Whole New Setup

[Jacob]

So I'm kinda new to hookah, I've only owned a cheap off-brand hookah, and I was looking to get a full setup that's a bit higher quality and will last me a while.
My base broke because it was really thin, and that was pretty upsetting, so I'm going with something better.

So I'm looking for some help picking out a decent hookah, 2 or 3 hoses...
What would you guys recommend?

[Click]

My friend has a Mya Gyro that can be made up to 4 hose that is really nice.
Another friend has a Mya Diva that is two hose. Nice too, just smaller.

My vote is on the Gyro or Paragon.

[Jacob]

My friend has a Mya Gyro that can be made up to 4 hose that is really nice.
Another friend has a Mya Diva that is two hose. Nice too, just smaller.

My vote is on the Gyro or Paragon.

Awesome thanks for the help.
It looks like I'm going with a Paragon.
May have to wait, seeing as hookah-shisha.com is out of stock in every color lol. Must mean it's a pretty decent hookah.
I'm heading down to my local smoke shop tomorrow to see what they've got. Maybe I'll find something there.
Thanks again for the help!

[hookah hippie]

If you are going with the paragon I would say that is a good choice I own one myself and it smokes well

[rigor]

If you are going with the paragon I would say that is a good choice I own one myself and it smokes well

Mya's are great. We just got a Vortex and have up to 4 autoseal hose ports on it (just 2 most of the time). It smokes fantastic. The Mya hoses are decent but if you want a better draw, then pick up a Razan (or Nammor, same hose). I just got one and it's a little less work for a big pull. Don't get me wrong, you can still do great pulls with a standard Mya hose as well, if your budget is tight at the moment, as Nammors aren't cheap. Get yourself a phunnel bowl and some good natural coals as well.

Happy Smoking Edited September 21, 2008 by rigor

[judge]

I just got a Mya Paragon eventhough the hookah-shisha site said it was sold out. Look at the special hookah section. They have a gold Paragon in blue available. Wow, it is better looking in person than in the catalog. Also, the mini is fantastic. My guess is that I will use this much more than the Paragon. I've been using the mini when I am smoking solo. A real winner with the phunnel bowl. If that does not float your boat, call them and ask. Thye have just moved and have a lot of hookahs still in unpacked cartons.

[ryno]

If I was going to get a multi hose, I would get a Mya. They have the open chambers (I beleive correct me if I'm wrong) which allows everyone to hit at the same time. I myself love the look of the Obelisk, but its just too much $$ for me

[rigor]

If I was going to get a multi hose, I would get a Mya. They have the open chambers (I beleive correct me if I'm wrong) which allows everyone to hit at the same time. I myself love the look of the Obelisk, but its just too much $ for me

Mya makes hose ports that have ball bearings in them like a purge port (Mya calls it auto-seal). This lets the people not smoking at the moment to not have to worry about keeping their thumbs over their hoses in order to keep the vacuum for the others smoking. It's a very nice system, and works perfect. My Mya came with a standard hose port and I got 2 auto-seal ports tossed in as a deal, and I've since picked up 2 more for when we have 4 person sessions going.

[Jacob]

Thanks a lot everyone! Everyone was really helpful and I just finished my order with hookah-shisha.com.
Got my free mini MYA too hehe.

I got a Gold MYA Paragon 2-hose with a blue base, since it was the only one in stock, but I'm not picky so that was pretty cool.
I also got some other stuff to put it over $200.

2 Nammor Hoses
A bunch of Al Waha shisha tobacco, the one's that I saw in the reviews looked pretty good, so I tried those.
Also got a box of 3k coals.

Thanks for the help everyone, you guys know your shit lol.
It should come on Thursday and I'll let you guys know how it is!

[rigor]

Thanks a lot everyone! Everyone was really helpful and I just finished my order with hookah-shisha.com.
Got my free mini MYA too hehe.

I got a Gold MYA Paragon 2-hose with a blue base, since it was the only one in stock, but I'm not picky so that was pretty cool.
I also got some other stuff to put it over $200.

2 Nammor Hoses
A bunch of Al Waha shisha tobacco, the one's that I saw in the reviews looked pretty good, so I tried those.
Also got a box of 3k coals.

Thanks for the help everyone, you guys know your shit lol.
It should come on Thursday and I'll let you guys know how it is!

Looking forward to hearing how you like it!

[ToncSTAR]

+1 to everything but the al waha. i dont like them ever since i tried their coconut.

[ryno]

+1 to everything but the al waha. i dont like them ever since i tried their coconut.

That was probably just coconut in general... I've yet to find a good coconut

[rigor]

+1 to everything but the al waha. i dont like them ever since i tried their coconut.

That was probably just coconut in general... I've yet to find a good coconut

Nakhla Coconut

[Jacob]

So I got it yesterday and it looks SO much better in person than it does in the picture. This thing is a work of art.
I set it up for a 8 hour session, Nammor hoses and all.

The bowl was somewhat shallow, so it allowed us to change flavors more frequently, which was nice for how many I had to sample.
The whole setup was fantastic. We didn't once burn the shisha or taste ash during the full 8 hours.


First off was the Al Waha Orange Cream. This was possibly the richest, cleanest flavor I've had. Smoke was fantastic, and the smell filled the house within minutes.
We moved on to a mix, since my friend doesn't like any orange flavors. Strawberry with Coconut. I'd have to say I thought this was almost as good, but not quite as good as the first. Nice smoke as well. The coals seemed to be working extremely well.
Then we moved on to an Al Waha California Dream bowl, which is pineapple, cherry, orange mixed. This one was weird. Somewhat bitter taste.
Overall it was an amazing session. The Al Waha have a nice buzz, and everything was awesome.
I washed it out while my friends continued to get drunk, and then I went home pleased with my purchase. =)

Everything was amazing, Hookah-Shisha.com was great, they were out of cleaning brushes so they sent me a washable hose and 100 foils instead, which was nice, except I still don't have a brush lol. The Mini MYA was pretty nice too, and it's easier to clean so I'd say it was pretty nice hehe. The bowl was pretty narrow and deep, which was a little different from my others, but it was in no way worse than the others.

Sorry I don't have pics up yet, but once I get my camera fixed I'll get some up.
Overall I'm happy with the Paragon AND the Mini MYA. Great purchase. Edited September 27, 2008 by Jacob

[mitchard]

First off was the Al Waha Orange Cream. This was possibly the richest, cleanest flavor I've had. Smoke was fantastic, and the smell filled the house within minutes.

I was pleasantly surprised by this flavor. I have never been impressed by Al Waha, as everything I have tried seems a little dull on the flavor. The Orange Cream was great though. Awesome flavor with some deliciously thick clouds. I have yet to try it on my new pipe though.

As far as a brush goes, just go look at a store. Check out the cleaning or hardware sections and I guarantee you'll find something that will work fine. If you need are larger pipecleaners. If worst comes to worst:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cleaning-Brush-Set-hoo...p3286.m20.l1116

[mattarios2]

sounds like a great setup, I hope you enjoy it.

Oh and btw remove the reference of the drug you mentioned. Even though you were not using the term in a fowel way, we try to keep those words out of the forum, so it doesn't show up on hits and what not in Google and searches.

Enjoy the hookah and hoses.

[Jacob]

sounds like a great setup, I hope you enjoy it.

Oh and btw remove the reference of the drug you mentioned. Even though you were not using the term in a fowel way, we try to keep those words out of the forum, so it doesn't show up on hits and what not in Google and searches.

Enjoy the hookah and hoses.

Sorry about that, I'll go edit that out. Didn't think about it that way.