First Shisha Any Good?

[curtis118118]

just bought this shisha is it anygood? have i been ripped off ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HUGE-XXX-L-Hookah-Sh...1742.m153.l1262

thanks

[Kathrynx]

Well, they "recommend not using it because smoking is bad for you"...so that could be a clue that it won't smoke well in the first place.

I don't see a purge valve, or a tray, unstable base, the hoses look like crap, not sure how you are going to put the water in there, and you might ask them if it even has a stem going into that metal vase...etc.

It will be a very nice decoration! For that low price, not bad for a future lamp, just doesn't look very smoke-able to me.

[shisha fan]

i`m sorry, but that pipe is terrible. i once had a similar one and they only serve as decoration and nothing else.
the hose will leak guaranteed and if you can even get it to smoke, you wont get full flavoured clouds.

[Stuie]

I have looked at those too. I never got past the instabily of the design.

[modisess]

yeah, even the description says that they are more for decoration...

you should of spent more money in getting a more proper hookah..

[AKammenzind]

Hey, for 8 pounds that's one hell of a deal IMO, even if just for a decoration. It's probably useable enough, but don't expect anything amazing from it.

[curtis118118]

shisha arived yesterday,
its quite good i dono how to rate shishas yet as this is my first one, this is what i did

i filled it with water added the tobaco and coals, it took a while till i could get any smoke to pull through.
its quite harsh and the base is very unstable! lol the pipes seem to leek alot, my friend lent me one of his hoses and i blocked the other end with playdoh!:)

overall i am quite happy with the price and it was the center piece to my party

[An1m]

shisha arived yesterday,
its quite good i dono how to rate shishas yet as this is my first one, this is what i did

i filled it with water added the tobaco and coals, it took a while till i could get any smoke to pull through.
its quite harsh and the base is very unstable! lol the pipes seem to leek alot, my friend lent me one of his hoses and i blocked the other end with playdoh!:)

overall i am quite happy with the price and it was the center piece to my party

What? It's "quite good"




but it took a while to get started, was "quite harsh" and has an unstable base? and it leaks!?!?!?!

That's like saying my new car is quite good, it took 30 minutes to warm up, doesn't handle very well and rolls over easily if you make a sharp turn, AND it spews coolant all over the road.

[Sonthert]

Glycerine gets absorbed into wood and doesn't evaporate (i.e. the wood won't redry) and it expands from this newfound moisture and expands until it splits. Wood hookahs don't work too well.

[inino]

i cant tell from the picture, but most wood hookahs have a metal stem in the middle. its not just a hollow piece of wood. the wood is more or less for design.

[gothookahs.com]

I wouldn't suggest smoking out of it. I would saw it as a collector's item. It might be worth something one of these days.

Chuck
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