Filtration System Options?

[Lianza]

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Hello pipe smokers!

I have smoked with and without filters and I can honestly say I enjoy using filters when I smoke my pipes. My favorite system so far is Brigham's maple filters. I have also tried balsa wood filtered pipes, and plastic filtered pipes.

Just wondering if anyone knows of a different/unique filtration system that any brand\company uses?

Thanks in advance,
Lianza

 

[edger]

This can be a controversial subject with forum members. I don’t like filters and the closest I’ve come is the EA Carey Magic Inch System. With this, some vents in the stem are designed to meter some cool air into the smoke stream to condense moisture and cause it to be absorbed by a papyrate sleeve in the stem. A cool, dry smoke stream is the result. Best of luck!

 

[anotherbob]

falcon has a dry ring and sort of works like a filter. There are some Vauens that use up to three filters. The falcon and the peterson system pipe kind of work like a filter without the extra headaches.

 

[mingc]

The only filters I've tried are the Dr. Graybow cardboard filters. I don't use them not because I don't like them but because I don't smoke the one Dr. Graybow pipes that fits them. They're otherwise ok.

Is the Brigham tube a filter at all? Seems like it's really a liner for the draft hole and that it doesn't actually filter anything.

 

[anotherbob]

The only filters I've tried are the Dr. Graybow cardboard filters. I don't use them not because I don't like them but because I don't smoke the one Dr. Graybow pipes that fits them. They're otherwise ok.

Is the Brigham tube a filter at all? Seems like it's really a liner for the draft hole and that it doesn't actually filter anything.

it does the same thing any of the filters do. I swear despite what people insist the filters for pipes only collect smoke and moisture but otherwise don't change what you get. The composition is the same as without a filter. So the wooden tubes do the same thing.

 

[seanv]

Hello pipe smokers!

I have smoked with and without filters and I can honestly say I enjoy using filters when I smoke my pipes. My favorite system so far is Brigham's maple filters. I have also tried balsa wood filtered pipes, and plastic filtered pipes.

Just wondering if anyone knows of a different/unique filtration system that any brand\company uses?

Thanks in advance,
Lianza

Have you tried a Peterson system pipe? No filter but a unique system

 

[dctune]

I don’t often use filters. I have a nice semi-churchwarden Savinelli that uses the balsa wood filters. However, I feel it restricts the draw a bit too much. But I do have a cheap Lorenzo Spitfire that uses 9mm charcoal filters. I do enjoy the flavor of a particular local B&M English blend through those charcoal filters, and every two weeks or so I’ll have a bowl.

 

[EvertonFC]

I only smoke pipes that accept 9mm activated charcoal pipe filters. For me, they have zero impact on taste and have completely eliminated tongue bite. The only drawback is you'll (mostly) need to order pipes from Europe, where 9mm is far more popular than the U.S. Two sites I've used that I would recommend:

https://www.lepipe.it/it/default.asp
https://www.danishpipeshop.com/

 

[HitchensDog]

Filters mute the flavors for me significantly. My favorite blends are straight Virginias and filters really take away the depth and complexity for me. I've actually tested this in the past using two cobs. One with a filter and one without, using the same blend. Huge difference in taste.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Why not develop a proper smoking technique which obviates any need for a filter ?
Myself and a good many others on this forum have no problems with tongue bite or moisture when using a standard pipe.

 

[EvertonFC]

Why not develop a proper smoking technique which obviates any need for a filter ?
Myself and a good many others on this forum have no problems with tongue bite or moisture when using a standard pipe.

I'll offer two answers to this. One, I think there are some of us whose pH is such that we're just more prone to tongue bite, no matter of technique. But two, speaking for myself, I didn't get into smoking a pipe because one day I woke up and said, "Oh man. How awesome would it be if I mastered proper pipe smoking technique?" I got into pipes because I like the taste of pipe tobacco and because I enjoy the artistry of pipe making.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

I'll offer two answers to this. One, I think there are some of us whose pH is such that we're just more prone to tongue bite, no matter of technique. But two, speaking for myself, I didn't get into smoking a pipe because one day I woke up and said, "Oh man. How awesome would it be if I mastered proper pipe smoking technique?" I got into pipes because I like the taste of pipe tobacco and because I enjoy the artistry of pipe making.

It may not be awesome if you master a proper pipe smoking technique that does not require the use of filters, but it would be normal and enjoyable.

I'm not saying that you don't enjoy your pipe using charcoal filters.
I'm just saying they are unnecessary crap. Mere toys for those unwilling to learn. Perhaps a bit like stabiliser wheels for children's bicycles.

I used to get tongue bite many years ago, but I learnt to avoid it by using good technique.

I had to learn by myself. You have the advantage of a forum where you can ask questions and get answers.

 

[HitchensDog]

If I can jump in on the technique versus ph subject. I think there would be a way to test this. If, when EvertonFC smokes his pipe, does the pipe get so hot it has to be put down to cool off? When I smoke my pipe, it gets warm, but never so hot that I have to let it cool off. If the pipe gets too hot, that could be a source of tongue bite and a technique issue with packing and smoking. I would think that could be a possibility with a filter, since the draw is so much more restricted.

 

[anotherbob]

Hey if a filter helps someone enjoy a pipe that's freaking great. They seem to be popular enough as not to be written off straight off.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

For the sake of argument. If this was a beer drinkers forum, and some people came on and said " I don't like the way that my lips get wet when drinking a pint straight from the glass. I find that using a straw overcomes this problem. " They would be laughed to scorn.

 

[mikethompson]

Brigham's maple filters

Definitely the better filter out there from my experience

 

[Michigan_Bill]

Do I remember correctly, that about 40 years ago there was a filter pipe that had tubular paper filters? The pipes had some sort of plastic pipe with holes in it where the tenon usually is, and a sort of grille kinda doohicky to let external air in. The idea was that when you drew on the pipe, external air would make the moisture in the smoke condense onto the paper filters, which covered the inner pierced pipe. Rube Goldberg approach to smoking a pipe. Suppose it couldn’t have lasted long as a viable product.

 

[Casual]

I don't like the way that my lips get wet when drinking a pint straight from the glass. I find that using a straw overcomes this problem.

Dear naïve Englishman,

We’ve got you covered.

Yours very sincerely,
The Colonies.

 

[burleybreath]

Do I remember correctly, that about 40 years ago there was a filter pipe that had tubular paper filters? The pipes had some sort of plastic pipe with holes in it where the tenon usually is, and a sort of grille kinda doohicky to let external air in. The idea was that when you drew on the pipe, external air would make the moisture in the smoke condense onto the paper filters, which covered the inner pierced pipe. Rube Goldberg approach to smoking a pipe. Suppose it couldn’t have lasted long as a viable product.

Sounds like the E. A. Carey, mentioned above. I don't care for them, but they sort of work and are still around. I used them as a beginner. The "filter" is a sleeve that dissipates gurgle fairly effectively. The slots dilute the smoke a bit, also, which tends to soften the impact on the tyro's tongue. My biggest objection was the esthetics. But, you know, they're OK if you need something, real or imagined.

 

[fireground_piper]

When I first started smoking a pipe, I never would have imagined non-filter users being so critical of my preferences to use a filter.

I was so very, very wrong.