Does A Mod Improve Flavour?

[Jaffi]

Hey folks

Do you think a mod used with a funnel does improve the flavour, making it more intense?

[mushrat]

having never used one i can't say for sure. All it does is make sure the foil doesn't get sucked down and block the central hole.

[Jaffi]

It also forces the air to flow through the tobacco. I thought perhaps that might make a difference!

[mushrat]

well, the phunnel is designed to heat up all over. The material its made out of reatins the heat far better than a regualr bowl, so you don't really NEED the circulation. The whole thing gets hot enough to help with the vaporizing process. Thats how you get the problem of a superheated phunnel that burns your shisha no matter how little heat is on it. And even a mod will only circulate the air a LITTLE bit around the center piece.

Originally the mods were designed so you could underfill a phunnel without the foil messing up everything as it sagged.

[mushrat]

trust me, i was here when the mods were invented.

the phunnel bows too come to think of it.

[Jaffi]

That sounds reasonable, the tangiers funnel conducts the heat very well, I noticed that too. So that seems to make a mod more or less useless I guess When I first picked a funnel, I thought "how the hell should that work?", cause I was used to the egyptian bowls.

[mushrat]

me too..until i was having problems with keeping the heat right about an hour into a smoke. I talked a little with eric and then touched the bottom part of the bowl and it was DAMN hot. So i realized that when the bowl itself was superheating you had to take the coals off and let the whole thing cool down.

Now i love them for every kind of tobacco if i have the time for a LOONG smoke.

[Venger]

I had a friend make me a mini phunnel (she works in ceramic) she used stoneware type clay so it really holds the heat.I got that thing rolling monster clouds with one 3 kings coal.just had to move it around once in a while to keep from getting a hot spot.
Ray

[Arcane]

[quote name='mushrat' date='15 May 2010 - 09:05 AM' timestamp='1273950320' post='468199']
well, the phunnel is designed to heat up all over. The material its made out of reatins the heat far better than a regualr bowl, so you don't really NEED the circulation. The whole thing gets hot enough to help with the vaporizing process. Thats how you get the problem of a superheated phunnel that burns your shisha no matter how little heat is on it. And even a mod will only circulate the air a LITTLE bit around the center piece.

Originally the mods were designed so you could underfill a phunnel without the foil messing up everything as it sagged.
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true story.


conduction > convection.