Filter life?

[HRPufnstuf]

Decided to use my new Missouri Meerscham with the provided filter...typicall I smoke filterless and baffleless. How many smokes can I expect to get from the average Medico style filter?
Not a puffer, more a sipper.

 

[Servant King]

I change my non-balsa filters each time, but that's just me. You can probably get 3-4 smokes out of one before its useful life is over, but as with many things, your mileage may vary.

 

[AJL67]

This is another there are 50 variables and one answer. Smoke it till you notice a difference and change it. You want to be really cheap smoke one or two bowls out of one then take it out and let it air dry and smoke a couple more bowls out of it. There is no on answer or even no 10 answers, humidity, tobacco type, how much you dry it ... all YMMV.

 

[ThermionicScott]

I often leave the provided filter in a pipe for the first couple of smokes. As much out of laziness as to absorb any off flavors from the scorching chamber walls. Then it's outta there for good.

 

[TheHellYeah]

When I bought my first new pipe I asked the seller(Savinelli) the same question. They said I could use up to 2 or 3 smokes the balsa filters. Since I use only one tobacco brand with that pipe I started to notice small changes in the tobacco flavour. Sometimes I grip the filter with my fingers and feel it a bit “wet” or saturated. That’s when I change. But I guess this can be different for each and everyone of us.

 

[Lucashly]

When I bought my first new pipe I asked the seller(Savinelli) the same question. They said I could use up to 2 or 3 smokes the balsa filters. Since I use only one tobacco brand with that pipe I started to notice small changes in the tobacco flavour. Sometimes I grip the filter with my fingers and feel it a bit “wet” or saturated. That’s when I change. But I guess this can be different for each and everyone of us.

Basically that’s ‘s what I do.

 

[seanv]

There is no real rule. Smoke it until you think it needs changing. Over time you will figure out what works best for you. I clean my Savinelli and Brigham filters with water to make them last longer. MM filters are cardboard so I wouldn't recommend that for them

 

[fireground_piper]

I replace every time. If I’m trying to pinch Pennies reusing a filter I should probably not be wasting money on tobacco. So always a fresh one for me.

 

[renfield]

Before someone asks, no you shouldn’t try to wash your filters to reuse them.

I generally went 2 maybe 3 smokes with the paper filters and more with balsa, but don’t use them any more. Whatever works for you. Your palate will tell you when to change it.

 

[mso489]

Go by taste. Different people will have different preferences for how long a filter will taste good. I would point out that most (but not all) pipes designed to use a filter will smoke perfectly well without one, so in most cases you have the option of smoking a pipe with its assigned filter, using the adaptor that can be used in place of the filter for a filterless airway, or just leave the filter out altogether and use the clear airway.

The rare pipe will have too open a draw or turbulence in the airway that you don't want, but most pipes including the 9 mm filter pipes smoke well without filter or adaptor, no turbulence, no problem. The main use for the adaptors is if you like a little more restricted draw.

 

[Rossi320]

Well I started out with a filter, seen what it looked like with a smoke...tossed it out and figured in for a penny in for a pound

 

[crashthegrey]

Some replace every bowl. Some every few. You'll notice it getting hard to draw or gross past that.

 

[RookieGuy80]

Normally about 3 or 4 smokes. Then I wonder why my tobacco tastes funny. And then I remember I put a filter in 3 or 4 smoke ago and pull it out.

 

[scloyd]

I'm not an everyday all day smoker so I toss all filters after one bowl. They're cheap.

 

[bullet08]

I know. Personal preference. Still it sounds very much like "life sentence".. Or "marriage".

 

[anotherbob]

I suggest not bothering with filters. You can get the same effect by going slow or gently as in sipping the pipe instead of puffing.

 

[Hutch Piper]

I change mine after every smoke.

 

[Hutch Piper]

I suggest not bothering with filters. You can get the same effect by going slow or gently as in sipping the pipe instead of puffing.

Some blends do bite me pretty hard, even after just a few minutes of smoking. Filters allow me to enjoy blends I otherwise probably wouldn’t be able to smoke. We are all different and have different body chemistries.

 

[Peter Turbo]

I change after every bowl.

 

[krizzose]

I usually use a balsa insert when I smoke a Savinelli or a cob (if I’m not using my forever stem). I throw them out after one bowl; I don’t smoke enough to make it worth my time to clean and dry them for multiple uses.