Pack It To The Brim, Or Not?

Log in

SmokingPipes.com Updates

New Cigars




PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

Drucquers Banner

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,210
60,433
If you pack your pipe to the brim, it may rise up at first, but soon settles down into the bowl and slowly burns lower. But if you pack it a little less, it has room to rise up and you don't have to settle it as much with a tamper, maybe. What's your habit? I usually pack just below the brim, but it varies.
 

strave19

Starting to Get Obsessed
Aug 13, 2011
249
324
I often don't pack all the way to the top, for time purposes. Family/work requirements rarely give me an hour+ to sit and enjoy. So I'm usually 1/2 to 3/4 full. I don't really mind having things rise up above the bowl on first lighting though if I am able to pack it full.
 

spicy_boiii

Part of the Furniture Now
Aug 5, 2020
592
2,728
Bay Area, California
I always pack mine to the top, which I am trying to get out of the habit of doing. I find it makes it more likely that I'll pack it too firm initially.

I'm trying to start packing two pipes if I want a long smoke. The nice part about that, is that if I change my mind about what I'm smoking or whether I want to smoke that much, I just don't light the next pipe.