A question was posed in our Hookah Genie chat room on how you clean your hookah hose. We have found that blowing into your hose to let out all the debris is the best way to keep it clean. After you are done blowing air into the hose to blow out all the debris, we advise you hold the hookah hose from the middle shake it so any lose debris will fall out. We recommend a hose to be replaced every 3 months as rusts and unhealthy charcoal particles build into the hose. If you don't believe me; simple cut open the hose and you can see exactly what I am talking about. It is not most appetizing scene in the world.
A common misconception is to put water into your hose. The water completely messes up the hose and cause rust to occur inside the hookah hose, which is harmful to breathe into your lungs. A hookah hose contains wires through out the whole thing, so imagine wetting metal and letting it stay out for a day. The only washable types of hose are the ones made of rubber pipes that do not have anything inside of them like metal wiring.
Aren't some hoses made to be 'washable', as in cleaning them with water is okay? I know many of them rust, but there seems to be quite a selection of washable hoses on a few hookah sites.
Most hookah manufacturers market there hoses as washables, but they seem not to be. The ones that are washable are hoses made out of plastic pipes because you can simply run water right through them. Any hose with metal wires rust and it is not healthy to smoke.
i have a WASHABLE plastic hose and i take very good care of it. i recently smoked a kiwi shisha that was very strong. it made the whole hookah taste terrible after awhile. i was able to get the smell out of the whole thing by deep-cleaning, but the taste still remains inside my hose. i have ran warm water through it and let it dry, and it still tastes bad, even when i inhale plain oxygen through it. is there some sort of household product i could use to get the taste out? baking soda works very good when i clean my vase, stem, and bowl; but i don't think its a good idea for a hose.
any comments would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
-chad.
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