FAQ

If you don’t roll very thick ones and you’re more concerned about your budget than your health, you can use the filters twice.

The filter gets clogged if the hot smoke condenses in the filter when it’s too cold. Just like water droplets condense on a cold mirror in the bathroom, if the temperature difference between the smoke and activated charcoal is too great, it causes condensation in the filter. This is why filters clog up more often in winter.
If you are smoking in the cold, try to keep the filter warm until you light up. If this is not possible, you should smoke in a warm place.
If the filter gets clogged at room temperature, you should take much smaller puffs and take gentle drags to reduce the temperature of the smoke.

We have an answer worthy of Solomon: if the pipe tastes much better after changing the filter, it was too late. Some change it after 2-3 hits, others after 7-10 bowls.

We can assure you that all our actiTube activated charcoal products are of plant origin.

We at actiTube have of course also asked ourselves this question. Unfortunately, we do not (yet) have any scientific proof of this, but we can assure you from many years of experience that we do not notice any loss. Nor has there been a single complaint in the last 20 years in this vain – quite the contrary.

actiTube Aktivkohlefilter könnten unbenutzt ohne Einschränkung kompostiert werden. Nach dem Gebrauch allerdings sind sie voller Schadstoffe (besonders wenn mit Tabak geraucht wurde) und gehören nicht in die Umwelt, sondern in den Restmüll.

We have no scientific evidence, but you can see the difference in how stained a pipe becomes after multiple uses with and without active charcoal in the following picture.