How to choose a quality hookah?

Today it doesn’t take a lot of effort to buy quality hookah tobacco or aroma mix with various complements, but still to get a real pleasure from hookah smoking is possible if you have a quality hookah as well. And here you should know some little details. It is not easy to choose the right hookah – for regular use and for the maximum relaxation effect.

Hookah is made of several important components where each of the component has its own role in smoking. The most important components are the bowl, metal shaft, pipes and bowl. Additional components for smoking considered smoking tips, valve, and also complementary parts – coal cover, plate, cup plate where the coal is placed and pincers.

Features of hookah choice

Hookah is made of several important components where each of the component has its own role in smoking. The most important components are the bowl, metal shaft, pipes and bowl. Additional components for smoking considered smoking tips, valve, and also complementary parts – coal cover, plate, cup plate where the coal is placed and pincers.

Metal «heart» of hookah – is a shaft, which is a hollow pipe. Various mixes of smoke are cooled inside of it. Most of them are made of steel, but copper shafts are also used. The best one is Egyptian sectional shaft – in comparison with the whole shaft, Syrian shaft it is easier to clean and wash. The length of the shaft should be sufficient to cool the smoke down otherwise it may create unpleasant feelings while smoking. Optimal length of the shaft of a good hookah – is from 60cm to 80cm. but not longer than that, because it will be hard to inhale the smoke. Experts consider shafts less than 50cm too short. If you are buying the hookah you should check out the quality of connecting parts.

Hookah tobacco is placed inside the cup. When you choose a cup it is necessary to check it out for cracks and trenches, especially if it is made of clay – better material than metal. The edges of the cup should be even. Hookah cups have few openings; smaller and one bigger – in this case foil is placed under the tobacco in order to prevent its falling inside the shaft.

Bowl, as any other vessel for the water may be at any shape and made of different materials – glass, metal, clay or even mountain crystal. It is important that bowl is big and massive at the bottom – this gives the hookah the stability. Also you should make sure that the shaft and the bowl fit in each other tightly.

Hookah pipe also needs a careful consideration especially from the length side. Optimal size for the pipe is around 150cm. the tips of the pipe are usually made of birch or oak tree, which expand in moisture. It is important to remember that hookah’s wooden parts are not made out of conifers or covered in oil or varnish.

Wooden nozzle and cap should be screw able to be cleaned out. Inside the pipe tars and residuals are accumulated so it has to be washed and cleaned regularly. Hookah pipes are made of special leather, plastic or rubber, the main thing is that the pipe would not break while cleaning. Smoking tips are made of various materials, such as – wood, stone, plastic, amber. Hookah valves are bade on the base of a ball – the smoker must be able to breathe in easily. It’s goal – not to let the air from outside go inside the hookah.

In general, all recommendations on how to select a good hookah, is directed to find air tight device that is easy to clean afterwards. This is nessesary that the aromas are not mixed with each other of or other products of burning. Choose a hookah responsibly as quality tobacco needs deserving device for its smoking.