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My Very First Hookah Arrived Tonight!


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I have smoked many times over the last 2 years or so, but until now the hookah was never mine. I either smoked at a lounge or used my roommates. I picked up a Mya Petite on hookah-shisha after reading MANY positive reviews of it on this site, and the price tag didn't hurt either tongue.gif

Took about 6 days to arrive, and I was disappointed that shipping cost so much ($12). I should have ordered more shisha and a funnel bowl with it, as you can maybe see in the pics the bowl is small and pretty shallow. unfortunately, my local shop doesnt carry phunnel bowls sad.gif

smoking it right now, it is pretty nice. getting a decent amount of smoke though its not as thick as i expected. the romman shisha is nice, haven't had it before. i'm smoking the sweet start. its flavorful and i got a decent buzz already. now for the pics

all set up


with the accessories (2x golden coals, 2x50g romman flavor, wire brush, tongs, bag of female and male tips)


shisha and coals


taken apart


baby bowl


so far im pretty satisfied, it bubbles really well and the smoke is decent considering the bowl is so small. once i get a phunnel it should be better.
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been through a bowl now and i must say i am under-impressed... the bowl lasted maybe 30 minutes. obviously this has something to do with the shallowness of the bowl. so i am using a deeper clay bowl now and i packed it pretty lightly to let air flow through, used 2 coals, and got really weak smoke. so i took off a coal and same thing... very little smoke. some thoughts on the design of the hookah... the stem is pretty short, i have to put in a lot of water to submerge the bottom of them stem by 3/4 inch or so... so there is not much room in the base for smoke it seems. also, my problem MAY be that the screen i got has tabs on the side to attach it to the bowl, but on this bigger bowl the screen is not quite big enough, and the screen is slightly raised from the top of the bowl cause of the tabs. any thoughts?
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How about instead of using that screen, you use foil? Start off with one coal and a half of another.
As for the smoke problem, the bowl is a large factor in that. However, heat management is what it's all about. So just do what I suggested up there.
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QUOTE (rhineholt @ Nov 23 2009, 06:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
How about instead of using that screen, you use foil? Start off with one coal and a half of another.
As for the smoke problem, the bowl is a large factor in that. However, heat management is what it's all about. So just do what I suggested up there.


hmm good idea. after this session i will scrap the screen and use foil. i put the other coal back on and the smoke is better but still not great
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get rid of the screen and use foil. with such a small hookah with a small bowl you shouldnt need more than 1 coal (more than 1 coal i can almost assure you it will be too harsh in this case)

give that a try. also just double check to make sure there are no leaks. Edited by wesclrg
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QUOTE (rhineholt @ Nov 23 2009, 06:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Here.
http://www.hookahforum.com/?showtopic=33979
Refer to Zinite's way of filling the base with water. He gets the petite to smoke really well, so try to copy his every move.
There's a picture at the end of his first post that has the hookah filled with water. Compare with yours.


thanks for reminding me of the thread. so the hose grommet came in the adapter, i took it out and attached it to the hose... should i have left it in the adapter?
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QUOTE (Sin on Sunday @ Nov 23 2009, 09:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (rhineholt @ Nov 23 2009, 06:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Here.
http://www.hookahforum.com/?showtopic=33979
Refer to Zinite's way of filling the base with water. He gets the petite to smoke really well, so try to copy his every move.
There's a picture at the end of his first post that has the hookah filled with water. Compare with yours.


thanks for reminding me of the thread. so the hose grommet came in the adapter, i took it out and attached it to the hose... should i have left it in the adapter?

If it's not falling out of the hookah, I don't see why that would've been a problem. He doesn't use that adapter anymore because he wanted to use a bigger hose.
But that shouldn't be any problem.
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The amount of air left in the vase after being filled with water won't change how well it smokes. You're not getting good smoke because you are using a screen. Try the foil out and get back to us.

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QUOTE (Zinite @ Nov 23 2009, 11:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The amount of air left in the vase after being filled with water won't change how well it smokes. You're not getting good smoke because you are using a screen. Try the foil out and get back to us.


metal screen strait up suck. i eprfer foil, but sometumes use a glass screen.
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Really people are only getting 30min. sessions out of these little cuties? ohmy.gif

I've had mine for about a weeks worth of time now....I've only had one bad bowl out of about 10 and all my bowls last about an hour ..with the screen and using two coals ...and I get a nice thick smoke with plenty of flavor and not to hot but not like smoking out of my KM....

Kind of makes me feel special that the Petite is being so good to me... happy.gif
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QUOTE (spectrum055 @ Nov 24 2009, 10:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Really people are only getting 30min. sessions out of these little cuties? ohmy.gif

I've had mine for about a weeks worth of time now....I've only had one bad bowl out of about 10 and all my bowls last about an hour ..with the screen and using two coals ...and I get a nice thick smoke with plenty of flavor and not to hot but not like smoking out of my KM....

Kind of makes me feel special that the Petite is being so good to me... happy.gif


is there an emoticon for jealous? agh i shouldnt get ahead of myself, i have used it once maybe i just need to fine tune it and i can match your results
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Congrats I love mine. It's mean little smoking machine!!!!

I can't believe H-S is out, but come on for $25 I mean... come on, with all the reviews of them being decent. I am not surprised!!!!!!!!!!
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QUOTE (Sin on Sunday @ Nov 24 2009, 01:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
is there an emoticon for jealous? agh i shouldnt get ahead of myself, i have used it once maybe i just need to fine tune it and i can match your results

I pack it like I pack my Egyptian bowl with AF Nice and tight ...then I throw that Screen up top poke holes through the one in the middle I poke straight through the rest I just poke to the bottom of the bowl.... and yah it takes longer to heat up with the screen I'll give it that compared to foil but eh ... I got a free screen why not use it right right? ... though you know you will find your great ground with this little cutie laugh.gif have you thought of a name yet?

Though with packing it tight ...it's a little harder to pull but after it warms up you can take the coals off and repoke the holes through the grate which I just did a little while ago as I started up my Petite laugh.gif

though I'd probably save in coal if I just used some damn foil.... but eh IDK i guess screens aren't for everybody

EDIT: I started up my petite at 6:50 my time I'll post again when it's done to show the time I get out of my sessions with it.
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QUOTE (spectrum055 @ Nov 24 2009, 07:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Sin on Sunday @ Nov 24 2009, 01:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
is there an emoticon for jealous? agh i shouldnt get ahead of myself, i have used it once maybe i just need to fine tune it and i can match your results

I pack it like I pack my Egyptian bowl with AF Nice and tight ...then I throw that Screen up top poke holes through the one in the middle I poke straight through the rest I just poke to the bottom of the bowl.... and yah it takes longer to heat up with the screen I'll give it that compared to foil but eh ... I got a free screen why not use it right right? ... though you know you will find your great ground with this little cutie laugh.gif have you thought of a name yet?

Though with packing it tight ...it's a little harder to pull but after it warms up you can take the coals off and repoke the holes through the grate which I just did a little while ago as I started up my Petite laugh.gif

though I'd probably save in coal if I just used some damn foil.... but eh IDK i guess screens aren't for everybody

EDIT: I started up my petite at 6:50 my time I'll post again when it's done to show the time I get out of my sessions with it.


Yeah but with a Medium Phunnel on ANY hookah you can get a 3 or 4 hour session with little to no effort smile.gif
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Well it's about ready for my third coal rotation but I might just skip it and call it good time is 8:21 for when I'm calling time on it... I was doing a solo smoke ... and well about an hour and a half I'd call it around there ...but yah if you got more people then just me I'd cut the time in half or so.....IDK ....

EDIT:Oh ya I used AF Coco's two at a time for both coal rotations ....

Zinite
yah but for my petite tonight I used the bowl it came with ... I usually get two to three hours with my medium bowl on my KM ....
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