Onion Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I've got a stock mod bowl on my hookah right now (mitsuba hookah and bowl), but it seems there's alot of importance placed on the bowl, and it doesnt seem that many people around here use mod bowls. So I guess what I'm wondering here is how does the quality and design of the bowl affect your smoke? Have you ever used a mod bowl? How do you rate them? Which bowls do you prefer? edit: I guess I should also add - Recommend me a good bowl! I ask that you refrain from recommending the phunnel bowl though. It seems like one hell of a product but I figure I should master a more traditional bowl before I mess around with Tangier's wild dimension bending bowl (I fear that I'd screw something up and open a black hole in my living room ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 What exactly does your bowl look like? Like mod as in the windcover attachment already on the bowl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 [quote name='DizzyGuy']What exactly does your bowl look like? Like mod as in the windcover attachment already on the bowl?[/quote] Nope. Sort of a small picture, but its this one here [url="http://www.china-shisha.com/ProductsFile/200411121658460.jpg"]http://www.china-shisha.com/ProductsFile/2...11121658460.jpg[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Ahhh... I got one of those with my Stargate... it's ok, but I haven't tried experimenting with it too much.. I'm currently using the MYA bowl because it doesn't hold much and I can get it to smoke good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 i love those bowls, its an eyptian glazed right? i love mine and i can get it to smoke better than my mya bowl that came with the QT, but that one broke so im not sure how well it really works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 if by "egyptian" you're implying the connection, then yes. If by glazed, you're just referring to it being glazed, then also yes. I dont know though, it seems like a very odd design. Because its relatively wide and shallow which to me would almost seem like it would give you too much heat across less-insulated shisha. And then it also really tapers out (like a bubble) just below the 5 holes in the top which seems odd to me because I'd think that it'd be more advantageous to be more direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 yea i have one of these that came with my chinese mini. i cant get it 2 smoke right at all. 2 coals smoke is too thin, 3 coals and its too much. i use canary's im gonna try 2 and half later 2nite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Get a Tangiers bowl, funnel or standard--doesn't matter which. It'll give you a n assload of space to move the coals around to find fresh shisha. We're talking long, coal-replacing sessions. I was somewhat skeptical until I got one and it literally changed my entire hookah experience. For the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I have used one of those bowls before, and I can say that I didn't really like it all that much. The bowl was too deep. I like shallow bowls better. When the bowl is really deep it seems that the tobacco never cooks at the bottom. I useally use a Mya bowl or tangiers funnel.. and would suggest both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbomberto Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 looks like a mya wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 Where does one go exactly to get a standard tangiers bowl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattlePope Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Hookah Company www.hookahcompany.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 From an engineering perspective, I think a bowl's design is everything. The problem is that too many of the guys making the molds for these mass produced pressed ones, they don't know what's important and what needs to be where. Yes, I may be biased. I don't think so, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I have this bowl as well (waiting to get a white funnel bowl), and have the problem with the tobacco not cooking at the bottom. I generally pack the bowl about 4/5 of the way and use two quicklights. The smoke lasts, but pulling out the shisha and seeing small spots of unspent tobacco at the bottom bothers me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Trust me, its dead. Gravity and suction pull the juices downward, so the top dries up while the remaining juice lingers at the bottom. That juice is nothing like it was when it started. Do you eat cheese because its not moldy at the bottom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I have the hookah AND that bowl. I seldom have troubles with it, EXCEPT when I fully pack the bowl. Then its exactly like you all said, I have a small cake of dried up shisha at the bottom. Maybe I'll look into one of these Mya bowls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 I did design a bowl to combat that problem, the "Mushroom Bowl"...its stuck and dying in prototype phase right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 hell u keep torturing me with this mushroom bowl... dangit i want at least a pic XD that and peach tea i swear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oryon1033 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Here's a video on how to load a mod bowl. Before getting a tangiers bowl mod bowls were all I used. go to myspace.com/oryon1033 then click on videos. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I don't find it...whats it called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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