Each pack contains 20 individual filters (6mm) or 15 (9mm). Each Balsa filter is a natural absorbent insert. Will fit any Savinelli pipe designed to accept the 6mm Balsa System filters. The 9mm version will fit Savinelli pipes made for the European market.
These work quite well. I like to use them when I have them, but for the most part I just roll up a little square of paper towel and stick it where the filter goes and it works just as well and is vertually free. These filters are nice though to have.
Best pipe filter out there. It does not hinder the taste at all and does a great job of absorbing moisture and tar. I recommend these filters for and Savinelli or any pipe that holds a 6mm filter.
They do what they are designed to do, wick away excess moisture and provide a cooler smoke. A must have for and Savinelli pipe owner.
Whenever I get a pipe that has a 6mm paper filter in it, I throw it away and replace it with one of these balsa wood filters. They do a much better job than any paper product.
Works as advertised. Have to change filters after two uses as it soaks up alot of moisture.
The filters are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I recently begun using the Savinelli Balsa filters in my Missouri Meerschaum pipes. They fit great, they provide a clearer more fuller draw, and they soak up the yuck that can creep up the bit. The Balsa filters are the way to go.
I switched to pipe smoking from hand rolled cigarettes. No filters for me, thank you. Well, I recently purchased an interesting little pipe which takes 9mm filters. Since I am a terribly impatient and hasty smoker, I figured it was time to try a filter. (I go through as many as half a dozen pipe cleaners in my messiest bowls.) I now wish I had bought a few more filtered pipes on the way to my current stable of 15 pipes. I don't blame my pipes (much) nor my tobaccos (many) for how wet I smoke. But these filters absorb everything that runs at them from any direction. They cover a multitude of sins. The draw with these, assuming the pipe is drilled properly, is improved, if anything. Don't worry about that. I am sure some particulate matter is stopped too;it is quite visible when the filter is removed. Taste does not suffer at all, however. This was my biggest concern. I like the full tobacco experience. All my favorites taste very good with these filters. I do not get more than two bowls from each filter. I let them dry for a day or two between uses. I am sure other smokers get more from them. As I confessed, I am a wet smoker. If all my pipes used these, perhaps I could not justify the extra expense of using one up after two smokes. But that is my fault, not the design or material. I quite like these and would recommend them.
At first I wasn't sure how these were going to work. Now I really like them. I get about 3-4 uses out of them, letting each filter air dry a couple of days before using it again. The longer I smoke pipes, the more I am gravitating toward filtered pipes because there's virtually no tongue bite or burning or gurgling. I rarely smoke an unfiltered pipe anymore.
I purchased a Savinelli Gaius 616 and it came with a filter and some extras. I was absolutely surprised at the quality of the balsa wood system. They are excellent at removing most of the unwanteds from the smoke and they DO NOT hinder drawing from the pipe. The filters can be re-used up to 3-4 times too so they are economical. They absorb a lot of moisture to.
If you use these, then you know how much they retail for. This is a great price and you won't need to restock any time soon.