I don't have any problems using a carb.. big hits that don't clear at once can be cured by not lighting the herb as long or touching as much with the flame in either.. Course mine's only like 8 inches long, so like one poster said previously, it's easy to just keep going until the bowl is gone.

As for that "page 2" bug, I've had that happen 4-5 times here in the last couple days.