Smoke Buddy - Smoke without a Scent

SMOKEBUDDY PRODUCT TEST REPORT by Carlos FanBongo

Just a short intro to myself, an experienced grower and smoker of twenty some years. We are all aware of the ability of carbon filters to remove smells and particles from grow spaces,so i guess it was a logical progression that the initiative of a company based in the USA led to realizing this idea could be used for smokers too. They have manufactured a minuscule carbon filter,which they claim allows the user to smoke a one hit bong or pipe ANYWHERE without any smoke or smell. Similar to their larger grow room cousins, these filters do need replacing occasionally,but the regularity of that would depend entirely on the amount it is used.Luckily the vendor offers them singularly or a six month or years supply,with discounts the more you buy. The price for one smokebuddy is US$19.99  I was most intrigued by this product, as i have predominately been a bong and pipe smoker for most of my smoking life, so decided i needed to test one immediately. As soon as the package arrived i packed my deepest roor bowl with 0.7 g of some well ground frosty MRnice critical mass,and a sprinkling of royale haze/blue widow super melt dry sift-just to be safe;) I stoked the bowl hard and waited till the icemaster cylinder was full of thick yellow smoke before lifting the down tube and injecting the ridiculous amount of smoke into my lungs; I didn't hold the smoke as long as i usually would on account of wanting to give the smoke buddy a worthwhile test. I almost immediately exhaled through the narrower end of the smokebuddy and to my utter amazement,and the friend who's help I'd enlisted to smell the outlet end from a distance of around 2 inches,not a wisp of smoke emitted from the outlet,my friend said the best way to describe what he felt and smelt coming from the outlet was a warm, steamy smell.

Impressed by the initial results i felt the smoke buddy warranted further testing.using a small pipe with some brewery tubing attached as a mouthpiece extension, and armed with my smokebuddy I attended my local cinema,and sitting toward the back managed to smoke 7 one hit pipes without any one giving me the slightest odd look.the cinema wasn't full to capacity but i think this does go a good way towards demonstrating the effectiveness of this product. One observation I'd make though is that this really is useless for smoking joints, as it has no way of dealing with the smoke that leaves the end of a joint. A pipe with a lid may be better used for this if you do want to use it for clandestine smoking,but with some practice it is easy to judge the exact amount of smoking material you can take in one hit. Another small technique that seems to make the smokebuddy slightly more effective is that you should exhale your smoke through the device, then breath in through your nose to get enough breath to push the last remnants of smoke that will have remained on the dirty side of the carbon filter that the end of your first exhale weren't able to push through.With a little practice you will soon see that this is one of the most innovative products to come on the smoking scene because it really does allow you to smoke ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. At the time of writing this article i don't think theses are available on any UK websites but if you contact Greg on www.smokebuddy.com he will ship to the UK quickly.There is a green smokebuddy to be won with a smokebuddy torch key chain in the competition section.