Quote Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
Well, if you pack, only, enough for one hit. Then what would you waste, if you get a full hit?

It has to do with the airflow and the fact that the bowl stays lit after you're done smoking it, the same with bongs, or joints. You lose slipstream smoke.
it gets tiresome to pack hit after hit for something so extravagant as a hookah, which is why i stick with sheesha if im smoking out of one. pots too expensive to let burn away between hits in my opinion.