Maybe you might have noted fancy hookah lounges opening up downtown and wondered what’s an e-hooka. How does it work? Is it the same as a narguile tradicional? The new electronic or e-hookahs put a modern techy spin on the pastime even though they have a long cultural tradition, especially in the Middle East. In this blog post, we will give you a primer on understanding e-hookahs, explaining everything from how they work to their pros and cons compared to traditional hookahs.
What is an e-hookah?
Folks! You could never make this up – the e-hooka also called an electronic hooka or e-shisha, looks and feels just like the traditional hookahs we all know and love. Can you believe that? At first glance, you would think an e-hooka resembles one of those specialized lounge-born shishas with bases, elongated stems, bowls, and mouthpieces. The difference however is that instead of burning shisha tobacco, these devices use batteries and heating coils to vaporize liquids stored in cartridges resulting in inhalable water vapor.
I have tried e-hookahs with both disposable e-heads and reusable bases. The vaping experience is so close to smoking a real hookah, with smooth, tasty draws, and vibrant flavor profiles that perfectly match the e-juice. I can change between mint, fruit, and dessert tastes instantly without any setup or mess. But I’m not the only one who thinks this. This feeling is almost like traditional fumar narguile according to many users’ reports. You can simulate a shisha session by manipulating the PG/VG ratio, nicotine level, and heating temperature. Thick and even vapor production comes together with extremely pure-tasting fruit flavors.
Nonetheless, there are also some drawbacks just like any other new technology. Moreover, they make use of special heating coils and tanks which makes replacement parts hard to find as well as quite expensive. You will be restricted in your vaping time since the batteries are built-in. Besides this, operating e-hookahs might take a bit of practice before you figure out how to get exactly what you need from your vape pen or mod box – it’s called finding your sweet spot;). However, I still think that E-hookahs remain one of the most popular ways young people are choosing to smoke today
What are the parts of an e-hookah?
Below, Let’s break down the key components so you can understand how these futuristic devices work their magic. At the base is the battery and main control unit. This powers the heating element which vaporizes the flavored e-liquid from the cartridge above. The cartridge or “e-head” contains the e-juice reservoir as well as the atomizer coils responsible for turning liquid into vapor. Up through the metal stem runs the tube and wires carrying power and vapor up to the mouthpiece. This is the part you put your lips on to inhale the vapor. And voila! Those are essentially the core pieces of an e-hookah. Pretty cool isn’t that?
What differentiates an e-hookah from a traditional one?
Nothing is really burnt when smoking an e-hookah, unlike traditional hookahs. They consist of a battery, heating coil, liquid cartridge, and mouthpiece. When inhaling, an electronic switch clicks activating and sending power from the battery straight to the heating coil which instantly fires up to 100-250°C within seconds later. As you are aware, this heat converts liquid in cartridges into gas with nicotine content terpenes flavors etcetera which you then inhale through a device similar to this piece of artifice thus creating almost the same effect as smoking itself.
As you know, since e-hookahs heat and vaporize liquid electrically instead of burning, they’re simpler and cleaner than old school hookahs – no nasty tar and combustion byproducts. But at the same time, e-hookahs lack the unique charcoal-burning flavor that gives traditional hookah smoke its signature taste.
Is an e-hookah safer than smoking traditional tobacco hookah?
Firstly, you don’t burn any tobacco or charcoal in an e-hookah so that it avoids those terrible carcinogens one can get from puffing on a traditional shisha. Several early studies showed that toxic chemicals in e-hookah vapor were lower compared to cigarette smoke. This means that theoretically, inhaling fruity water vapors sounds healthier than breathing smoky clouds of tobacco.
But don’t be fooled by the delicious smell of the vapor because there’s more to it – you must be aware of some health risks associated with e-hookahs. It turns out that nicotine liquid is as addictive as the substance itself while long term inhalation hazards from flavor chemicals still remain unknown. Particularly When manufacturers make e-cigarette liquids, they use industrial softeners; residual solvents plus other substances to cut down production costs. But when these compounds are vaporized and inhaled then they may release new types of toxins penetrating into our body through respiratory tracks leading to unanticipated health risks.
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