No Brand Name 6" Mini Hookah

[Fuzzy]

First off I apologize for putting this post in this section but there was no section to put it under that I saw, so move this where ever its supposed to be please.

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[size="7"]The Mini Hookah
[list][*][size="4"]6" fully assembled[/size][*][size="4"]stem and bowl are attached[/size][*][size="4"]comes with hose[/size][*][size="4"]$11.99[/size][*][size="4"]So I was at the mall last night and I passed this little Indian insense shop. Me and my friends go and start looking at all the stuff they had there when this little bugger caught my eye. I had to buy it just to test it out for you guys.

First Impressions

When I got my new mini hookah home and took it out of the box my first thought was how it was pretty well put together for such a cheap price. First thing i did was plug the 8" hose in and check how air tight it was. To my surprise the only leak it had was a small one on the hose. Next thoughts was it had a super hard pull because the bowl only had 3 pin prick holes leading into the stem. Sometime this week I might try to drill them a bit bigger. Final thing I noticed is that it looks very hard to clean with the bowl attached to the stem.

First Smoke with pipe tobacco

I decieded that I would try smoking without trying to mess with a coal and threw some pipe tobacco. I put a small pinch of some pipe tobacco in and straight lit it. Suprisingly it came out pretty thick smoke and it seemed to pull a bit easier. After a few times of lighting it I began to notice the bowl and stem were getting very hot which is a downside.

Second smoke with random strawberry shisha I found laying around.

I packed a full bowl of some unlabeled strawberry shisha that I found laying around my room. I used foil and a chip off of a finger coal to heat it. I began ripping on the mini hookah and suprisingly it was giving somewhat thick smoke. The shisha that fit in the bowl lasted around 15 minutes. It was really annoying that I had to keep on adjusting the coal because it kept heating the shisha too much making it taste rough.

Bad things noticed[*]Plasticy flavor coming from the hose[*]Bowl was a terrible insulator and had to adjust the coal alot[*]Only a 15 minute smoke with the tiny bowl.[*]Relatively hard pull[/list]Good things noticed


[list][*]super small and convienant[*]relatively sturdy construction[*]super cheap[*]good for a nice quick smoke[/list]I figured I would share this little thing with you guys. I see it as the best 11.99 I have ever spent because its so portable. I hope it doesnt decide to rust.

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[Chreees]

Oh, it will most likely rust... all cheap Chinese hookahs do....

[nars2k]

Yeah the quality aspect of these hookahs is not good. I have one of these and they get INCREDIBLY hot very quickly. They are not meant to be used just for aesthetic purposes in my opinion

[thehelios]

Yeah, these fall under decorations i.e. the same class as hookahs that are taller than 4 feet.

[Jondd88]

I actually bought one of these as my first hookah.
I got pretty good smoke out of it for such a small and cheap pipe.
It was very nice for quick sessions in my car between classes.
The o-ring between the stem and the base broke on mine.
I got a new o-ring, but only tried it once since then and couldn't really get it to work.
The biggest issue I had was that the coals tended to go out with the little wind cover on if I didn't keep hitting it.