What is the actiTube filter?
The actiTube activated carbon filter is a filter you can place in your pipe, joint, or cigarette.
As an alternative to conventional cigarette filters, it is designed to reduce unwanted substances from your tobacco or smoking blend.
The filter makes the smoke smoother without changing the intended experience.
Many particles that would otherwise pass through are trapped by the activated carbon.
When the filter is replaced, those trapped residues are disposed of with it.
In this article, we explain how to use the actiTube activated carbon filter correctly and what it can do.
What do activated carbon filters do in a joint?
What filter are you currently using in your joint?
If you use a conventional filter, or even a homemade tip made of paper or cardboard, the smoke is barely filtered.
Smoke from a tobacco joint can be much more heavily loaded than cigarette smoke.
So from now on, consider herbal blends instead of tobacco and an activated carbon filter for your joint.
There are many manufacturers of activated carbon filters.
The actiTube activated carbon filter is one of the best known.
Brands such as OCB and Gizeh also offer this type of filter.
Their construction differs only slightly.
What they all share is a round shape.
Activated carbon filters consist of organic material with a ceramic cap.
The main differences are in diameter.
The actiTube activated carbon filter has a diameter of about 8 mm, but narrower versions are also available.
The Slim filter from actiTube measures only 7 mm in diameter.
It was the first activated carbon joint filter this thin.
The 7 mm Slim filter filters just as well as the wider version.
Its handy size is especially popular with smokers.
actiTubes are based on filter inserts for tobacco pipes.
Activated carbon filters were originally designed for pipes, which is why they are longer and thicker than cigarette filters.
Because actiTube activated carbon filters are still meant to fit into tobacco pipe mouthpieces, they have kept their original shape.
You place the activated carbon filter at the front of your joint.
The good thing is that you can even use it several times.
That makes it especially practical and less wasteful.
What do activated carbon filters filter when smoking?
You probably already know that smoking is harmful.
Tobacco smoke in particular contains more than 600 different unwanted substances, including the best-known one, nicotine.
The combustion process itself also creates harmful gases such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen compounds, and nitrosamines.
An activated carbon filter can reduce a large share of the particles you take in.
An activated carbon filter in a joint has several practical features.
Inside the filter is a piece of activated carbon.
Thanks to its porous structure and large surface area, it can keep unwanted particles from passing through.
A large share of the residues in smoke can be reduced by an activated carbon filter.
That makes the smoke feel smoother while you enjoy your tobacco or herbs.
The actiTube activated carbon filter at a glance:
- Unwanted particles are reduced
- The smoke feels smoother
- The smoke can taste milder
- Smoking blends taste milder
- The filter is reusable
actiTube filter: how often can you use it?
Can you reuse carbon filters?
Yes, that is no problem and one of the practical features of actiTube activated carbon filters.
Because the carbon used has a very large surface area, it is possible to use the filter several times.
You can use it around 10 times, although the filtering performance decreases a little each time.
After that, the activated carbon filter is spent, smoked through, or clogged, and it is time to put in a new one.
You can tell an activated carbon filter is clogged when smoke can no longer be drawn through it.
When this happens depends on different factors.
It depends on the type and amount of tobacco or herbal blend you smoke.
Your smoking technique also plays a role.
Which side of the actiTube activated carbon filter should you use?
If you are using the actiTube activated carbon filter for the first time, you may wonder how to insert it correctly.
Which side of the activated carbon filter do you use?
Whether you smoke a pipe, cigarette, or joint, the ceramic cap of the filter must always face the burning end.
actiTube activated carbon filters have a ceramic part on only one side.
It acts as the smoke inlet.
On the other side of the activated carbon filter, depending on the version, there is a piece of paper, cardboard, or plastic.
So when rolling your joint or cigarette, resist the temptation to put the ceramic piece in your mouth.
The activated carbon filter must neither smoke nor catch fire.
By the way: some activated carbon filters have a ceramic piece on both sides.
With those, it does not matter which side of the activated carbon filter you use.
Where can you buy the actiTube activated carbon filter?
You can order the actiTube activated carbon filter online, for example in the Real Leaf shop.
Activated carbon filters are a practical replacement for cigarette filters because the activated carbon can reduce a large share of residues.
That makes the smoke taste especially pleasant and mild.
Although actiTube activated carbon filters were mainly designed for special pipes, you can also use them in your joint or cigarette.
Many smokers who use activated carbon filters report a sweeter smoke taste.
Want to buy the actiTube activated carbon filter online? No problem.
It is available in many online shops and can be delivered quickly.
Order your actiTube activated carbon filter from Real Leaf.
We deliver quickly and reliably, so you can soon taste the difference for yourself.
How else can you use activated carbon filters?
Even though actiTube activated carbon filters were initially intended for pipe smokers, activated carbon filter joints are now common too.
Pipes have special fittings for an activated carbon filter.
For bongs, there are special adapters (carballs) that are placed between the downstem and the bowl.
Activated carbon filters are practical because you can use them right away.
Take one out of the pack and start rolling.
Fiddly tip-making from paper or cardboard for your joint is a thing of the past.
Have you developed a taste for activated carbon filters in joints?
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