How to choose a hookah?
Buying a hookah is now easy and affordable. But making the right choice from a variety of models is not always easy. First of all, you need to understand what is important to you in a hookah. For example, when choosing a phone, the quality of the camera is important for some, and the size of the memory for others. The same goes for hookahs. You can choose the model that suits you.
What you need to pay attention to when choosing a hookah:
1. Material
Everyone is initially attracted to the candy wrapper, but in reality the filling turns out to be more important, isn’t it? What the hookah is made of plays an important role.
The most popular materials are stainless metals and aluminum.
An aluminum hookah is attractive due to its lower price, but this does not mean that it is bad. It’s just that this hookah requires special attention to care, then it will last for many years. An aluminum hookah must be disassembled, all parts washed with water and dried after each smoking. If this is not done, the hookah will quickly rust and the metal will oxidize.
Stainless metals are much more reliable. Many manufacturers are so confident in the quality of the material they use that they are willing to give a lifetime guarantee on the hookah. If you went to the country for the weekend and forgot to disassemble the hookah at home and pour out the water, then you don’t have to worry, the hookah will remain in perfect order.
Glass and plexiglass are the materials most often used in designer hookahs.
Glass is a fragile material, but hookahs made entirely of glass are beautiful in their own way. Plexiglas is a fairly reliable material, and due to its low price it allows you to make affordable hookahs.
2. Traction
Draft is the air resistance when smoking a hookah. It comes in classic (heavy) and lightweight.
The diameter of the shaft affects the draft. If it is narrow, the pull is heavier. Many manufacturers equip hookahs with a diffuser. This detail reduces the noise when smoking (the same gurgling) to a minimum, and also dissipates one large air flow into several small ones, due to which the draft becomes easier. There are models with a removable or adjustable diffuser. Then you can change the traction whenever you want.
3. Type of connection between the shaft and the flask
The shaft and the flask can be connected using a seal, thread, click, oring.
The rubber seal ensures absolute tightness. If you accidentally break the flask, it will be easy to buy a new one, since the fastening with a seal is standard and universal.
The thread connects the shaft and the flask so that when moving you don’t have to worry about the flask falling and breaking.
A click is a system in which two elements snap together, forming a reliable fastening, like with a thread.
In the case of thread and click, a new bulb is more difficult to find if the old one is broken. Most often we have spare ones from the manufacturer. But if you break a flask with a fastening with a threaded or click fastening, do not throw it away, it may be useful to you, since there are repair flasks available (this is glass without fastening, you can stick a click or thread from a broken flask on it).
The O-Ring is a round O-ring that provides a seal. At the same time, it does not spoil the overall appearance of the hookah.
4. Altitude affects smoking. Myth or truth?
“The higher the hookah, the better it is?” - S2B sellers hear regularly. In fact, you and I will not notice the difference when smoking a high and low hookah. For example, for the last 3 years, the “hookah of the year” award has been received by low models. Now there is a trend for compact hookahs, because they are more convenient and practical.
5. Does the flask affect smoking?
When choosing a flask for a hookah, you should start only from whether it suits you externally and whether it is stable enough. The flask in a hookah no longer serves any function.
We hope this short instruction has given you a little orientation in the big hookah world. And the seller of any S2B store will help you make the right choice.