Pipe Size Preferences?

[tzinc]

Starting out I liked bigger bowls after a year I prefer smaller ones. What are your preferences.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Group 6 to magnum. Generally nothing with a chamber depth of less than 50mm unless it's a very special one.

 

[ashdigger]

I like all the sizes. I’m not sizist

 

[autumnfog]

Medium-small.

 

[tklee]

Medium and small

 

[mtwaller]

For me approximately .85” wide x 1.25” deep is perfection (for English blends, which is overwhelmingly what I smoke). Most Rhodesians are in that ballpark. My tongue gets fatigued after much more than an hour, so I like a shallow chamber.

 

[mso489]

I have a big range of sizes, though none that could be called enormous, but well into Group 6 area. Now and then, nothing but the biggest bowl will do, for long meditative sessions, or the smallest Peterson Belgique when a short smoke is needed, or to sample, or for a medium smoke with flake or coin, etc. I enjoy compact pipes with ample bowls and lighter weight pipes that clench well. I find the variety useful.

 

[irishearl]

I have large pipes with small bowl capacities and smaller pipes with rather large bowl capacities and I prefer larger bowl capacities almost exclusively lately. Bit of a dilemma for me as at least half my Peterson pipe collection have capacities on the small side. That includes my 4 deluxe system pipes which I am not smoking now-a shame.

 

[irishearl]

For me approximately .85” wide x 1.25” deep is perfection (for English blends, which is overwhelmingly what I smoke). Most Rhodesians are in that ballpark. My tongue gets fatigued after much more than an hour, so I like a shallow chamber.

A shallow chamber will last me less than 5 minutes unless I'm smoking a flake. However, I put up with that to smoke my Rhodesians.

 

[LotusEater]

Most of my pipes are group 4or 5 but the two I smoke most often (everyday) are bigger.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Around 0.75" inside bowl diameter and 1.5" deep.

 

[kcghost]

I like the Group 4 size which is a medium sized bowl slightly on the small side.

 

[judcole]

Most of my pipes are probably Group 4 or smaller.

 

[scloyd]

Around 0.75" inside bowl diameter and 1.5" deep.

I just measured the pipes I smoke most often and this would be the size I prefer.

I don't know the Group sizes. Would this be considered a Group 4?

 

[stogie37]

1.5” chamber depth is my favorite and I’ll take the entire range in chamber diameter. A few shallower options for strong tabac or extremely slow burning flakes - and just a handful of tall bowls pretty much exclusively for dry ribbon cuts (think Orion’s Arrow, Bayou Morning, Stratfordshire etc.)

 

[ray47]

Depends on the blend I'm smoking at the time.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

When specs are available I usually go for chambers with a .75" to 1.0" diameter and depths around 1.5" or more. If I like the way a pipe looks overall, I'll make allowances or roll the dice.

 

[solideogloria86]

Around 0.75" inside bowl diameter and 1.5" deep.

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[mahew]

Hmmm. It’s not the size of the bowl that matters, but how you use it.

On a more serious note, I like variety, both in bowl size and tobacco so I mix it up. To me, the same pipe and tobacco on a daily basis would be akin to eating the same meal everyday. As much as I like eggs for breakfast, I make them in a variety of different ways and serve them with a variety of different ‘fixins’.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Generally, I prefer group 3 by Dunhill , so to say medium-large, and when I'm smoking my Kentucky Dark fired flakes I do favor a bit smaller sized chamber