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Friend of mine sent me a care package--a Legend, some CB, cleaners, some White Elephant 6mm meerschaum filters. Anyone else have a problem with a really stiff draw on these? Any remedies? Other than you non-filter lads suggesting I throw them away :facepalm:
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JTWilliams wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:40 am Friend of mine sent me a care package--a Legend, some CB, cleaners, some White Elephant 6mm meerschaum filters. Anyone else have a problem with a really stiff draw on these? Any remedies? Other than you non-filter lads suggesting I throw them away :facepalm:
#NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT BRAND . SOMETIMES FILTERS SEEM A TOUCH TOO LONG . TRY SNIPPING AN 8TH OF AN INCH OFF , OR A QUARTER AND SEE HOW IT DOES
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JTWilliams wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:40 am Other than you non-filter lads suggesting I throw them away
don't do it
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Ruffinogold wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:56 pm
JTWilliams wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:40 am Friend of mine sent me a care package--a Legend, some CB, cleaners, some White Elephant 6mm meerschaum filters. Anyone else have a problem with a really stiff draw on these? Any remedies? Other than you non-filter lads suggesting I throw them away :facepalm:
These are filled with meerschaum granules. Don't think cutting will work.

#NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT BRAND . SOMETIMES FILTERS SEEM A TOUCH TOO LONG . TRY SNIPPING AN 8TH OF AN INCH OFF , OR A QUARTER AND SEE HOW IT DOES
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JTWilliams wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 3:19 pm
Ruffinogold wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:56 pm
JTWilliams wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:40 am Friend of mine sent me a care package--a Legend, some CB, cleaners, some White Elephant 6mm meerschaum filters. Anyone else have a problem with a really stiff draw on these? Any remedies? Other than you non-filter lads suggesting I throw them away :facepalm:
These are filled with meerschaum granules. Don't think cutting will work.

#NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT BRAND . SOMETIMES FILTERS SEEM A TOUCH TOO LONG . TRY SNIPPING AN 8TH OF AN INCH OFF , OR A QUARTER AND SEE HOW IT DOES
Yeah , I guess cutting won't work . never heard of these filters before ... Meer filled filters ? .. Weird
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Drill a hole through the middle. 🙄😂

Just kidding. I’ve never heard of them.
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I know them, however 6mm tend to get wet easily and clumpy ... blocking the air. I prefer 9mm ... also available from Elephant
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I have a pipe that takes 9mm filters and use the elephant meerschaum filters (I really like them)
The 6mm filters do not work for me regardless of material (carbon or meerschaum), even the paper ones swell and constrict the flow in my experience.
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Pipecurious wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:17 am I have a pipe that takes 9mm filters and use the elephant meerschaum filters (I really like them)
The 6mm filters do not work for me regardless of material (carbon or meerschaum), even the paper ones swell and constrict the flow in my experience.
That´s exactly my experience - I have around 100 pipes, 90 of them Savinellis, and only 4 or 5 with 6mm filters, most with 9mm (and some without filter I almost never smoke).
The 6mm always cause problems with the drafts and humidity ... uncomfortable to smoke, so rarely in use ...
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rosand wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:43 am
Pipecurious wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:17 am I have a pipe that takes 9mm filters and use the elephant meerschaum filters (I really like them)
The 6mm filters do not work for me regardless of material (carbon or meerschaum), even the paper ones swell and constrict the flow in my experience.
That´s exactly my experience - I have around 100 pipes, 90 of them Savinellis, and only 4 or 5 with 6mm filters, most with 9mm (and some without filter I almost never smoke).
The 6mm always cause problems with the drafts and humidity ... uncomfortable to smoke, so rarely in use ...
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