| Author | Message | ||
     Adam Trumpey Member Username: Trumpster7 Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2009 |
I read online that When you remove the filter from a MM, it can cause the pipe to draw air through too quickly and lead to a quick smoke and overheating/tongue bite. Do the filtered pipes with the filter removed smoke/draw the same as one that comes without a filter? Anyone care to experiment who has both? I'm not good at reminding myself to smoke so slow and I'm afraid i will smoke it too quickly and this will lead to problems. | ||
| Wayne S Benge Member Username: Wsbenge Post Number: 448 Registered: 05-2005 |
Filters are the first thing I throw away. Smoking a pipe is a matter of practice, that differs from pipe to pipe, and the different tobaccos. I wouldn't worry about it. Furthermore, some cobs burn up quick, while others last many years, depending on how mother nature made them. | ||
| W. A. Lanman Member Username: Blenheimbard Post Number: 145 Registered: 01-2009 |
Adam Any filter pipe without the filter has an enlargement in the air flow where the filter should sit. this introduces turbulence as the gas (smoke) first expands in the filter compartment and then has to condense when it reachs the smaller air hole in the mouthpiece. Also the expansion of the gas cools it, and leads to condensation, namely the horrible black tar forms in the chamber. If you clean after every bowl (which I don't) it might never be a problem, but for me it is. This same principle is used in postitive way in Peterson "system" pipes, where they have a "well" for the condensation to collect in. My basic principle is that if it was engineered for a filter, I use a filter, and if I run out of filters then I make sure I clean it before the pipe reminds me of the need. ;-) I view "stingers" the same way, if it came with one then I use it. Hope this helps, Al (in canada) Al | ||
| Adam Trumpey Member Username: Trumpster7 Post Number: 3 Registered: 08-2009 |
thanks guys! |