Below is a list of available hookah bowls on the market, their uses, and tobacco capacity... Additional information is only provided for bowls that I personally own or that I have used.
Modern Bowls
Tobacco Capacity: 20g-25g
Modern Moassels (Al Faker, Fumari, Fantasia): 7/10
Traditional Moassels (Nakhla, Desi Muri): 7/10 Smokes Nakhla fairly well, haven't tried DM.
Jurak: N/A I haven't tried to smoke jurak out of one of these bowls, and don't know that I plan to.
Tombac: N/A Mod bowls are far to deep and saucer shaped for smoking tombac properly.
Overall: 6/10 Not one of my favorite bowls, but they do work. I recommend you upgrade to an Egyptian bowl or saloum bowl when you get the chance. The only time I use one of these is when I want to have a longer session.
Egyptian Bowls
Tobacco Capacity: 5g-8g (Small) 8g-15g (Medium) 15g-20g (Large)
Modern Moassels (Al Faker, Fumari, Fantasia):
Traditional Moassels (Nakhla, Desi Muri): 10/10 Smokes black leafs amazingly.
Jurak: 9/10 Smokes jurak very well.
Tombac: N/A Haven't tried it yet. I'll have info soon.
Overall: 9/10 One of the best all around bowls out there. Very durable and cheap.
Saloum Bowl
Tobacco Capacity: 10g-50g (Depending on size of foil ball)
Modern Moassels (Al Faker, Fumari, Fantasia): 8/10 Large clouds, saves tobacco.
Traditional Moassels (Nakhla, Desi Muri): 10/10 Smokes black tobaccos like a champ.
Jurak: N/A Haven't tried it yet. I'll have more info soon.
Tombac: 10/10 Best tombac bowl I have come across so far.
Overall: 10/10 Wonderful bowls, smokes everything well and are incredibly cheap... The foil ball also makes it adjustable.
Tangiers Phunnel Bowls (Clay)
Tobacco Capacity: 40g-50g (Small) 60g-70g (Medium) 80g-90g (Large)
Modern Moassels (Al Faker, Fumari, Fantasia): Smokes tangiers exceptionally well.
Traditional Moassels (Nakhla, Desi Muri): Smokes Nakhla well.
Jurak: N/A
Tombac: N/A
Overall: 9/10 Smokes tangiers very well, nak also does well in this bowl. The only real down side of this bowl is the massive 40g capacity. I don't recommend it if you smoke solo allot, unless you like 6 hour tangiers sessions.
Crown Micro Phunnel Bowl (Pyrex)
Tobacco Capacity: 8g-20g (Depends on specifications)
Modern Moassels (Al Faker, Fumari, Fantasia): 9/10 Smokes wet tobacco best, especially tangiers.
Traditional Moassels (Nakhla, Desi Muri): 8.5/10 Doesn't do to bad, but could last longer.
Jurak: 1/10 Not sure why but jurak takes on a strange flavor in this bowl.
Tombac: N/A
Overall: 9/10 One of the best bowls I have used for modern tobaccos, sessions last considerably longer. Most black tobaccos do fairly well in this bowl too.
Vortex bowls
Tobacco Capacity: 15g-20g (Genie) 25g-30g (Standard)
Modern Moassels (Al Faker, Fumari, Fantasia): 8/10 Smokes modern tobaccos well.
Traditional Moassels (Nakhla, Desi Muri): 9/10 smokes DM and nakhla like a champ.
Jurak: N/A
Tombac: N/A
Overall: 8.5/10 Just got a genie vortex in a few days ago, so far it smokes very well.
Tangiers Super Chief
Tobacco Capacity: N/A
Modern Moassels (Al Faker, Fumari, Fantasia): N/A
Traditional Moassels (Nakhla, Desi Muri): N/A
Jurak: N/A
Tombac: N/A
Overall: I hear these bowls are amazing, though they are somewhat of a rarity. I will have a review as soon as I can get a hold of one.
For those of you that have no clue what some of the above mentioned bowls look like I have decided to post a picture of my bowl stash to better show you what some of the bowls look like. They will be listed in order from top left to bottom right. 1. Pyrex Glass Crown Micro Phunnel. 2&3. Large Clay Egyptian bowls. 4. Unglazed Clay Egyptian Bowl. 5. "Tiny" Glazed Clay Egyptian Bowl. 6. Small Glazed Clay Tangiers Phunnel Bowl. 7. Glazed Clay Saloum Bowl. 8. Unglazed Clay Saloum Bowl. 9. Glazed Clay Small Egyptian Bowl. 10. Glazed Ceramic Modern Bowl. 11. Glazed Ceramic Egyptian Style Modern Bowl. 12. Glazed Ceramic Modern Bowl. Hopefully this will be some kind of help to some of you out there new to hookah. Obviously I have a few bowls in my collection that are a bit abnormal but most of them can be found from one of the vendors in the vendors section.
