[beena]

SWIM told me the best pipe she ever smoked was on a minature jack daniels bottle with the bottom hollowed out and gauze placed in the neck of the bottle. SWIM's friend introduced her to the technique. A reasonable amount of substance was put on the gauze and melted, then SWIM began to pull (inhale) gently on the bottle/pipe and turn slowly at the same time whilst friend lit it for her (SWIM has notoriously bad coordination), then SWIM pulled hard got loads of smoke and finally held in for as long as humanly possible. And then . . . heaven! SWIM had been smoking a number of years and this wasn't the most gear she had ever loaded a pipe with but it was certainly one of the best hits. SWIM would highly reccomend this.
SWIM doesn't have a pipe (sigh) so improvises with a bottle of water/foil/pen. When doing it this way SWIM tells me that she pulls gently at first (till loads of smoke fills the space), then really hard and holds in a long time. Hope this helps. SWIY should just keep experimenting and find what works best for him or her.