Lakemonster Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 1. There is no "best" anything. all of it is subjective. There is no best hookah, best tobacco, best bowl, best coal, best hose, best combination, best mix..... etc...There are preferred products that most of the population will like at any one given time...... but there is NOTHING DIFINITIVE.2. Smoking hookah is an ART. YOU have to smoke it.... it wont smoke for you. You will need to practice and develope SKILLS over TIME. YOU will have to LEARN for yourselves what works best for you. If you tried it wone way and it didnt work well..... you will have to make some sort of adjustment next time and so on to develope a positive experience.3. Beware of the "newest" and "bestest" thing to come out on the market. Hookahs have been around for hundreds of years and have worked from the same basic principle. New "whizz-bang" gadgetry and new designs of hookahs have tended to get their 15 minutes of fame.... and then get shot down when common flaws are found. (anyone remember the Stargate?) No one says "dude, get a Stargate" anymore.4. Just because you bought one doesnt make it "great". Just because alot of people have bought one doesnt make it great. Remember.....lots of people bought New Kids on The Block CD's, t-shirts, and buttons back in '90 (get the point)5. Its not a sport. No one keeps score if you blow rings, do tricks, have a rig with every expensive upgrade imaginable. It only counts if you are ENJOYING your smokes. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS......even my opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sicklecow Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hear hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speel Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 QUOTE (Lakemonster @ Jan 3 2007, 09:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>1. There is no "best" anything. all of it is subjective. There is no best hookah, best tobacco, best bowl, best coal, best hose, best combination, best mix..... etc...There are preferred products that most of the population will like at any one given time...... but there is NOTHING DIFINITIVE.Thats why i love hookah its kinda like legos .. you have all the different kind of blocks but its up to you to build the best "thing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 can we get this etched in stone and posted as a sticky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerodynamic Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 hahah, wtf is a stargate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 QUOTE (Lakemonster @ Jan 3 2007, 02:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>1. There is no "best" anything. all of it is subjective. There is no best hookah, best tobacco, best bowl, best coal, best hose, best combination, best mix..... etc...100% Amen brother!Never has a truer word be spoken... (well writen(well typed))Could not have put it finer myself! Nice work Sir! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 QUOTE (Zerodynamic @ Jan 3 2007, 07:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>hahah, wtf is a stargate?stargates a type of modern hookah. id post a link but my laptop battery is about to die. check out hookah-shisha.com i believe has em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cameron Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 i think that this is a very good post lake. and it should be right there with the terms and conditions for the site. you have to read and agree to this before you could sign up. haha. thatd be great.and the stargate looks funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteHookah.com Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Don't hate on China. Most of the hookahs you see, including a lot of MYAs, are manufactured in whole, or in part, in China.Lakemonster - purely eloquent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambookamax Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 What's a N00bs? ...just playin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.cOLt.45. Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 lol I agree totally. Stickyyyy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) On chinese hookahs;Mya made in china = excellentMitsuba and all others = crapMya seems to have put higher standards on there hookahs then anybody else has. Some fancy good looking chinese hookahs are aluminum and dont stand the abuse. Others have shapes that negate the easy flow of smoke, and all except Mya have hoses that limit your pull of smoke. Edited January 3, 2007 by Scarecrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sicklecow Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Ugh... that Stargate's hideous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzgig Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 QUOTE (sicklecow @ Jan 3 2007, 05:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ugh... that Stargate's hideous.I totally agree, Sicklecow! And poignant post Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitefanatic Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Well spoken Lake. That being said, I would like to mention that I NEVER bought anything New Kids on the Block! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah hippie Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Well Put Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 QUOTE (Lakemonster @ Jan 3 2007, 09:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>NOTHING ELSE MATTERS......even my opinions.You just nullified your whole post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Man, I never thought I would hear the day where someone would say, "What's a Stargate?" That just goes to show that someone's reputation can fall pretty far if there is no customer service or backup for an expensive product.Edit:I have a Stargate and it probably has the best pull on any hookah I've ever had. However, since having it, the purge valve has "seized" to the stem and I cannot get it off! They were nice enough to send me a replacement vase at no cost, but when I inquired if I could get another grommet from them, I never received a response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 I agree wholeheartedly on everything you wrote. That being said, I still want my Stargate, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanguineSolitude Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 but lakemonster. the PHUNNEL!!! A QT!!!!whats the next famous thingy we see round here.its true that everything gets popular for a while and then fades out.when i got here al fakher was definately the shisha of choice. now noone even mentions it. take everything with a grain of salt.i really liked the comment "just because you bought something doesnt make it great"too often people are like omg nakhla is my favorite, or romman is my favorite, or the QT is the best. and then you ask them what other hookahs and shishas they have. and it turns out thats it, thats all theyve ever tried. until youve tried at least 5 brands of the same flavor, dont tell me the one you like is the best. and its all subjective anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
web250 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Beautiful, esp #5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakemonster Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 LOL, Sang.I was guilty myself of screaming AUTO-SEAL hookah FTW! early on..... I had to admit later on that it had a major drawback that kept it out of Perfections realm. Restricted airflow.... really took the sails out of it when I got to smoking other models.You rarely see anyone saying "dude, get an autoseal model" either...... er.... or at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanguineSolitude Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 but... consistantly throughout the time we've been here, Socialsmoke egyptians. they arent new, they arent innovative, they arent beautiful(though i like the look of em), but dammit they work damn well and are well put together little machines.i think the QT has nearly reached the end of its reign. its a solid little guy, but ill take an SS egyptian over it any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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