Filters

[mrgunnar177]

So I'm considering getting a pipe with a filter, why would be the benefit or the con of filters? It's a savinelli miele...do I have to use the filter?

Any ideas on this would be great

Gunnar

 

[pstlpkr]

Good question Gunnar. IMHO Just throw them away.

To me they have never been of any benefit.

 

[mrgunnar177]

Thanks for the quick replies! If I get the pipe I'll just not use the filter, seeing how its not necessary

Cheers!

Gunnar

 

[taerin]

Filters are great at preventing gurgle if your pipe is prone to that. They do reduce flavor and mellow out the smoke a little. Most don't use them because of that including myself. I own a few corn cob pipes which never gurgle because of the really big air passages and a Peterson System Pipe for the same reason. Filters can also reduce tongue bite on blends that bite you too much.

 

[mrgunnar177]

Oh I see, thanks!

 

[martiniman]

One of the reasons i started with a filtered Savinelli was because of the many reasons mentioned above. I've smoked it with and without and cannot tell the diff...... :roll:

 

[topd]

I smoke all the way to the bottom of the bowl and do several relights to make sure I got it all. Sometimes in a cob with a large stem passage, I'll get some hot ash on my tongue, so I started using a filter in those. I don't use a production filter, but put some of the tobacco I'm smoking in the stem. Saves the tongue every time.

 

[bigmike]

Try it both ways then decide which works best for you. Everyone's different.......

 

[cortezattic]

Marketing pioneer Daniel Boone Savinelli with an early focus group.

:rofl: Man, I get a lotta mileage outta this!

 

[martiniman]

:laughat:

Man, I get a lotta mileage outta this!

 

[lordnoble]

Man, I get a lotta mileage outta this!

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-Jason
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