Pre Packing Your Pipe

[ophiuchus]

The windcap Embers posted would have been my recommendation as well. It's not so great as a windcap, but effectively keeps the chamber contents from spilling out in your pocket.
To the OP: I nearly always pre-pack anymore, particularly coins, flake, or sliced plug, by a day or three sometimes. Though I like to dry things out pretty well before stuffing, pre-packing gives the tobacco on top a chance to dry out even more for an easy light.

 

[cigrmaster]

When I get up in the morning I load 2 bowls, one milder than the other. I then load bowls as the mood strikes. I never load the day before.

 

[briarbuck]

As I pack I am putting the next load out to dry. But it's like talking about your dinner while you're eating breakfast, it's hard to anticipate what you'll crave at that time.

 

[trubka2]

I don't like to make decisions, do things, or converse in the morning before ingesting significant doses of nicotine and caffeine. So I load up the night before every single day. Same pipe, same tobacco for a few months now. Routine, it's what's for breakfast.

 

[tnfan]

I seldom pre-pack. Hate to plan ahead.

 

[tschiraldi]

I pack my morning bowl the night before, and my afternoon bowl in the morning. I think it tastes better with a bit of airing out, and I like being able to just light and go when I want a pipe.

 

[timt]

I've just started doing this as of late. Either pre pack or just leave enough for a bowl or two sitting in my ceramic saucer on the kitchen counter. I'm finding that crispy dry tobacco isn't such a bad thing in some cases.

 

[dcon]

I rarely do this but, I don’t believe that any Lakeland would suffer from packing the night before.

 

[krizzose]

If you’re too lazy to buy a wind cap, masking tape works just fine too

 

[jpmcwjr]

Convenience. If I go somewhere knowing that I'll only have time for one bowl, I'll pre-pack. Saves me from taking tobacco along.

Yes.
Prepacking far in advance means the tobacco on top is drier than that in the bottom, not such a good thing. I sometimes put extra dry tobacco in first, and top it off with medium dry.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I do this on occasion. Mainly it's when I'm planning on smoking a blend which requires more dry time. Other times it's simply for convenience.

 

[piperusak]

I pack a bowl in advance only in two cases. If the tobacco is very wet or to free your hands from tobacco when walking.

 

[eightywon]

Greetings all longtime no see. Been lurking for a few weeks after a substantial hiatus and was prompted by this thread. Surprised no one mentioned DGT? I only occasionally DGT but can’t honestly say I could tell a difference when I do? Is this not a thing anymore?

OP experiment a little and see what works for you (like so many others say, in so many other responses, to so many other questions)

I believe I remember hearing Brian Levine talking about charring a few bowls the day before to achieve this. Is he still around??

 

[bnichols23]

FYI for you newer denizens, what eighty is talking about here is Delayed Gratification Technique. Basically it's just smoking part of a bowl (maybe halfway or so), then letting it go out & pick up & light again sometime later. Since a lot of my pipes have largeish bowls & I often smoke them in the car, for me it's sometimes just by default. I never actually *plan* in advance to do it.
Bill

 

[jpmcwjr]

What Bill said. Several times a day I will put a bowl down that's unfinished. I may load another and head out. When I come back to it - in an hour, or the next day, it's fine on relight. Why? Because it's not soggy at the bottom.

I pack a bowl in advance only in two cases. If the tobacco is very wet or to free your hands from tobacco when walking.

If the tobacco is wet, that is not a time to load a pipe. It stays wet at the heel, while drying on top.

 

[seanv]

I plan to experiment more with this. Today I packed a bowl of ennerdale with the 8mtention of smoking it tonight or at latest tomorrow am