Narrowed it down!

[EvansLight]

mush alread mostly answered it. Ill just expand on it :DSocialSmoke provides the hose plug and flip caps for free with the multiple hose hookahs. I would reccomend taller for groups. But thats just my $.02And the hoses are good, but as said, not washable. I would recomend a mya hose as well.

[malakas]

I can already see some Gollum "My....[i]precious[/i]" moments arising out of this....

[xpimpitox]

lol my precious which is why i ended buying my own hookah when we would always use my friends when i first started hookahing.

[EvansLight]

yea co-owning a hookah has its problems. Like whos place to keep it at, were to smoke, what shisha to buy, who has to set up, who has to clean, and blah blah blah. Same reason i got my own 2. Part and personal hookah.

[BattlePope]

Okay, thank you guys. Just a few more questions for clarification. I think that were going to go with the Large Double Hose Egyptian since it seems like it's easier to customize from the get-go.Anyways, are the Synthetic Leather Washable hoses the same as the ones in the link? If so, we'll just go with those and upgrade. Quick question though, if I upgrade, do they give me one upgraded hose or two? Since it doesn't really specify I'm thinking that I may have to order another one seperate of the hookah pipe.What about the bowl? It comes with clay but we can upgrade to ceramic, steel, or pyrex. Any recommendations? I vaguely remember reading that the steel ones can get really hot and burn a little different.Quick question about the auto-seal feature as well, since these are not auto-seals, does that mean that we have to cover up the hoses constantly when there not being smoked? I know that when someone else is smoking you should cover it up so they don't suck in air, but what if nobody's smoking them?Finally, since were all fairly new hookah smokers, I'm looking to buy some washed tobacco. I've heard that the major unwashed brands are: Al Waha, Nakhla, Romman, Tangiers, Layalina. What about washed? Any reocmmendations for beginners? I want to buy some washed to start off with because I've heard that the unwashed take a little more experience to smoke.Slightly off topic but I figure I might as well ask it, eventually I think my close friend and I will buy a QT so that we can smoke on our own, as far as the size difference goes, how does the QT smoke compared to the larger Egyptians that were looking at? Anyways, I'm really sorry for all of these questions. Were placing our order soon. Thanks so much guys! I really appreciate it.

[mushrat]

to answer part: washed is Al Fakher, Pharoah, Al Amir, Al Ajamy...to name a few. Tangiers is somewhere in the middle I believe with a .3% instead of a .5% i think i remember from soemwhere..don't quote me on that last one.....The QT smokes JUST as well as a bigger Traditional. That I CAN attest to.