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i tried them on tuesday... they are okay but they tend to burn a little too hot for my liking. i still like CH coals more.
and they do a bit longer to get started.

edit: i found that two af coals to be a little too hot for AF tobacco but two CH coals were perfect. Edited by chinamon
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I like them more than I liked coconaras. I wish I would have had some to throw into that test to give a better comparison.

I felt like they burned at a lower temp than the ch nats. Two on a small phunnel of Tangiers works great, while two of the ch nats gets harsh easier and more often. Heat management was much easier with the AF coals.
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QUOTE (mitchard @ Apr 16 2009, 12:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I like them more than I liked coconaras. I wish I would have had some to throw into that test to give a better comparison.

I felt like they burned at a lower temp than the ch nats. Two on a small phunnel of Tangiers works great, while two of the ch nats gets harsh easier and more often. Heat management was much easier with the AF coals.



really? i used 3 ch nats on a small phunnel without much of a problem.
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QUOTE (Scoop @ Apr 16 2009, 01:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (mitchard @ Apr 16 2009, 12:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I like them more than I liked coconaras. I wish I would have had some to throw into that test to give a better comparison.

I felt like they burned at a lower temp than the ch nats. Two on a small phunnel of Tangiers works great, while two of the ch nats gets harsh easier and more often. Heat management was much easier with the AF coals.



really? i used 3 ch nats on a small phunnel without much of a problem.


I know! Everyone says they use three and I don't understand! I don't think my bowl is one of the tiny smalls either. I doesn't make sense to me either. Hah.
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QUOTE (hLx DrunK @ Apr 16 2009, 01:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
do they burn like coco nara's?


Yes, I went through a few boxes of AF coco's.

They burn just slightely less hot then Coco Nara's (which I think is a positive), but they ash a bit more then Nara's.

They ash much SLOWER and burn HOTTER then Exotica coals.

Edit: They are also cheaper then coco Nara's, so its no biggie to give them a whirl. Edited by redjako
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QUOTE (mitchard @ Apr 16 2009, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Scoop @ Apr 16 2009, 01:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (mitchard @ Apr 16 2009, 12:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I like them more than I liked coconaras. I wish I would have had some to throw into that test to give a better comparison.

I felt like they burned at a lower temp than the ch nats. Two on a small phunnel of Tangiers works great, while two of the ch nats gets harsh easier and more often. Heat management was much easier with the AF coals.



really? i used 3 ch nats on a small phunnel without much of a problem.


I know! Everyone says they use three and I don't understand! I don't think my bowl is one of the tiny smalls either. I doesn't make sense to me either. Hah.


Sometimes people forget that heat exchange is a very fluid issue. More or less humidity in the air will effect heat, as will wetness of the tobacco, ambiant air temperature, the particular bowl, etc. I never, ever have to ash CH coals on a funnel. Never even turn them over - and that's unheard of, but in my particular environment that's the way it works. If I smoked in a different location, I'm sure it would be different. I think that's part of why we get so many varied results among us. We're all over the place and so are the environments we smoke in.

'Rani
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I think coal choice also has to do with foil patterns and how one loads the bowl....if you pack it, if you go loose, if you load to the foil, give it space, etc etc.

That said, I like the Ch instas better than the regular Ch coals...there's no grit that falls off the coal, which means less chance of foil hole blockage...I also think they burn a little cooler.
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