txbrit31 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I've decided before I leave my home of a year and a half in the UK I'm going to pick up a new hookah. This might be an incredibly stupid thing to do- but the price is right, and I have to get rid of the hard currency in my hands. Has anyone brought back a hookah with them? If so, how did you pack it? My suitcase has 1)a laserpod in the box, 2)tons of clothes, and 3)a few cds. I'm thinking of I leave the hookah put together (minus the ash catcher) and roll it up in clothes - it might make it. I've brought back framed pictures this way with no problem.. Any ideas? The one thing I [b]do not want[/b] to do is bring it with me in a carry-on. I already carry one carry on that is massively heavy (computer, ipod, books, food for a small army) and don't wish to add to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JByer323 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Anyway you can ship it? I don't know international customs laws, but having dealt with airports before, especially UK ones, it may be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Gunna have to agree wtih JByer323. Airports have an area where you can ship things back and for not too high of a price. This is what my friends have done when abroad. It'll be much easier than trying to mash it in with your luggage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeshabum Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 You might dis-assemble it into pieces, bottle,shaft ,tobacco bowls. My father used to teach me how they would wrap things breakable inside of clothes (easier for a man than a woman because of wear on dresses, etc.)Just make sure the bottle is well wrapped, put anything that will fit into if they are very small things.The shaft should be well packed around it doesn't bend.I've done it once not on a plane, but on buses where it was manhandled too.Nothing broke and I never worried. sheeshabum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 heh, i was about to say, "what's a laserpod? like some uk slang for a cd player or something"... but then i typed it in to google.holy crap, i gotta get one of these things how do you like yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JByer323 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 [quote name='dizzing']heh, i was about to say, "what's a laserpod? like some uk slang for a cd player or something"... but then i typed it in to google.<br><br>holy crap, i gotta get one of these things <br>how do you like yours?<br> [/quote] That is amazing. I need one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txbrit31 Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 I [b]love[/b] my laserpod.. I'm really big into ambient lighting. I've got two normal laserpods. They have one out called a laserpod galaxy that added an amber LED- which I don't like. But it is really amazing. Two of them fill my room with blue/purpleish light plus laser effects on the ceiling. Smoke just adds to it The really cool thing is you can put a glass on top of it, or something similar and it changes the effects totally. They've just come out with a hollow dome that you can blow smoke into. It is good for the light mode- but 90% of the time I leave the domes off of mine and let it shine on the ceiling and the walls. I will echo what I've read about the laserpods- pictures, no matter how good, fail to do them justice. Laserpods- plus ambient blue led lighting and some mellow music make for an excellent smoke session.. When I get back to the states I'll post pictures of my room in "smoke" mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 heh, that is so cool... i am very into lighting as well (although i didn't know that was something to be proud of ... i have , optimally (when the bulbs are good) 8 switchable light sources in my one room apartment (okay, 2 are in the bathroom, but the door is open so they still create an effect) , 2 of which have a low/high setting and 1 of which a dimmer switch. this laser pod pretty much would make most all of them obsolete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebastard Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 In December 2004 I brought a large hookah from egypt in my hand luggage & had no probs there bringing it back to the UK. Then last year just after the 7/7 bombings in London, I brought another hookah back to the UK in my hand luggage from South Africa- complete with tongs, brushes, tobacco etc. No one even question the stuff so I think its pretty much cool with the airports. I think that it would be better to pack it in your main luggage & not hand luggage tho, just incase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Most airports are cosmopolitan enough that customs people have discovered tons of people with hookahs and have learned to ignore them, although, it is illegal to bring "drug paraphernalia" into the US. I lost a jar and hose that way once, it was in my trunk when I drove into Mexico and then back when they searched it, they jacked it. This is five years or so ago, before the understanding that has occurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caspianhookahcafe Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Customs is more concerned with food items as seeds that can be planted again. Hookahs are not a big deal going to cutoms since they are new and have no signs of being smoked. I go to Iran and bring hookahs all the time, but i brought some pumpkin seeds back and they took those away before even looking at the hookahs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Damn pumpkin seeds! Customs has many jobs at our points of egress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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