Incense

Factual Questions
1

Today I opened a pack of incense and burned 2 sticks of it. They were the same kind,shape, and smell. After one had burned down to the bottom, the other still had half a stick left. Any reason why this would happen?

2

Probably just batch to batch variation, a little finer charcoal in one, a bit more moisture in the other. Making incense sticks by hand isn’t exactly rocket science, so some variation is to be expected.

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[QUOTE=Psycho Doughboy]
Today I opened a pack of incense and burned 2 sticks of it. They were the same kind,shape, and smell. After one had burned down to the bottom, the other still had half a stick left. Any reason why this would happen?
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Cheap incense…
I use Shoyeido @ about 10 cents a stick.

4

Mmmmm Nag Champa!! I am so excited I don’t have to live in the dorms come August, because dorms don’t allow incense (which makes 100% sense, but still sucks).

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[QUOTE=ouryL]
Cheap incense…
I use Shoyeido @ about 10 cents a stick.
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I am sort of new with the whole incense thing. What are the normal range of prices, cheap prices, and expensive prices of it?

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[QUOTE=Psycho Doughboy]
Today I opened a pack of incense and burned 2 sticks of it. They were the same kind,shape, and smell. After one had burned down to the bottom, the other still had half a stick left. Any reason why this would happen?
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Depending on the location where they were burning, drafts of air can affect the burn rate. The one that burned all the way down may have had a stronger draft crossing it than the other one did.

I generally find that one stick at a time is plenty in an average-sized room, though. I doubt that serious studies have been done, but incense=smoke, and breathing-in-smoke=lung disease. Incense may not cause cancer like cigarettes do, but I seriously doubt that it’s healthy to hang out in a smoke-filled room with any kind of smoke.

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Yeah, I realize that hanging in a smoke filled room is not good. You are probably right that there was a different draft or air flow type of thing. They were in two different rooms(one for me, one for my bud in the next room over).

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Hmm, burning incense, eh? :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=Bongmaster]
Hmm, burning incense, eh? :slight_smile:
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I see you don’t take your username frivolously. :wink:

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[QUOTE=Jake]
I see you don’t take your username frivolously. :wink:
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Nope, it was carefully thought out before I started using it everywhere. This way I can pop in on threads like this and get an easy laugh. :wink: