smokebuddy Air Filter, Original

I really really wish they had a bundle deal for these on Amazon. Getting these locally is way more, but sometimes you don’t have a choice. Not sure where whoever is reading this is located, but this is a great deal and I always try my hardest to get these off Amazon vs locally. No, It’s not gonna magically hide the smell of SMOKE. BUT! It will help reduce the amount 80-90% when used properly.

This thing works absolutely as advertised and if you do it correctly (i.e. make sure you get all smoke in the lungs in one go with none escaping) and you make sure you have a good mouth seal around the hole, and you make sure to replace the caps quickly, then there is absolutely no smell. The only reason Im giving it 4 points instead of 5 is that the rim of the hole is quite roughly cut plastic and is consequently a little sharp and irritating. Im sure youve probably experienced sharp edges of plastic in cheap toys, etc. Not the most tactile experience. Not to the point where youd stop using it, but it is the one bummer aspect of the product and so deserves a little slap, especially as it wouldnt be that hard for them to add one more little step to the manufacturing process and smooth the mouth end down.

I believe it really helps with scent and smoke reduction but don’t go and think you can use it in your room without people in your house still noticing. The presence and source of the smell will always reek and fill the space. I’d say they last few months with daily moderate use.

I can’t say how much this thing is a life saver. I’ve been using oil cause of low odor but resulting in a ruined tolerance. I decided to give this popular “sploof” brand a try and wow I’m impressed. You really can’t tell any smoke happened inside. This little product honestly saved my apartment life. And helped my tolerance. My last Smoke Buddy was the large one and worked super well and lasted forever. I noticed it got difficult to breathe through and then purchased this normal sized blue one. For a $12-$15 item, this really saves much more than that in personal belongings and rental deposits! My guide on how to dupe people that you’re smoke free is to use “snappers” or one-hit bowls. That way, each time you empty the bowl, it shouldn’t be smoking since all the plant matter is burned up in one hit. Empty the bowl and blow into the Smoke Buddy.

I get these often and they are usually good but this one didn’t work at all. It doesn’t seem like it even reduces the smoke that just flows straight through. SAD!

These work very well. So, why only 4 stars? Well, as some have pointed out, they become very difficult to blow through after a fairly short time in use. Some have suggested placing some cotton balls in the blow end, removing them when the unit begins to clog up. That’s a good idea, as the way this actually works is 2 fold. It has both a paper fiber air filter, similar in appearance to the automotive air cleaner filters of yesteryear, and after the smoke passes through that, it is then passed through activated charcoal. From my experiments with making my own filters, I can attest to the fact that it’s the paper filter that actually removes the visible smoke (resin), as filters I’ve made that used activated charcoal only, even when constructed to route the smoke efficiently & evenly through all of the charcoal, don’t remove visible smoke, at all. So, it would seem that the charcoal is there only to remove smell and possibly any drug elements, such as THC, or nicotine. So, by placing the cotton balls in the blow end, they begin to absorb most of the resin, which is what is making the smoke visible, preventing most of it from getting to the internal paper filter. But, even this method will eventually clog the paper filter element within the unit. There is a solution to this. I take a bottle of 99.9% Iso Alcohol and place it in a deep kettle of water - water as hot as I can get it from my tap, to heat the alcohol up. WARNING - NEVER USE FLAME OR THE STOVE TO HEAT ALCOHOL, UNLESS YOU LIKE SERIOUS BURNS! After the alcohol has had time to become heated, it is then poured slowly, a bit at a time, into the SmokeBuddy. As it will take some time to break through the resin, it won’t take much to fill the unit to the top. At first, it will just sit there. But in a minute, it will begin to flow out the bottom, and it will have a ton of resin in it. I do this over a large bowl. I pour about 8 ounces through the unit. I also use a paper towel to dry off any spilled alcohol at the rim, so I can put my mouth on it and blow the alcohol through. But, it’s important not to do this too soon, as the heated alcohol, being allowed to flow slowly, will absorb more resin then blowing it through. The blowing helps clear out the last of the alcohol, and I only do it after each pour stops running out the bottom, to clear it out for the next pour. You can’t pour in too much at a time due to how slowly it flows through. Try not to overflow it. Once this has been done, leave the unit all day to dry out the alcohol. Blowing through it from time to time will help. If you desperately need to use it before it dries completely, you can, but I try to avoid it. When it’s finished, it will flow almost as well as it did when new, and so far, I’ve not yet been able to use one up to the point that I can’t re-clean it. I’d have given it 5 stars, if the maker had cared enough to make it out of metal, and so that you can unscrew the top to change the paper filter & even replace the charcoal, when needed. Instead, they’ve elected to have us contribute more to pollution, as people will be throwing these plastic bodied units into the trash when they no longer work. As I said, they should have made them out of metal. They would cost more, but they would last forever, with only the filter elements being repurchased and replaced as needed. Far better for the environment & for the customer. There are just WAY too many disposable items being made and sold these days.

After using a Smokebuddy Junior for years and it working perfectly, I thought Id just move up to a regular full size one. But it doesnt work as well for me. The mouth hole is pretty big, I have a hard time making a seal, I dont have a very big mouth. The area between the mouth hole and the filter is 1.25 with a diameter of 2.5 - its a pretty large area, so when you exhale through it, once you get to the end of the exhale and sit it down, the volume of that area is still full of unfiltered smoke that sort of drifts out and is still enough to smell. I have tried to take hits where I inhale the smoke and then remember to inhale regular air afterward, so that when I blow through it, the last of my exhale is just air, but it doesnt seem to work that way, it all blends together inside your lungs. I didnt have these issues with the Smokebuddy Junior. The empty area outside the filter was much smaller and so was the mouth hole. So I spent more on this one but use it less. Should have stuck to the smaller one.

Good quality, long lasting, the packaging is discreet. Really makes all the smoke disappear

I can still smell when my roommate uses it. The odor still floats into my room.

Cuts down the smoke really well!