Does Anyone Top Off?

[docpierce]

Lately I Have found myself adding more tobacco on top of dottle.
Laziness? Perhaps. It would be easy to tap out the remaining contents and re pack the bowl. But 9/10th the way through a bowl, I just feel like smoking a little longer. Then I get to happily smoke another 20 or so minutes. No noticeable harshness. This morning I added two pinches of Old Joe onto dottle from H&H AJ VaPers- a nice switch up, imo.

 

[Chasing Embers]

My smallest pipes are large group 4s. Usually a 90-120 minute smoke. I always finish and thoroughly clean the pipe and allow it to cool before putting more tobacco in it.

 

[smokeyweb]

The problem with “topping off” is that the fresh smoke is filtered through ash and gunk. I’ve done it before but it seems like it doesn’t taste as good.

 

[prndl]

Once.

I left it there.

 

[mso489]

Yes, I believe I'd opt for a larger pipe, whatever that means for you. There is nothing terrible about packing another pinch of blend on top, but I think it is better to let the ember settle and burn from the top. My guess is that it makes for a better smoke that improves most of the way down. By larger pipe, I mean larger, deeper chamber, in this case.

 

[Slowpony]

I top off a lot. Especially if I’m outside and don’t have a lighter handy haha. I do smoke a lot of arromatics. I don’t notice a big difference.

 

[danimalia]

The problem with “topping off” is that the fresh smoke is filtered through ash and gunk. I’ve done it before but it seems like it doesn’t taste as good.

Exactly my experience with trying to top off. I tried it a few times early on and decided it was just better to pack a fresh bowl even if I didn't want a full one. I have a couple of smaller pipes so it's not a huge waste if I only want an extra 10-15 minutes.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I don’t very often, but it’s usually because I smoke a lot of flakes, which burn slowly. By the time it’s done I’m usually ready for something different. I do occasionally top off if I’m smoking something that burns a little more quickly, but not often. It’s just not that much trouble to dump any dottle and ash, wipe it out, and repack.

 

[BROBS]

sounds like something you do in secret late at night

 

[renfield]

The flavors are better if you clean out and pack fresh, IME.

I don’t see the point in saving a bit of acrid, tarry dottle that’ll probably not get smoked a second time.

 

[cigrmaster]

I jam a flake in my pipe and sometimes the walls are too short. I jam in some more then I run a pipe cleaner into the bowl to create and air way so I can smoke my pipe. The first couple of minutes are used to keep the tobacco in the pipe as it tends to want to fall out due to over packing. But me and my trusty tamper are up for the challenge. I keep the tobacco in the cone and rarely burn a whole in my shirt. I have always been a more is better kind of guy.

 

[stokesdale]

No.

 

[geo4]

No. If I want to keep smoking, I just pack a fresh pipe.

 

[anotherbob]

sounds like something you do in secret late at night

reminds me of a stupid thing I did in my film making class in High School (yeah that statement describes the place pretty well actually) we did this survey question about how often people masticate. Hey it was pretty funny back then with some peoples answers.

 

[kurtbob]

Tried it a few times for the hell of it. Won’t do it again, paid good money for good tobacco and topping it off made it taste like ass. I’ll just dump it and repack a new one

 

[docpierce]

Exactly my experience with trying to top off. I tried it a few times early on and decided it was just better to pack a fresh bowl even if I didn't want a full one. I have a couple of smaller pipes so it's not a huge waste if I only want an extra 10-15 minutes.

Good idea.

 

[anotherbob]

Tried it a few times for the hell of it. Won’t do it again, paid good money for good tobacco and topping it off made it taste like ass. I’ll just dump it and repack a new one

yeah it's better that way. I've tried it once or twice out of curiosity or some other such thing. And while I could debate how much it ruined things, it was clearly less tasty and enjoyable as just dumping out the old and repacking. Oh one thing no one tells you is you don't have to pack the whole way either.

 

[bullet08]

Depends. After packing the bowl, I might have a little tobacco left over. Instead of putting it back in the jar, I might top off after first few tamps.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Not a good idea in my opinion. I’d at least clean out the bowl and shank with a pipe cleaner then load up again. My experience with adding fresh tobacco onto ash has not been good.️

 

[cigrmaster]

I never smoke the same pipe more than once a day, it is just a thing I have kind of like using a handkerchief blowing a huge load in it then wrapping it up and sticking it back in my pocket, it just skeeves me out.

I never smoke the same bend more than once a day as I like variety. Every time I do to light up a pipe it has to be fresh, and rested and ready to give me the type of smoke I expect. I don't settle for a smoke that is not superior. I don't ever want an average smoke. I want them all to be perfect and I believe I have s=come up with the perfect system that works for me.