First Cob, First Filter

[LikeDadDid]

Smoked my first cob this morning (MM Legend), which came with a Dr G paper filter. The pipe is great, but my first experience with a filter was not. Didn't like the restrictive draw, the extra-cool smoke, and especially the reduction in flavor. I took it out. I'm smokey now!

 

[BROBS]

Filters of any kind basically suck.

 

[mso489]

Next cob you buy, you might want to try a special edition with an acrylic stem and no filter. Your Legend is a good pipe, but you will have to replace the soft plastic stem from time to time. With a filter and a mild blend, you pretty much miss any flavor. Just leave the filter out.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Yes, find a MM cob with an acrylic/Lucite stem. I have a newer Freehand and the Carolina Gent. Nice feel and draw. Both are cool both aesthetically and temperature.

 

[JOHN72]

Filters of any kind basically suck.

My only filter is my teeth. I hate the filters............?

 

[LikeDadDid]

Filters of any kind basically suck.

No, I'm telling you, they don't.

 

[LikeDadDid]

No, I'm telling you, they don't.

See what I did there?

 

[Wuce Brayne]

I use filters occasionally. Some blends I enjoy so much I tend to smoke too fast and hot. When I get to the point of being bit by this bad habit, I find the extra restriction of air helps me to get back to proper 'sipping' rhythm.

 

[anotherbob]

I use filters occasionally. Some blends I enjoy so much I tend to smoke too fast and hot. When I get to the point of being bit by this bad habit, I find the extra restriction of air helps me to get back to proper 'sipping' rhythm.

those wind caps might help. They certainly restrict the draw.
I have to agree that filters aren't for everyone. I never liked them. The people I've met who like them tend to admit to being puffers more then sippers.

 

[telescopes]

I've not had problems with filters. I've learned to NOT push them all the way in. Leaving a gap creates a much better smoke.

 

[BROBS]

I've not had problems with filters. I've learned to NOT push them all the way in. Leaving a gap creates a much better smoke.

So the smoke just goes around it instead of through it? What’s the point?

 

[telescopes]

So the smoke just goes around it instead of through it? What’s the point?

Really? It goes through it, but the filter isn't butted up against the hole on the smoker's side. Plus, I don't chew tobacco and I prefer the ick to stay on the bowl side. YMMV.

 

[BROBS]

Really? It goes through it, but the filter isn't butted up against the hole on the smoker's side. Plus, I don't chew tobacco and I prefer the ick to stay on the bowl side. YMMV.

If the end of the filter isn’t jammed into the taper of the stem the smoke will just pass around the outside

 

[Wuce Brayne]

If the end of the filter isn’t jammed into the taper of the stem the smoke will just pass around the outside

I don't believe I've ever bought a MM filtered cob in which the filter was jammed in.

 

[BROBS]

I don't believe I've ever bought a MM filtered cob in which the filter was jammed in.

I have. They usually fall loose.
the filter should stay in the stem when you remove it.

 

[Wuce Brayne]

I have. They usually fall loose.
the filter should stay in the stem when you remove it.

My normal filter pipe, the one I use most is a Dr. Grabow Duke. I find the Grabow filter pipe to be pretty cleanly flush with the filter inserted. Perhaps this is the major reason that I tend to have success in my use of filters. Definitely something to think about.

 

[telescopes]

I have. They usually fall loose.
the filter should stay in the stem when you remove it.

this has not been my experience with my filtered pipes. I lease about a 1/16 if a. Inch of room in the end and they work as they should. Think of the balsa wood filters. They don’t catch everything but they catch enough.

 

[seanv]

I use a filter on my cobs from time to time and rally don't notice much of a difference except with the draw.
On my Brigham pipes I use the filter very rarely. It doesn't hinder the smoke but I usually just forget to add it.

 

[olkofri]

I use balsa on my cobs. Works wonderfully.

 

[LikeDadDid]

I thought about cutting some length off the filter to see if that helped, but then I said "why"