Burning Hookah HMD before the first use - Do it like this!

You've probably heard that you should burn out your hookah smokebox before using it for the first time, right? If not, now is the time and we'll explain what burning out the smokebox or HMD is all about. After explaining what it's for, we'll give you step-by-step instructions so you can easily replicate the process at home!

The reason why you should definitely burn out your Smokebox!

Hookah HMDs and smokeboxes are made of metal. The Kaloud Lotus or the extremely popular ONMO HMD are made of aluminum, while models such as the Na Grani HMD or the AO HMD 912 are made of stainless steel. In general, all noteworthy models are made of these two materials. When manufacturing metal products, oils are generally used to ensure that the material can be processed. When the smokebox is heated up during a hookah session through direct contact with the charcoal, the oils evaporate and you inhale them through your hookah. This is exactly why it is so important that you burn out your smokebox before using it for the first time!

Step by step instructions: Burn out hookah HMD and vaporize production residues!

After you have taken your smokebox out of the packaging, you may think that there are no oils or other residues on the metal and that it is not absolutely necessary to burn it out. However, we always advise you to carry out this process anyway, as the residue may be in a wafer-thin layer on the surface and not necessarily visible to the naked eye. Better safe than sorry - so we'd rather burn out the smokebox than run the risk of inhaling the toxic fumes that are produced when the residue evaporates. And this is how the burn-out works:

1. Place the Smokebox on a fireproof surface. Preferably outside on the paving stones.
2. Light four charcoal cubes on the hookah charcoal burner.
3. Place two of the lit hookah charcoal cubes under the hookah smokebox and two inside.
4. Simply let the charcoal glow through so that the HMD is brought to maximum temperature.

ATTENTION: Some of our customers have already had the idea of placing their new Smokebox on the charcoal burner to burn it out. However, we strongly advise against this, as the metal gets too hot and can melt! Then not only the smokebox but also the lighter will be ruined!

Our conclusion on burnout

Smoking hookah is bad for your health, but we believe that you should at least be careful not to inhale toxic fumes from the oils in the production residues. For this reason, we consider it essential to burn out the smokebox and strongly advise all our customers to do so.