I use both kind of HMD but I realy prefer Na Grani over all. I smoke with 2 ½ charcoals and in order to clean it I put baking soda and leave it 30 minutes in boiled water. Without much effort with a meta brush I clean it👌🏼
I really prefer the Na Grani or Hoob steel HMDs over a regular Lotus, and I've been using the Lotus for years now. Flavor's better, you can really squeeze out more buzz out of heat-resistant Russian dark leaves, and most importantly, it turns any underpack into a regular pack which saves you some grams and leaves the bottom plate pristine. It's also so much more sturdy than the Lotus The only bad thing about it is it takes one more coal and you really need a windcover or a Lotus lid for the last half hour
I am using that kind of hmd named "На грани" as the kaloud 1+ is kinda expensive in my country and it is basically the same once you get used to it and learn how to control the heat with it.I am starting with 3 x 26 after around 5 mins and a couple of smokes i am removing one and if it gets too harsh put a one above the other aside and it is perfectlly fine for 90 min session with dark leaf tobacco at the end of the session adding the third inside when the coals gets smaller.
@@mojohookahlounge When you use it with foil, you can fill the tobacco more; with both foil and HMD, less heat is released, but the smoking time is longer. I tried this with Kaloud lotus +1 and oblako and it worked.
That bowl is too small, 3 coals need to be placed on a wide deep bowl for the best heat, my preference is 4 coconara coals in a Alien Phunnel Bowl with a wind over that makes a cross then after the bowl is warmed up I rotate the coals to have the corner slightly stick out of the bowl to avoid burning the shidha tobacco. Ice in the Vase is a must. 😎