id stick to the foil also

i use the glass beads as my screen, i use only four and I put the flat side up so the coal can sit on it. Also you should take the class to a torch to burn off anything that might be on them. I also pre heat the glass with my butane torch. Ive used this couple times and it makes the session much longer mine was 1 hr while with foil it would be 30 min.
-Brymako

Thanks for trying this PL! I was interested in trying this but I think that all the ash from the coals will drop into the tobacco too much =(

i think this is easier then poking holes in foil, its much faster, you get more air but the hits are much more consistant because of the heat from the glass, i think every1 should try it it's defiantly not bad

Would it also be possible that the glass beads would slightly weigh down the tobacco, thus inhibiting air flow, in addition to no air being able to freely flow above the shisha because there are flat-bottomed glass beads pressing down on it? It seems like, in theory, it's a good alternative; however, in reality there are a few of the technical aspects involving air flow that it would seem would make the pull extremely difficult.

Way to take one for the team Photo! Thank you for this test. And hey, the beads didn't shatter!

great vid, you used too many coals, you should use 1 coal split into 3's

I didn't think this would work out too well. Thanks for testing it out for us though.

Great review, been waiting on someone to do this.

Maybe theres different glass patterns that would work better