I bought a new phunnel bowl today to replace my covered bowl, but my girlfriend is concerned about the lack of a cover and the risk of the hookah being knocked over. Is there any way to cover a phunnel bowl to keep the coal inside?
Old bowl: http://i.imgur.com/w10MD.jpg New bowl: http://i.imgur.com/9Tu0Z.jpg
Posted Aug 5, 2012, 12:53 AM UTC
The only thing that is gonna work is a tall Tangiers sized wind cover. I take that back you could make a foil crown cover but I would go with tall cover.
I got the Large Silver Windcover from 5starhookah.com and it works on my Tangiers Small and Pico. On different hookahs, the bottom of the bowl will be closer to the tray so it won't need to be so tall, but on a KM or Egyptian hookah, it will need to be about 10" or so to clear the top of the bowl.
I have one of these I think I have a large. It covers the bowl and rests on the tray. Never had any problems with it, aside from too much heat when on a second or third bowl, which just means its doing its job.
Windcovers can be used to manage heat and save coals as well as providing protection once your hookah tips over.
-I've been smoking at a friends apartment when his dog knocked over the pipe and the windcover caught all of the coals, saving the carpet. I would imagine that with a larger bowl (such as the phunnel) would give a bigger chance of coal catching compared to a small bowl (like the vortex), but there is a chance of the windcover not catching the coals.
TL;DR: Yes & it will help shield your carpet from coals, but not as much as your old bowl.
Windcover.
I can't seem to find windcovers larger than the one I have now, and the phunnel bowl is significantly larger than the old bowl so I can't just transfer it over.
Edit: Nevermind. I just looked those up. They aren't what I was thinking. Are they affixed to the hookah or would they come off if the hookah fell over?
Most of them just sit on top of the bowl, so yes they would fall off if the hookah fell. I believe, and I could be wrong, that some windcovers sit on the tray and cover the bowl. But I'm not sure any exist aside from the one you have pictured that's sort of built onto the bowl that actually affix to the bowl.