xpimpitox Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 hey hookah-holics! just got back from my buddies house and our latest smoke session. after acclimating the melon blend i got from scott for about 4 hours and packing it into my newly purchased funnel, i had the best tangiers session ever! i packed it lightly making sure all sides are touching, SLIGHTY packed it down. put foil over it and put a larger hole with a toothpick in the dead center. poked a ring of holes around the perimeter. lit 3 sultan japanese coals (these work pretty good, the silver coating comes off easily but sadly dont last very long). and went to town. it took a bit longer to get the bowl goin but once its going, ohh man! the flvaor was rich and full (melon blend is yummy, but tangy's watermelon taste better IMO), helluva lot smoother than i have been gettin tangiers to smoke, and nice puffy clouds. there were a few rounds where it got a little bit harsh, but nowhere near as harsh where you cant even take a small puff and your coughin up your lungs. it lasted about 40 mins only because my friend bought fumari nectarine and we wanted to give that a whirl as well. overall im extremely satisfied with the bowl. on my first try i got it working like a charm and it took no trouble at all 2 get goin. i figured you would have to draw a little more given the design but that wasnt the case. for those who have been comtemplating getting one, GO GET ONE NOW! i will def use this when smoking tangiers from here on out. sadly my regular tangiers bowl will start collecting dust lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Congrats mang! I too have been tinkering with my newly purchased funnel bowl from MN. I read through the numerous funnel bowl topics, took all the advice most people gave and it's been working really well. Only difference in your preperation compared to mine was the holes. I did poke a small circular set of holes where the funnel is (as apposed to your one larger hole in the middle), and in addition to the holes around the perimeter, I put an additional ring of holes between the perimeter and the center. When I tried putting only one larger hole in the middle and one ring around the perimeter, there wasn't enough air able to be pulled through easily, so the foil would concave inwards, causing my natural fingers (which are cylindrical) to roll towards the middle, causing too much heat in one spot, thus burning the baccy. But since you say you're using japanese coals which have a flat surface, you wouldn't have my same problem. I also realized that you really must use less heat compared to other brands of tobacco. I NORMALLY like to use two pieces of finger coals (~2.5-3" in length) on my bowl, but with tangiers tobacco this was way to much. So instead I used the same amount of coal, but instead broke them in half and just used small chunks and evenly spaced them out around the perimeter of the bowl. Works 10x better than in the past when I tried tangiers and didn't have much sucess before. Now I'm LOVING my tangiers tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I'm loving the hell out of my new phunnel too. I've only had four sessions with it thus far, but I have absolutly no reason or desire to go back to my mod or show bowl...I havn't yet smoked my tangy out of it, but I have full intention too. It's made all my other smokes SO much longer and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding_Heart1 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 i love the design, im still not getting this smoke everyone talks about... I called eric and talked to him about it for awhile. Ill get it one day! Accually eric, fly here and pack my bowl for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 so tangiers is a dude.okay. and that funnel bowl sounds kick ass.i do have a question though...do u only have to put one hole in the center, or could i poke as many holes as i normally would on a regular bowl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 its recommended that you poke a hole in the center then proceed to poke holes around the perimeter like a regular bowl. there are quite a few threads with diagrams on how people poked holes for the funnel bowl. the easiest one to find, if im correct is under the review section in the tangiers thread. on my first go with the bowl i poked a larger than normal hole with a toothpick in the center and poked smaller ones all round. see what works for you. EDIT: heres the link just scroll down... http://hookahforum.com/tangiers-reviews-t5175.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I just poke holes like a regular bowl, leaving out the holes for the phunnel and then poking a hole or two over the phunnel. Some people omit the hole(s) over the phunnel for a thicker, less oxygen, more kick-ass smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 my friend wanted to try it without the hole around the funnel. but we thought it wouldnt work. ima gonna have 2 give that a whirl next session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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