Need Help Choosing Hookah + Supplies For 100$ (to Get The Extra Min Mya)

[pessimizor]

Hello,

I'm looking to get a nice hookah and a bunch of smoking supplies (coals/tobacco) to get started for a friend's birthday. At the same time, I would very much appreciate getting the mini mya hookah for myself with the deal at www.hookah-shisha.com.

Looking to get ~4 50g of tobacco (that's including the 2 boxes that will likely come with the hookah) + some coals + the best-smoking hookah there is for ~80$

Among the flavors I've always liked most mint, grape and jasmin. What's the best brand to get from the site? Looking to get some quick-lite coals as well as nice wooden non-smelly ones.

Would the experts out there help me out with suggestions?

Thanks,
-pess Edited August 29, 2009 by pessimizor

[Genie]

Tons of suggestions out there, no doubt. But one thing you can do is go to the various vendors and search their hookahs based on what you want to spend. Not many of them have the feature. But you can also do it on Google Shopping, type in "hookah" and go to shopping then pick your price range at the bottom of the page. Might at least let you look at a bunch of hookahs in your price range instead of having to look at a few hundred at many different prices.

[phantastik]

Ahh i'd need to total up the thing myself, but i can suggest a MYA QT, or babino. I've heard nothing but wonderful stories about them.
For QL coals, everyone's been buzzing about the hookahjohn quicklights.
and with whatever's left, AF is the way to go for starting smokers.
Or perhaps if you'd like to you could always go for 50g nakhla mizo, that is if you're feeling up for the buzz.

[phantastik]

Gah too slow for the edit, but

EDIT::
Mya QT-
http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-184-mya-qt-1-hose-hookah.html

3kings QL (I've never used these, but i hear that they aren't that bad vs hookahjohn's)
http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-1254-three-...h-charcoal.html

AF 50g boxes-
http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-1276-al-fak...ah-tobacco.html

I've got calculated. the QT+box of 3kings+ 4 50g boxes of af = 76.70 in the cart, but i believe you need 100+ without shipping and tax to qualify for the free hookah.

You could add a new hose for yourself and that should hit over the 100 mark. a nammor or razan is easily what everyone would agree on, for its washable, great gauge for an effortless pull, and its attractive (some may not agree)

[Zinite]

Get a Mya QT $50
http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-184-mya-qt-1-hose-hookah.html


2 Boxes of 3 kings coals (one for you, one for your friend) $30
http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-1254-three-...h-charcoal.html

10 Al Fakher 50g (split them between you and your friend)
http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-1276-al-fak...ah-tobacco.html
Some recommended flavors:
cinammon, cola, mint, pipe, sweet melon, grape

[Genie]

+1 on the Bambino or the QT. I got the Bambino and I love it, but frequently wish I'd gotten the QT instead. But the Bambino has and still serves me quite well. The price is great and so is the rig.

[pessimizor]

Is the QT for 50$ really that much better (or just as good) than any of the other hookah's in the ~80$ region? Since everyone is such a proponent of the Mya, would the Mya Diva of Mya Chic be any better?

What about the egyptian hookahs?

[Giant Ninja Robot]

the Chic and Diva will smoke the same. The only difference I can think of is height and that the stem fits into rather than onto (in the case of the bambino and QT) the vase at the gasket.

I looked through the egyptian pipes and can't really recommend any of them from my experience, they have no reliable branded pipes at the price-point you're looking for and I would assume the egyptians "made for them" are average.

For that price I would have suggested an MZ (Magdy Zidan) but they don't sell them.

[ngraz617]

Get thhe Mya Odessy with the acrylic base, the hookah smokes almost as good as my KM. get the extra hose with the auto seal feature for like five more dollars, you don't have to use it if you don't want to. Go with AF shisha and if you want to do all your shopping at hookahshish.com go with the three kings QL's 40 MM and 33mm or go to Hookah John and get the Chronic QL's the best by far. Pick up a phunnel bowl only Tangiers so Hookah John sells the phunnel bowl with the coals but then you need a Scalli Mod from MS hookah and they are moving and cant be reached so I would get the vortex bowl fron HookahHookah.com for ten dollars or so and it takes the place of the Phunnel with the Scalli mod and I reccomend the Nammor hose, it's amazing with one of those bowls on the odesy. You will reach your $100 and get the free Mini Mya which for 5 dollars you could also upgrade to a two hose. It's a great little hookah The Mya odessey with the vortex bowl or Phunnel bowl and the nammor hoses will be unbeleavable. I have it and it is an unbelievable smoke almost as good as my KM when set up that way. Hooka shisha sells phunnel bowls but I think they are chinese and I heard to stay away from them so order the vortex, it is so easy and the scalli mod is impossible to keep clean anyway and it's glass and easy to break.

[sleeperhit]

MYA QT 2 Hose upgrade - Great little hookah that smokes that all the larger champs.

3King Coals - For your buddy and the Party.

Monster Pack 5x16 of CocoNara Coals - You can keep a few boxes and give some to your buddy.

Heba Defuser - You'll love the way both the Mya QT and the Mini Smoke with this thing.

2 boxes of Al Fahker - Mint and Plum. Mmmmm...

comes out to 103.70 before tax and shipping so you qualify.
Just be prepaired. They might still be out of the cleaning brushes. So email them first to see what they can supply instead. Otherwise you're getting a crappy hose and some foil.

Also....I'm guessing some people will advise you to get a phunnel. Don't worry about that on this order. They only sell the medium. Which is huge. Just hold off till you can mess around with a few flavors before getting a phunnel and some Tangiers.

[ngraz617]

I misunderstood the plan, the big hokah is for your friend and you want the little one. So get the single Mya odyssey for 80.00 and two extra boxes of AF shisha will bring it to about 90 and four rolls of 3 king coals two 40mm and one to two 33 mm for you since the odyssey comes with two rolls, then your friend can add the extra hose adapter with auto seal and get a vortex bowl and two nammor hoses down the line. You will reach your 100 and get the free Mini Mya hookah and if you want to add the $5 dollars add the extra hose, they have the green in stock with two hoses for 5 more. Stick with the hoses it comes with and buy a vortex bowl from hookahhookah.com, put in coupon code hookahpro.com and you'll get 15% off the bowl and they are giving a special 70% off fed ex shipping like $3 so the vortex will be about 13 with shipping for the mini hookah. so you'll be set with the mini maybe an extra hose two boxes of shisha and a vortex bowl and your friend gets the odyssey with the extras shown on hookahshisha.com. if you go for the odyssey and the mini you will be about 120 if you order the extra vortex and hose. I wouldn't feel like you need an extra hose on the mini but the vortex really makes a big difference if you could go an extra 13. Your friend in time should add the extra hose and get nammor hoses and a vortex. Edited August 31, 2009 by ngraz617

[Zinite]

I misunderstood the plan, the big hokah is for your friend and you want the little one. So get the single Mya odyssey for 80.00 and two extra boxes of AF shisha will bring it to about 90 and four rolls of 3 king coals two 40mm and one to two 33 mm for you since the odyssey comes with two rolls, then your friend can add the extra hose adapter with auto seal and get a vortex bowl and two nammor hoses down the line. You will reach your 100 and get the free Mini Mya hookah and if you want to add the $5 dollars add the extra hose, they have the green in stock with two hoses for 5 more. Stick with the hoses it comes with and buy a vortex bowl from hookahhookah.com, put in coupon code hookahpro.com and you'll get 15% off the bowl and they are giving a special 70% off fed ex shipping like $3 so the vortex will be about 13 with shipping for the mini hookah. so you'll be set with the mini maybe an extra hose two boxes of shisha and a vortex bowl and your friend gets the odyssey with the extras shown on hookahshisha.com. if you go for the odyssey and the mini you will be about 120 if you order the extra vortex and hose. I wouldn't feel like you need an extra hose on the mini but the vortex really makes a big difference if you could go an extra 13. Your friend in time should add the extra hose and get nammor hoses and a vortex.

Skip the Vortex and get a Phunnel. More airflow.

[Giant Ninja Robot]

Fo sho.

I say go for the AF solid or this http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-2807-threep...ose-hookah.html or http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-2772-artoo-...ose-hookah.html (I just like the stem better than the other acrylic.

[pessimizor]

Thanks a lot everyone. I haven't been replying but I've been checking this thread regularly.

In the end, decided to go for the QT + a whole bunch of supplies that should last the gift person and myself for a while.

[phantastik]

good choice mate, your friend is a lucky one!
let us know how everything pulls though!