Getting Started & Setup · 7 min
What do I need to smoke hookah? Accessories checklist
Hookah, bowl, foil or HMD, natural charcoal with charcoal lighter, tobacco, hose and mouthpiece: the basic equipment for your first session.
Topic
Getting Started & Setup
From your first set of equipment to a repeatable setup, these guides put the main decisions in a useful order.
The series in 3 parts
Step by step
- 01 What do I need to smoke hookah? Accessories checklist Hookah, bowl, foil or HMD, natural charcoal with charcoal lighter, tobacco, hose and mouthpiece: the basic equipment for your first session. 7 min ·
- 02 Which hookah suits you? Choosing by budget and use Which hookah to buy? Material, size, closed chamber, diffuser, 18/8 ground joint and scope of delivery explained, plus models for every budget. 6 min ·
- 03 Does your hookah taste different every time? How to make your session repeatable Same flavour, different taste? Eight values for your session sheet: tobacco amount, bowl, charcoal, water, cleaning. Change only one per session. 4 min ·
Topic
Getting Started & Setup · 6 min
Which hookah suits you? Choosing by budget and use
Which hookah to buy? Material, size, closed chamber, diffuser, 18/8 ground joint and scope of delivery explained, plus models for every budget.
Getting Started & Setup · 4 min
Does your hookah taste different every time? How to make your session repeatable
Same flavour, different taste? Eight values for your session sheet: tobacco amount, bowl, charcoal, water, cleaning. Change only one per session.
Getting Started & Setup · 4 min
Blow-Off und Diffusor: so funktionieren sie an der Shisha
Was der Blow-Off an der Shisha macht, wo er sitzt und wie du richtig abbläst. Dazu: wann der Diffusor dran bleibt und wann du ohne rauchst.
Getting Started & Setup · 4 min
Cleaning your Wookah: caring for wood, glass, leather and stainless steel properly
Clean your Wookah after a session: take it apart, rinse the inner tube, wipe the wood only damp, avoid temperature shocks for the vase, rinse the seals.
Getting Started & Setup · 4 min
Mini, Standard or Classic: which Wookah suits you?
Wookah Mini, Standard or Classic: which size suits a flat, balcony and travel, when a complete set pays off and what the wooden vase of the Classic can do.
Getting Started & Setup · 4 min
Wookah spare parts: from a wobbly bowl to a lost ball
Bowl loose, ball gone, body wobbling: which Wookah spare part you need for the large Wookah or the Mini, and how to free parts that are stuck.
Getting Started & Setup · 4 min
Wookah vase, hose and mouthpiece: what suits your body
Mastercut, Heavy Crystal or Smooth: how the Wookah vases differ, what suits your body and what makes the leather hose and wooden mouthpiece special.
Getting Started & Setup · 4 min
Wookah wood types: which body suits your room?
Oak, Iroko, Grom, Nox, Alabaster or Abstract: how the Wookah bodies look in a room, what light does to the surface and why each one looks different.
Getting Started & Setup · 7 min
Hookah Charcoal: Coconut Charcoal, Self-Lighting Charcoal and Which Size for What
Coconut charcoal or self-lighting? Glow time, taste and lighting compared, plus 25, 26 and 27 mm and how many cubes belong on the hookah bowl.
Getting Started & Setup · 8 min
Hookah hose and mouthpiece: silicone, leather and hygiene
Silicone or leather hose, aluminium, carbon or cooling mouthpiece: what suits your hookah, how to clean the hose and find false air at the connector.
Getting Started & Setup · 7 min
Hookain Phunnel explained: material, manufacture and well
Lit Lip, Lesh Lip, Low Load and more: how much each Hookain Phunnel holds, what sets Pro, Soft Touch and Large apart and how to care for your bowl.
Getting Started & Setup · 8 min
How much water goes in a hookah? Setting the water level correctly
How much water in the hookah glass base? Dip tube about 2 cm under water, all holes covered with a diffuser. With test draw, water changes and tips on ice.
Getting Started & Setup · 8 min
Cleaning a hookah glass base: removing limescale, odour and residue
Cleaning a hookah glass base and removing limescale: choose a brush, protect glass and closure, rinse thoroughly and dry. With steps and care limits.
Getting Started & Setup · 7 min
Cleaning an HMD and Smokebox: Loosening Residue, Protecting the Surface
How to clean an HMD and smokebox: loosen tobacco residue, check the air openings and protect aluminium, stainless steel and coatings. Steps and care tips.
Getting Started & Setup · 16 min
How does the shii work? Technology, battery and care explained
shii explained: XKAH heating at 265–315 °C, AUTO and Hardcore mode, preheating, Battery S and L, charging at 65 W, pods, cleaning and comparison with XKAH.
Getting Started & Setup · 7 min
Small hookah: dimensions, models and what it does worse
Small hookah or travel hookah? Height, weight and scope of delivery of compact models, plus what a mini does worse and how you make up for it.
Getting Started & Setup · 7 min
Building a Hookah Bowl Properly: Grams, Packing Style, Foil and Charcoal
Building a hookah bowl: how many grams go into a Phunnel and a multi-hole bowl, when to pack fluffy or press down, and how to perforate foil and start.
Getting Started & Setup · 7 min
HMD, Smokebox and Chimney Attachment: How to Control the Heat
HMD or smokebox: how many pieces of charcoal go in, how long to wait to start, when the lid goes on and which aluminium or stainless steel model suits you.
Getting Started & Setup · 17 min
Hookah without charcoal: electric hookah bowls explained
Hookah without charcoal: electric bowl, e-HMD or complete device. Tobacco amount, temperature, preheating, cost and smoke compared with charcoal.
Getting Started & Setup · 8 min
How to clean a hookah: glass base, stem, hose, bowl and HMD
Cleaning a hookah: change the water every session, clean glass base and stem with cleaner and brush, rinse the silicone hose, clean clay bowl and HMD.
Getting Started & Setup · 6 min
Lighting Hookah Charcoal: Heating Natural Charcoal Through and Handling It Safely
Heat natural charcoal through on the lighter: turn it, check the glow, handle tongs and embers properly. Plus clear notes on fire and carbon monoxide.
Getting Started & Setup · 6 min
Phunnel, clay bowl or multi-hole bowl: which bowl for which tobacco?
Phunnel, clay bowl or multi-hole bowl: which hookah bowl suits Virginia and Dark Blend, whether foil, HMD or chimney goes on top, and what glaze changes.
Getting Started & Setup · 7 min
Setting up the Moze Breeze Two and Breeze Pro and adjusting the blow-off
Set up Moze Breeze Two and Breeze Pro: four steps from glass base to bowl, all blow-off variants, turning the diffuser correctly and swapping the sleeve.
Getting Started & Setup · 5 min
Is an E-HMD Worth It? Costs, Advantages and Disadvantages
Is an E-HMD worth it? Costs, electricity and tobacco quantity compared with charcoal, advantages, disadvantages and a calculator for the XKah Pro.
Getting Started & Setup · 6 min
Setting up a Steamulation: Mini, Pure and Ultimate step by step
Setting up a Steamulation: fill the glass base, set the dip tube, fit SteamClick 360 and do a draw test. For Mini, Pure and Ultimate.
From here
