Nammor Egyptian Hose Review

A Must Have Hookah Perfection

Ryan "Midnight" McBride

    The Nammor hose is the favorite of many hookah forum sites and hookah efficianados. After a year of owning one personally I can see why. The Nammor hose is well built and will last forever. Every single piece from the hose connector to the fuzzy little "globe trotter" balls adorning the hose to the leather wrapped handle screem quality. When you hold the handle you feel like you could beat a small animal or a straying hand reaching for your hookah while you enjoy your favorite flavor.

    The hose is an extreemly wide gauge. One of the widest on the market. This in turn is one of the biggest advantages of using one of these hoses. The wide gauge allows for a free and easy pull. Every single puff off of your hookah seems almost effortless. The gauge also helps with purging allowing for a quick and easy purge of the leftover smoke. I can not relate how much of a perk this gauge helps while smoking.

Multiple Colors

    Another huge advantage of these hoses is the material they are made of. The rubber of the inside and outside nature of this allows it to be washable. Most hoses are either made out of leather or "pleather" wrapped around a metal coil that runs throughout the hose. The metal coil or leather will either rust or rot over time where as the rubber material of the Nammor will not degrade. This is very handy because the hose can be washed heavily each time between smoke sessions and allow for a clean flavor for every hookah. For somebody that enjoys multiple different flavors from ultimate different brands this makes a HUGE difference.

Custom Glass Piece

    The last cool thing that should be mentioned is the removable mouth tip. The removable mouth tip at first glance does not seem like an advantage. In fact the removable tip makes it easy to clean thouraly after a "questionable" person may have been in your smoke session. Also the removable tip allows for a lot of cool add ons from glass pieces to ice tips that cool the smoke heavily so a person can truely customize their hose. This hose from tip to hose port allows a smoker to really express their creativity and uniqueness.

     I have always wanted to carry these hoses in the lounge but no one would offer them to us. Thankfully the kind folks at Social Smoke have started to offer these magnificant hoses to their retailers. They are well built, customizable and smoke like a dream. They really are a must have for anyone that is looking to really make a difference in their smoke session. Blue Midnight will be carrying these hoses sparatically as they are hard to come by so if you get a chance to buy these hoses they are well worth their $25 price.

Final Puff

10/10

+Hits like breathing in normally

+Well Built

+Washable

-Globe trotter looking balls

-$25 a hose but still well worth it!

Social Smoke Chai Latte Review

Social Smoke's Take on Starbucks

Social Smoke: Chai Latte - 8/10

Flavor Profile: Brisk Black Tea, swept with Cardamom and other Exotic Spices form an exquisite flavor.

    Chai Latte is a flavor for people that don't want something fruity but would love something with a little bit of spice. The tobacco itself is a little bit darker in color than some of the other flavors from social smoke suggesting a mix of spices that may give this flavor it's unique taste. If you have ever had anything chai the framiliar taste of cardamom will be very prevelant from the first puff to the last. The flavor reminds me of a delicious chai latte from the local Biggby or Starbucks or maybe even a very spiced homemade pumpkin pie. The one thing I do believe is missing from the flavor profile from social smoke is the dark deepness of the latte flavor.

    Being a tobacco from Social Smoke the flavor lites easily and lasts for a long, enjoyable, smoke session. While writting the review the smoke session out of a Khalil Mamoon hookah with a nammor hose lasted 50 minutes with 3 coconara coals. The clouds were thick and playful and could have lasted longer if I chose to light more coals. This flavor, in paticular, smokes exceptionally well which is a big compliment to the flavor considering the quality of smoke the brand carries.

If you are looking for a flavor that differs from fruit flavors, or are just looking for something new, Chai Latte from Social Smoke is a no brainer.

Cheers!

Ryan "Midnight" McBride

Social Smoke Simply Apple Review

An Apple Above the Rest

Social Smoke: Simply Apple - 9/10

Flavor Profile: This fusion of juicy Apple flavor with the taste of crisp Apple skin is simply delicious!

I LOVE Social Smoke’s natural fruit flavors. Their richness and purity to the actual fruit flavor are hard to find in other tobacco companies. Simply Apple is simply put; delicious. The apple flavor is almost exactly like biting into a Red Delicious apple. You can almost taste that bit of skin in each puff. On top of the awesome flavor, the smoke quality is more than adequate with large billowing clouds. The flavor lasts almost ridiculously long. Last time I partook in this delicious flavor, smoking at a medium pace, the flavor lasted easily an hour and fifteen minutes to an hour and a half holding its flavor perfectly. There was almost no difference from the first 2 or 3 puffs to the last. In fact the only reason I stopped smoking the bowl was because I had ran out of coals in the house! If you like Social Smoke and you like apples this is a flavor you must try.

If you haven't had Social Smoke yet check out my brand review in the notes section.

Cheers!

Ryan "Midnight" McBride

Mya Breeze with Freeze Review

Is the Freeze A Need?

Ryan "Midnight" McBride

Hose Packages

     We just got our hands on a Mya Freeze hose. The hoses are a thick gauge hose very similar to a thick mya other than a couple "cool" things. The hose features a detatchable top that screws off. When you unscrew the piece you can put a piece that acts as an ice cube. The package comes with two of these ice cubes that will keep the smoke coming through the hose cool for a while. 

     

The smoke being cool is either supposed to take place of ice in the base or advance the chill of the smoke coming through. I have to say that the chilling or freeze effect does work very well. Even without switching to the second cube in the freezer the chilling effect lasted for a good 30-45 minutes. The big handle helps to also be a very easy hold while you are enjoying your favorite cooled flavor. The hose is decent lenght and long enough to be enjoyed from a feet or two away from you hookah easily.

  

   I do have a couple of concerns about the hose if I was completly honest.One concern I have about the hose is that the handle is a screw on/off configuration and does not have any kind gromit to help the hose stay air sealed. In the package I recieved some of the grooves where warn down and even after appling some plummers tape to help keep it sealed there was still a small leak. After 10 or 15 smoke sessions I can see one of these hoses possibly becoming very leaky especially if you unscrew and screw together the piece multiple times. I don't know why a rubber gromit between the two pieces was not added when it would only add a couple of cents and make the hose a much better construction.

Nammor Ice Piece

     The other concern I have is that the ice cube piece actually sits in the middle of the handle. After removing the ice cube piece the hose actually smoked with a cleaner draw. The ice piece in the middle forces the air to go slower through the hose then with it gone. This seems like not the best option when there are really nice ice handles for hoses like for the nammor which feature a wider gauge and an easier smoke draw. That being said the whole ice package from Mya retials at $15 while the Nammor Hose alone with no ice piece cost anywhere from $20-$25 online. On a side note during the school year Blue Midnight will be featuring a Nammor Hose for $25 and there is no shipping charges!

     

     Everything being account for I do believe these hoses are good. They offer a good smoke session with a cool niche hitch that will give you the "look at this value" when your friends come over. Plus if you don't like the little bit of restricted flow through the hose you can still smoke without the ice cube and get a nice thick draw that you would through a thick Mya. We have not decided wether to carry the Mya Freeze or not so if you guys would like to see this project in the lounge or for sale please comment and like the review.

Final Puff

6.5/10

+ Great Ice Cooling Action

- Craftsmanship

Cheers!

Ryan "Midnight" McBride