detroitmak Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Hey Folks, I am looking to buy a decent quality Egyptian or Syrian hookah for a Christmas present for under $50. Do you have any suggestions? Is there a Christmas Gift Guide like they do for electronics (amongst other things) but for hookahs? Best under $25, $50, $75, $100, etc? Looking forward to your responses. -detroitmak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 ok well anything under 25 is going to be crap, sorry but its true. Around the 50 dollar mark your going to start having MYA's which are the only good Chinese hookah's. At 75 its about the same, you may be able to find some Nour's for around their but you would be searching for them, other than that the larger MYA's are your best bet. At 100 your options open up alot more, some Khalil Mamoon's can still be found around here (without the crazy inflation at the moment) past that again MYA's are an option. Now if you go up to 150 you can pretty much get any Hookah you want around be it Farida, KM, Teshma, and nammor. The final tier is what i like to call the "God" tier, hookahs anywhere from 200-400 which include Fumo, Regal (beautiful hookah's made of wood but there have been some quality control issues) and Elmas Nargile (which are traditional Turkish hookah's). You can also find some MYA's for this much, i think they are called "Crystal" if im not mistaken. Past around the 140-150 mark all you are paying for is a more beautiful hookah that is usually hand made (such as Elmas, i own one and love it but it has a slight restriction in draw) hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorHookah Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 You can find Egyptian hookahs under 50$ (I'm pretty sure there's no such thing a Syrian hookah under 50$) BUT these Egyptian hookahs, are just as bad as the Chinese. 75-100$ you can find some really nice Egyptian / Syrian hookahs, most likely around 20-24 inches tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Look up Khalil Mamoons on eBay. Also, Caravan Trading Group. They sell decent Egyptians for great prices usually. Then you have Mya Saray- You can usually find some cheaper ones on eBay, or cheaper models on online vendors. Tapatalk'd via iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Well, i assume you are willing to compromise size and quality for price so a little fatua might work nicely. I've smoked some good little hookahs, but you get what you pay for. Ah, found one, good old Hookahkings.com. [url="http://www.hookahkings.com/gemini-magdy-zidan-mini-single-hose-hookah.html"]http://www.hookahkin...ose-hookah.html[/url] It's a MZ so it IS Egyptian, the quality should be good and it's $45 before the discount codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelios Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 [quote name='mushrat' timestamp='1355849920' post='565503'] Well, i assume you are willing to compromise size and quality for price so a little fatua might work nicely. I've smoked some good little hookahs, but you get what you pay for. Ah, found one, good old Hookahkings.com. [url="http://www.hookahkings.com/gemini-magdy-zidan-mini-single-hose-hookah.html"]http://www.hookahkin...ose-hookah.html[/url] It's a MZ so it IS Egyptian, the quality should be good and it's $45 before the discount codes. [/quote] Wow! How the hell are there still MZ's around on the interwebs? I have an MZ and it smokes very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 [quote name='thehelios' timestamp='1355854087' post='565504'] [quote name='mushrat' timestamp='1355849920' post='565503'] Well, i assume you are willing to compromise size and quality for price so a little fatua might work nicely. I've smoked some good little hookahs, but you get what you pay for. Ah, found one, good old Hookahkings.com. [url="http://www.hookahkings.com/gemini-magdy-zidan-mini-single-hose-hookah.html"]http://www.hookahkin...ose-hookah.html[/url] It's a MZ so it IS Egyptian, the quality should be good and it's $45 before the discount codes. [/quote] Wow! How the hell are there still MZ's around on the interwebs? I have an MZ and it smokes very well. [/quote]I have one that I've been debating on selling...but, they're pretty uncommon these days so, I'm holding on to it just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Damnit, I forgot about good ol' MZ again it seems... Good call, Mush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckthatvincekid Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 That MZ looks good, but you need to go REALLY cheap, [url="http://www.hookah-shisha.com/p-5484-mya-saray-hookah-petite-1-hose-hookah.html"]hookah-shisha does have mya petites[/url] for 19.99 right now! All mya's smoke well, regardless of size, just stay away from the econo line. Also, if you want a KM cheap, [url="http://www.southsmoke.com/pd-khalil-mamoon-monarch.cfm"]Southsmoke has a pretty plain model for $70[/url], but all KMs smoke the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckthatvincekid Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 if you need to go really cheap* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Actually, i was talking to Mahmoud about the econo peeling issue. He says yes it was a problem with the earlier ones., but that they have corrected the process. They do have a rep to maintain after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 If you want to go modern, the Petit is a good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckthatvincekid Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 [quote name='mushrat' timestamp='1355874827' post='565542'] Actually, i was talking to Mahmoud about the econo peeling issue. He says yes it was a problem with the earlier ones., but that they have corrected the process. They do have a rep to maintain after all. [/quote] Good to hear, I'll stop spreading that information then and alert others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroitmak Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks everyone for your feedback. I think i may get the cheap KM from southsmoke (thanks fuckthatvincekid). There is also another vendor selling another KM for the same price I may try out. I own that MG that i got from Social Smoke, which I think owns HookahKings. I think they are the only ones that have MG's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 They don't actually own Hookahkings, but he does get a lot of stuff from them. Glad we were able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I love MZ's. Yes they are hollow, but smoke extremely well. I have one, and may eventually pick up a perpetual river one day. I'd go with an MZ in terms of bang for your buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckthatvincekid Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 [quote name='detroitmak' timestamp='1355901232' post='565611'] Thanks everyone for your feedback. I think i may get the cheap KM from southsmoke (thanks fuckthatvincekid). There is also another vendor selling another KM for the same price I may try out. I own that MG that i got from Social Smoke, which I think owns HookahKings. I think they are the only ones that have MG's [/quote] Happy I could help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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