Pipe Filters? Yes? No? What Type?
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:27 am
I'm hoping to get some fellow pipemakers opinions on pipe filters, pipes that use filters, etc. Like, if you were going to get into building a line of semi-custom filter-pipes, how would you go about it?
See: Pipes: Filters and Filter Pipes
Different Sizes: 6mm? 9mm? Etc.
Type: Paper? Charcoal? Crystals? Wooden filter? Etc.
Availability in Local Markets? Like, Europeans seem to have much better access to 9mm filters, while "Dr. Grabow" type 6mm filters are on the shelves of most drug stores in the US. Canadians seem to have better access to "Brigham" type filters. Etc.
So if you were building a line of semi-custom filter pipes, do you choose a design based on what's most readily available in your local market? Or do you pick whichever design you like best and hope end-users figure out a way to get ahold of replacement filters?
Do you have a personal favorite system?
What about the longterm availability of a particular filter design? Like, some types of filters have come and gone. So how would that play into your choice of designs?
Or are pipe filters strictly taboo in your opinion?
See: Pipes: Filters and Filter Pipes
Different Sizes: 6mm? 9mm? Etc.
Type: Paper? Charcoal? Crystals? Wooden filter? Etc.
Availability in Local Markets? Like, Europeans seem to have much better access to 9mm filters, while "Dr. Grabow" type 6mm filters are on the shelves of most drug stores in the US. Canadians seem to have better access to "Brigham" type filters. Etc.
So if you were building a line of semi-custom filter pipes, do you choose a design based on what's most readily available in your local market? Or do you pick whichever design you like best and hope end-users figure out a way to get ahold of replacement filters?
Do you have a personal favorite system?
What about the longterm availability of a particular filter design? Like, some types of filters have come and gone. So how would that play into your choice of designs?
Or are pipe filters strictly taboo in your opinion?