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With Tangiers I can usually get the smoke going to full thickness within 2 or 3 pulls. With other brands, however, I get tired of puffing on charcoal for 5 minutes just to get going. Someone mentioned before that some lounges have a pump that plugs into the hose and gets the bowl going -- I'd love to get my hands on one of these (maybe a balloon pump would work?)

In the meantime, I came up with another idea: take a standard wind cover, plug all the holes except for the top one and perhaps line the bottom of it with some kind of rubber to create a good seal with the tray. Then use a grommet to secure a hose into the top hole and, after the coals have been placed on the bowl, hold the wind cover over the bowl and blow through the hose connected to it. I would think that before long you'd have full smoke pouring out of the stem hose, no?

Perhaps a bit too much work for preheating a bowl, but nonetheless it's a contraption you could make out of an old wind cover and extra hose, just to have around for those times you don't feel like knocking yourself out sucking on coals.
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well the pump you need is a Keyboard vacuum. They are not that expensive but I dont feel they are worth it if you are only starting 1 bowl. Now its handy if you are in a lounge and have to start 25+ bowls.
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You young whippersnsappers... Back in my day, we didn't need no fancy schmansy gadgets to get our hookahs going! We used what the good lord gave us, our lungs! (I'm 22...)

In all seriousness, in my group of friends we always have someone who is in charge of getting the hookah going. This person is obviously the person who doesn't get buzzed as easily as the others, and doesn't mind powerpuffing the hookah for a couple minutes straight with not much smoke as a reward. Yeah this person is typically me... But I don't mind. Since its my hookah we're using most of the time, I like to make sure the hookah is hitting just right before I let the ladies smoke. The girls in my group who smoke will cough at the slightest sign of harshness, and after that they quit, so I have to make sure everythings perfect before they get to smoke. Hay, thats just the kind of guy I am happy.gif
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looks like i'm the one to save the day. I went to my local Wal-Mart and got me a air matress pump.

This is what I got.
http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-4D-Universal...p/dp/B00005JD3Z

I took the adapter that it came with, it it on the other end where it sucks and stuck it into my valve where the hose goes into. Ran it and when I saw smoke comming out, it was READY!!!!
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QUOTE (yashman19)
You young whippersnsappers... Back in my day, we didn't need no fancy schmansy gadgets to get our hookahs going! We used what the good lord gave us, our lungs! (I'm 22...)

In all seriousness, in my group of friends we always have someone who is in charge of getting the hookah going. This person is obviously the person who doesn't get buzzed as easily as the others, and doesn't mind powerpuffing the hookah for a couple minutes straight with not much smoke as a reward. Yeah this person is typically me... But I don't mind. Since its my hookah we're using most of the time, I like to make sure the hookah is hitting just right before I let the ladies smoke. The girls in my group who smoke will cough at the slightest sign of harshness, and after that they quit, so I have to make sure everythings perfect before they get to smoke. Hay, thats just the kind of guy I am happy.gif


you're a true gentleman yash!
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QUOTE (yashman19)
You young whippersnsappers... Back in my day, we didn't need no fancy schmansy gadgets to get our hookahs going! We used what the good lord gave us, our lungs! (I'm 22...)

In all seriousness, in my group of friends we always have someone who is in charge of getting the hookah going. This person is obviously the person who doesn't get buzzed as easily as the others, and doesn't mind powerpuffing the hookah for a couple minutes straight with not much smoke as a reward. Yeah this person is typically me... But I don't mind. Since its my hookah we're using most of the time, I like to make sure the hookah is hitting just right before I let the ladies smoke. The girls in my group who smoke will cough at the slightest sign of harshness, and after that they quit, so I have to make sure everythings perfect before they get to smoke. Hay, thats just the kind of guy I am happy.gif


thats what i usually end up doing too sad.gif
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QUOTE (aronparsons)
Let the coals sit on the bowl for a few minutes before you start puffing.  The first pull will be the same as the next 40; there's no need for fancy contraptions IMO.


This is the way it usually works out for me as well aron, except i also use a windcover as well to get the whole bowl up to temp faster. When the bowl is going i usually just take off the windcover and its good smoking the rest of the way through.
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