100Rug cause your tired of burning carpet: $20Brasso to polish hookah: ~$8.00Replacement bowls/ball bearings: $50Replacement Hoses: $30Green scrubby pads: $5Total: $213Cost per sessionTobacco: $.75Coals: $.20Water: $.02Foil: $.05Electricity: $.01Total: $.98 +$213/Total sessionsEnjoying a nice Tangiers smoking session: PricelessYou brokeded my brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I calculate my total out to be about 2.00 per session. With exoticas it was $0.18X3 = 0.54 for 3 sets of coals and 28g of Tangiers tobacco for 1.45. So roughly 2 bucks a session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wongxiao Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 QUOTE (Canon @ Jul 16 2008, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Initial Cost of everythingHookah: $90-$100Rug cause your tired of burning carpet: $20Brasso to polish hookah: ~$8.00Replacement bowls/ball bearings: $50Replacement Hoses: $30Green scrubby pads: $5Total: $213Cost per sessionTobacco: $.75Coals: $.20Water: $.02Foil: $.05Electricity: $.01Total: $.98 +$213/Total sessionsEnjoying a nice Tangiers smoking session: PricelessI'm guessing you're joking around here, but assuming you were serious...The sunk costs (or initial costs) would include pretty much only the Hookah, and maybe the first hose, ball bearing, and bowl you picked up (if its because you didn't like what came with it. If its because the default stuff wore out, then that's not a sunk cost).How much of the the polish & scrubby stuff you use will depend on how much you use your hookah, so you'd want to figure out approximately how many sessions it takes you to go through a certain amount of polish & scrubby pads, and factor it in as a variable cost.Unless you're using an electric stove to light your coals, electricity also should not count. That would imply that if you didn't smoke your hookah, your lights and all electrical appliances would be off. Basically, even though you use the light and whatever else while smoking, how much you use does not depend on how much you smoke, and would exist regardless. This also has to do with opportunity costs: the "next best option" (ie, not smoking hookah) generally should use the same amount of electricity, so you don't really lose anything by smoking hookah in this case.Basically, if it's a one-time cost, then it's sunk (ie, your hookah). If it costs more the more you smoke, then it's a variable cost (ie, your coals, shisha, water, cleaning equipment, wear & tear on hoses, bowls, etc). If it is a recurring cost, but stays the same regardless of how much you smoke, then it's a fixed cost (I can't think of any fixed costs for hookah smoking).But then again, it's not like you need it to be that precise anyway... I think there seems to be a consensus that it would come out to a couple of bucks. Compared to what you pay in a lounge...especially when you could have packed the bowl better yourself.... yeah...Anyway, if we know one thing for sure, it's the last figure in your list: Enjoying a session: priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canon Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 i use a stove to light my natural coals and thats why i put a 1 cent. and also i bought and broke a few phunnels. ive bought nammors to replace the hoses that come with my hookahs. brasso is for my trimetal which when the copper/nickel/brass is exposed to water then it gets spots on it (copper mainly) and i like my hookah to be shiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j3oomerang Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 QUOTE (Canon @ Jul 16 2008, 07:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Initial Cost of everythingHookah: $90-$100Rug cause your tired of burning carpet: $20Brasso to polish hookah: ~$8.00Replacement bowls/ball bearings: $50Replacement Hoses: $30Green scrubby pads: $5Total: $213Cost per sessionTobacco: $.75Coals: $.20Water: $.02Foil: $.05Electricity: $.01Total: $.98 +$213/Total sessionsEnjoying a nice Tangiers smoking session: Pricelesswouldnt that be .98(# of sessions) +213/ # of sessions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canon Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 No, the cost is for one session. not all the sessions that i have had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j3oomerang Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) ahh, i see what youre saying...showing how the cost of each session goes down, instead of the average cost of a session Edited July 17, 2008 by j3oomerang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeknate88 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I try not to think about how much its gonna cost to smoke hookah. Its bad enough to think, ok, how much in gas is this going to cost me to go somewhere. But hookah is something I enjoy doing. Whether is a dollar a session or 5 dollars a session. It's one of my few pleasures. Moral of the story, leave the calculations to the hookah-bar industry. Unless you are an accountant, or just anal about this shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_dooley Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 QUOTE (greeknate88 @ Jul 17 2008, 09:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I try not to think about how much its gonna cost to smoke hookah. Its bad enough to think, ok, how much in gas is this going to cost me to go somewhere. But hookah is something I enjoy doing. Whether is a dollar a session or 5 dollars a session. It's one of my few pleasures. Moral of the story, leave the calculations to the hookah-bar industry. Unless you are an accountant, or just anal about this shit. Nah... I think it is important to know how much you are spending on anything you do every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeknate88 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 QUOTE (ronald_dooley @ Jul 17 2008, 01:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (greeknate88 @ Jul 17 2008, 09:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I try not to think about how much its gonna cost to smoke hookah. Its bad enough to think, ok, how much in gas is this going to cost me to go somewhere. But hookah is something I enjoy doing. Whether is a dollar a session or 5 dollars a session. It's one of my few pleasures. Moral of the story, leave the calculations to the hookah-bar industry. Unless you are an accountant, or just anal about this shit. Nah... I think it is important to know how much you are spending on anything you do every day.Do you calculate how much it costs to brush your teeth every day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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