joetuo Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Sorry if this has been posted in the past(search still down )Anyway I have seen the term acclimating shisha in a lot of posts. I am still just starting out and was wondering what it exactly means and does it have to be done on all shisha?Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 just letting it sit out and get use to the climate your going to smoke in pretty much. you dont have to do, i dont do it most of the time, but i think you get a better smoke if you do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Pretty much just throw it into its container and let it sit for a while. It lets it get used to the humidity etc. Then, just smoke the dryer upper layer. I actually just set up my bowl the night before, then when I get home after school or work its already accimlated and set up and ready for a coal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetuo Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 When you move the shisha to its container do you seal it up or just let it sit open to acclimate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnzy02 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 let it sit out open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 id leave somthing covering it so shit doesnt get in it though but leave enough room for it to still get air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 a piece of foil with a lot of holes, or buy a piece of cheap window screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I just leave the lid ajar. A more complicated point. Check the weather channel or whatever electronic media you have access to. Watch the dewpoint. I believe the moisture content of the tobacco follows the dewpoint. If the dewpoint goes up or down a little, no problem, if it goes up or down alot, then that poses a problem. IF your weather is going up and down in humidity for a couple of days AND you smoke at the same time each night or whatever, then leave them sealed, because you open it at the same time, when the humidity is presumably the same, it will be better acclimated than being exposed to constantly changing humidity. Also, if you run air conditioning during the day, but not at night (or vice versa, leave them sealed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Should we put our tobaccos in humidors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alqoshnia Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 [quote name='ghostofdavid']Should we put our tobaccos in humidors?[/quote] I was thinking this too, but you'd have to control it to match the humidity of when you want to smoke it. I use weather.com (the weather channel) type in zip code and click on hour-to-hour, it tells you what the humidity will be by the hour 24hrs ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Yeah, dewpoint is a much better indicator, in my opinion. Days when the relative humidity goes up at night and down during the days, while the dewpoint remains constant, still seem perfectly acclimated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetuo Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 I understand the whole idea of dew point and humidity...but what about A/C enviroments...maybe have to have a thermometer that measuers those things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownZero Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Geeze, so much science going into smoking the hookah... I just might fail... heh, anyways I usually just acclimate a fresh new package overnight - then after that I just pack the bowls when I smoke. I don't really acclimate every bowl. Mainly because I don't have set times to smoke and I don't smoke every single day. It's kind of just a random thing thrown into the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain Soph Aur Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 so wait lemme get this straight. When I get a new jar of shisha, I should open it up for a couple hours then seal it up? Then when I want a bowl I take some out and let that sit again for a couple hours before smoking it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Not necessarily. It is a good idea to especially open it up and let it air out when you first get it. For best results, acclimate it again before each smoking. Kinda like you said. I personally, don't acclimate anything. Some days smoke just better than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain Soph Aur Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Can you explain what exacly happenes with humidity shock? How does humidity actually change the way it smokes. I mean once you put coal on top of the shisha wouldnt this change the humidity factor in the shisha extreamly quickly anyway? I don't exacly get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Its actually the air being drawn through the bowl of tobacco, below the charcoal, is my guess. The stuff that doesn't burn very well, at the bottom, in the middle, as air passes through it, the humidity level of the air (or the difference) affects what's going to happen to the tobacco.Good question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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