_smoke_rings_ Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 coals are bery annoying, especially if you dont have a stove or grill around to start them with. i found the easiest way to start them is with a cheap blow torch, from fred myer or home depot or whatever. its takes about 30 seconds to get a new coal burning red hot and decreases the time to warm up the bowl to practically zero. by your second hit tis amazing........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I bought a nice bush-botton start propane torch from Home Depot. The cannisters of propane are only ~$3, and the push button valve was around $30. Of course you don't need the fance expensive push button model, and a regular $10 valve will work just fine, but I'm cool like that, so ya know.. Also, take a drive to your local Target or Walmart. I got me a single coil stove for like $9. I like it better than the torch because you don't have to buy a replacment canister of propane every couple months. Sure it takes a few minutes longer, but does the trick damn nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_official Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 bic lighter + patience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jortle Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 i have a butane torch. i've tried lighting natural coals with it, but the coals stop glowing after a minute or so. how do i light natural coals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASUSEAN1 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 QUOTE (Jortle)i have a butane torch. i've tried lighting natural coals with it, but the coals stop glowing after a minute or so. how do i light natural coals? put them on the stove for a few minutes. rotate them every minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeema Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 the microwave!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah hippie Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 magic of course or you could try lava that might work also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krautle87 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE (art_official)bic lighter + patience LOL, you'd better have ALOT of patience and ALOT of lighters if you're using natural coals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePaulson Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I put them on a stove with a pot lid so that when they light, i don't get ash all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookah Master Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Heres what i did. Went to walmart bought a 9 dollar electric stove (750 watts) and i use that to light the natural coals. $9... walmart single burner electric stove. Lights coals in like 2mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE (Hookah Master)Heres what i did. Went to walmart bought a 9 dollar electric stove (750 watts) and i use that to light the natural coals. $9... walmart single burner electric stove. Lights coals in like 2mins. QUOTE (yashman19)I bought a nice bush-botton start propane torch from Home Depot. The cannisters of propane are only ~$3, and the push button valve was around $30. Of course you don't need the fance expensive push button model, and a regular $10 valve will work just fine, but I'm cool like that, so ya know.. Also, take a drive to your local Target or Walmart. I got me a single coil stove for like $9. I like it better than the torch because you don't have to buy a replacment canister of propane every couple months. Sure it takes a few minutes longer, but does the trick damn nicely. Beatcha QUOTE (Krautle87)LOL, you'd better have ALOT of patience and ALOT of lighters if you're using natural coals. :lol: Definitely been there, done that. It was my freshman year of college and we were just getting into hookah. Of course we didn't have a torch or stove. Instead we would huddle around and shield the person with the lighter from the wind, and pray we could get it going before the lighter became to hot to hold... After we'd get one end BARELY going, we'd take turns blowing on it until it got some more progress. Then we'd lay that coal on the tray and set another coal on top of it piggy-back style and continued to blow until the other started to get lit on its own. We had to make sure we always had atleast one coal partially lit so we could start the next coal by setting them on top of each other, so we woudln't have to bust out the lighter again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonatan Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 quicklites + sun + magnifying glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagon Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I use quicklites so I fire it up with a simple lighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookah Master Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE (yashman19)QUOTE (Hookah Master)Heres what i did. Went to walmart bought a 9 dollar electric stove (750 watts) and i use that to light the natural coals. $9... walmart single burner electric stove. Lights coals in like 2mins. QUOTE (yashman19)I bought a nice bush-botton start propane torch from Home Depot. The cannisters of propane are only ~$3, and the push button valve was around $30. Of course you don't need the fance expensive push button model, and a regular $10 valve will work just fine, but I'm cool like that, so ya know.. Also, take a drive to your local Target or Walmart. I got me a single coil stove for like $9. I like it better than the torch because you don't have to buy a replacment canister of propane every couple months. Sure it takes a few minutes longer, but does the trick damn nicely. Beatcha QUOTE (Krautle87)LOL, you'd better have ALOT of patience and ALOT of lighters if you're using natural coals. :lol: Definitely been there, done that. It was my freshman year of college and we were just getting into hookah. Of course we didn't have a torch or stove. Instead we would huddle around and shield the person with the lighter from the wind, and pray we could get it going before the lighter became to hot to hold... After we'd get one end BARELY going, we'd take turns blowing on it until it got some more progress. Then we'd lay that coal on the tray and set another coal on top of it piggy-back style and continued to blow until the other started to get lit on its own. We had to make sure we always had atleast one coal partially lit so we could start the next coal by setting them on top of each other, so we woudln't have to bust out the lighter again... ah. touché i didn't catch that. Walmart stoves for the win ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I need to get me one of those. Or a hotplate. I've been using mini cans of Sterno, and they work fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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