So here's the basic rundown for these coals: The Good: Cheap, Natural Coals, Decent length burn time The Bad: The Coals tend to burn too hot cooking the upper level of Shisha, The other problem is these coals tend to ash at a considerable level and if you manage to ash the coals and foil it still leaves a dirty taste to the smoke and a gritty feeling in your mouth Overall: good for the price and a decent back up if you ever run out of coals, but would not recommend this product when the price of a good quality natural coal is soo close -
i like these coals becouse the price is amazing and thay dod wut there supost to do and i was abel to light them with a lighter its a good deal
So, I got these because, well, how could I turn up a box of coals for $4? But, they don't light easily, they tend to shattered, the silver, even after it has burned off, leaves a dirt feeling in the smoke - They ash a lot - While their heat is good, they don't last long -
I picked up a box of these several years ago and just got into them about a month ago - First impression was that they fall apart easily, are hard to light, and don't stay lit very well - I suspect that's one of the reasons they're on clearance now, as people go with what works - Stay with natural coals if possible, and light with a blowtorch and turn about every ten minutes if you want them to keep your smoke going -
Once these coals get going, they are hot little buggers, but they have a tendency to fly apart, take a long time over 5 minutes to light, and have a funky initial smell -
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Bought these thinking that I have a great bargain - Opened the box and saw the bars broken into pieces - The silver coating was pretty weak compared to Starlight Japanese style coals - So went ahead and gave it a try - used Romman shisha and these coals just ruined the whole smoking experience - the ash is pretty nasty giving a dark tan- light brown color - It easily breaks down when you use your tongs to transfer it from stove to shisha bowl - Good thing I have friends who have their own hookahs - Can give them away giving me a reason to buy Starlight Japanese style coals lol
Though these are quick and easy to light, the silver lining creates a residue in your hoses - We began noticing that every time we used our hookah we were getting small particles in our mouth every time after using these coals - Typically we do not have to clean hoses in between each use, but after cleaning ash was still present - We changed coals back to Golden, and immediately noticed the difference -
We sat here for a good 2-3 minutes with the coal under a butane torch which we use to light all of our coals and then decided to try it out - It tasted horrible and ruined our nice buzz that we had going from our first coal - We made sure we had enough shisha left to second coal it and everything - We pulled for a good 5 minutes and got to the point where we all wanted to throw up - This was possibly the worst buy I have ever made when it comes to hookah coals - I recommend buying golden coals over this -
So listen, I got them, they're a pain to light and I have a torch :-p Once they're lit they definitely don't make things taste bad and that's a good thing, it was pretty much vanilla all the way through my session : I can't suggest these to anyone because for a little more you can get much finer coals. These are basically messy and you'll ask yourself why you even smoke shisha when it's this freakin messy ahaha!
ITS NICE
I don't see why this got so many bad reviews I bought these from are locale tobacco shop i was nerves at fist to try them because of the silver paint but quickly found to love them they get really hot but gives you a nice cool smoke taste a lot better then the quick lights I brake two off and light them till they glow red and set in on the bowl after a while ill flip and brake the coal to make it last even longer I'm only buying these kind of coal for now on quick lights gives the shisha a bitter taste
I was given a box of these coals by a friend, and I stopped using them almost right away. They crumble apart so badly that the coal hardly ever made it from the stove to the hookah because it would fall apart in the tongs. It also left a godforsaken amount of silver bits and flecks all over my stove and got ash in the bowl while smoking. Very bad product.
Silver crap everywhere, burned hot when finally lit. Took a long time to get to the ready stage. Go with anything else!
Yeah pretty much they taste like coal, everything they go on tastes like coal. Wana start coughing I highly recommend these coals! They do light fast though.
