Foil Or Metal Screens?

[mustafabey]

What do you prefer? I would imagine the screens might change the strategy of heat management. And foil can be a pain in the butt. I've also heard tales of foil being carcinogenic or something. Is there a special hookah foil which most of you use. Thanks in advance for you input on these issues

[Chreees]

Any aluminum foil is fine. I prefer to use Reynolds HeavyDuty foil because it makes heat management a little easier for me. Never used a screen because I hear they just simply aren't good. The foil's always worked for me and never let me down. You're right- the screen does change your heat management. As for using foil being bad for you, I don't know. I don't think there's any solid evidence to show for it, though. None that I've found anyway.

[Santino]

Never liked a screen.. gets too dirty, gets too hot, not enough holes. Heavy duty reynolds wrap ftw.

[Sahara Man]

[font="Century Gothic"]Foil all the way! Any Heavy Duty Kind. Tried charcoal screens. Wasn't a big fan.....[/font]

[ryno]

I stick with Heavy Duty foil as well. When I first smoked I used a screen, and while it worked, after using foil I'd never go back.

[Venger]

I used both but I am pretty much a foil only guy now.You really can't over pack a bowl using a screen. Foil keeps it from expanding too much.
Ray

[NitetimeReign]

I go with the heavy duty foil. It's nice for the heat management in the fact that I get to choose hole size and pattern. Which you don't get to do with the screens obviously.

[Caila]

Foil. I tried charcoal screens but I didn't like them

[dizzbizz]

Foil. When I was a n00b I didn't like foil so I used my screen, it worked out ok, but once I fixed my heat management I went back to foil and never looked back. I also think the problem with foil is that its not as air tight as foil but it could just be me.

[CASH]

I always used foil and it has worked out fine for me. What's heavy duty though? Do you have different thicknesses on foils in the US?

[mxtaylor]

Prefer foil, but if I'm doing a short 30 minute smoke with just myself, I usually put my screen on a Mya bowl. Works well with AF and 2 CCN's. Otherwise, always use foil.

[Skoozle]

I haven't tried screens yet although, I have a couple of them.

After seeing the "hole pattern" Eric used in his video for packing Tangiers it looks like a screen might work ok. He really didn't have much foil left after pummeling it with the oyster fork.

I'll give it a shot one day, but I doubt that I will be the one guy who can make a screen work where everyone else has failed. Edited May 25, 2010 by Skoozle

[Venger]

[quote name='CASH' date='25 May 2010 - 02:53 PM' timestamp='1274813630' post='469457']
I always used foil and it has worked out fine for me. What's heavy duty though? Do you have different thicknesses on foils in the US?
[/quote]

yep we have regular thickness and heavy duty and even a super heavy duty (but it is hard to get your hands on.)
regular is thin and flimsy. Heavy duty is stiffer and thicker and super heavy is like they unrolled a soda can.
Ray