Outdoor smoking

[Highlandpiper]

What king of pipe is best for smoking outdoors I a windy climate?

 

[AJL67]

What king of pipe is best for smoking outdoors I a windy climate?

All hail the king!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Maybe look for pipes with windcaps, or buy those clip on wind caps.

 

[crashthegrey]

Besides a wind cap, plugs and flakes in a more condensed state, fold and stuff method, can be a pain to get lit but once lit, will stay lit better in the wind.

 

[Grangerous]

5 Brothers. It may be brief, but it ain’t going out! Pfffffft

 

[MikeDub]

Depending on your experience level, I would suggest a meerschaum pipe. I only smoke outdoors and if there is more than a slight breeze I reach for my meerschaums. I smoke flakes 80% of the time anyway, but they are better when it’s windy for the reasons crashthegrey mentioned.

 

[OzPiper]

One with a wind cap as suggested by @cosmicfolklore
The later ones of these have swivel tops.

 

[Coreios]

Wind caps are cheap and fit most all pipes.

 

[AppalachianPiper92]

As stated - wind cap for the pipe of your choice

 

[bullet08]

I smoke outside only. Any pipe will work. If it's truly miserable, do you really want to be out there? Occasionally wind, rain and so on, just put your hand to cup the top. Don't completely cover it.

 

[Egg Shen]

I smoke outside only. Any pipe will work. If it's truly miserable, do you really want to be out there? Occasionally wind, rain and so on, just put your hand to cup the top. Don't completely cover it.

I cup it/palm it too. This will make me smell like smoke so much more than if I kept my hand away. This could be bad if you have to step into an office or client meeting after smoking. When working from home this is my method of choice.

Windcaps make you look like a pompous ass

The only real solution is to find some shelter or wear a jacket with a hood that extends a few inches outboard of your face profile.

One should not be dissuaded from pipe smoking in the wind though. Over time i have learned that this is the best time to smoke wet blends; they will require almost no relights. You just have to make the wind work for you and keep your ember going. Turn away if it gets going too good.

A harsh wind can make dry tobacco burn too hot so instead I use it to get the denser goopier blends to burn nicely.

 

[OzPiper]

Windcaps make you look like a pompous ass

De rigeur if you're tooling along in your roadster or on board your yacht

 

[Briar Lee]

What king of pipe is best for smoking outdoors I a windy climate?

A Missouri Meerschaum cob.

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$5 and up.

 

[J2005]

I just go to the garage on a windy day. Beats struggling with keeping it going for sure!

 

[Highlandpiper]

Thank you all for the help, going to give wind covers a go.