Catalyst Paintball Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Well my new coconut coals are just not working out for me, SO I'm looking into buying more coals once again.Nour Fingers come up all the time when it comes to charcoal talk, and I've heard a little bit about Golden Hookah.I've done a little bit of searching, but I'm wondering if anyone here has tried both and what they recommend?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiracerj1 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I've tried both, and the both work great, for me personally though i like the goldens better for two reasons, first they work great with tangiers, at least for me, and they light about twice as fast, once my stove gets warmed up it only takes about 1 minute per side before the coal is red all over. However they are both really good coals and the difference between them is minimal. One other thing its alot easier to break the golden coals into consistent pieces that the nours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikydave Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 ya, goldens are gg. all i use because ive never had a reason to switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I use Japanese Golden Charcoal, Japanese Abu Hitham if I can get them.I have used gunpowder disk and natural and natural reprocessed coals. I have gotten them all to work with varying degrees of success with Tangiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I've used both...I just like the fonger type coals better. They are a lot more trouble to get started, but..i think the trouble is worth it. I for one can Taste the difference..and I don't like the quicklite disks... .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Now golden hookah, is that not the golden quicklight coals? If not, I haven't heard of them before. But I have used Nour, Diamante, Manara, and a few other obscure brands that I'd never seen before. out of those, I'd have to say my favorite were the Diamantes. You can spot Diamantes from far away because they come in the bright red bags with flames on it. They give off a great medium of heat. Not too hot, but still strong enough to rock.. They are also constructed a little bit differently than most other fingers. I can't exactly remember the explanation I was given, but it has something to do with the binder. Anyways, because of their unique construction, they produce half the ash typcial finger coals give, which is sort of nice. If you can, try the diamante brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Quicklights, yuck. Finger coals fa'sheezy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiracerj1 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I was referring to the japanese golden charcoals from hookahcompany in my earlier post, not the quick lites, as they are indeed gross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakemonster Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Ive been using a coal simular to Nour but instead of fingers.... its a flat shape. Its called Blak Gold by Al Nozha. I get a kilo for $4..... comes with a free syrian clay bowl with each bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Where did you purchase those from, lakemonster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding_Heart1 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Nours for naturals, 3 kings for quicklites. Both arethe best in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Its funny to see the change in preference of coals over time on this forum. I remember when I first registered that golden coals were the sh*t according to people (except for the slight chance of exploding on spark up ), then 3kings were next in line, then the finger variety. Anyone else remember these? It seems like everyone now hates the golden quicklights. I've used em, and they were no different to 3kings IMO. I didn't even have a problem with flying sparks. Oh well, things change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alqoshnia Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 well heres the review Eric (tangiers) posted up a little while ago [url="http://www.hookahforum.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3215&KW=canary"] http://www.hookahforum.com/forum/forum_pos...asp?TID=3215&am[/url] p;KW=canary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnick Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 i bought some of those canary's off eric. They were okay, but personally i like the noor ones better. The canarys dont last very long and stacking them to light seems like a good idea but it doesnt really work. The noor ones last longer but ash alot more, but they are also way cheaper here. Canary are about $12 retail i get a kilo bag of noors for $5 here. So take your pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakemonster Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Ghost, local shop in the DFW area. Havent seen them online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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