Purple Ringer smoke shop in Fort Myers stocks Cigar Humidors - a great gift for cigar smokers - and they're also handy to store your Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Tobacco.
Humidors are airtight wooden boxes lined with spanish cedar - an aromatic wood that is well-suited to the humid environment necessary to keep cigars fresh. We stock a variety of humidors from travel-sized boxes that hold 4-10 cigars to 50-count humidors.
Nicer humidors feature a hygrometer - a device that measures relative humidity inside the box. There are a variety of humidifying devices available, from Blimpies to moisture discs to pouches that can be refreshed with distilled water or a special solution. Prices range from $25 to over $100.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Djarum Clove Cigars... Cheap!
The Purple Ringer stocks all available flavors of Djarum filtered clove cigars. Yeah, they're not quite the same... but still popular! Djarum cloves are available in Black, Black Cherry, Black Vanilla, Special, Mild, Bali Hai and Splash. Menthol will be available soon. Our prices are below MSRP so give us a call or swing by and check it out!
We also stock a good variety of other little cigars in singles, 2-packs, 5-packs and cartons from Philly, Swisher Sweet, Black N Mild, White Owl and Dutch Masters.
We also stock a good variety of other little cigars in singles, 2-packs, 5-packs and cartons from Philly, Swisher Sweet, Black N Mild, White Owl and Dutch Masters.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Organic Tobacco!
We stock American Spirit pouches of Organic Rolling Tobacco, RAW Organic Hemp papers, and have Kentucky Select Organic Pipe Tobacco arriving April 1st.
Now in stock in our Lifestyle section, Zion Rootswear for men and women including Bob Marley Tees, Sublime, Janis and Jimi. Also new Tie-Dye from Cali Kind - hand dyed in California by peaceful people: long and short wrap skirts, T-shirts, shoulder bags, and floppy hats.
Now in stock in our Lifestyle section, Zion Rootswear for men and women including Bob Marley Tees, Sublime, Janis and Jimi. Also new Tie-Dye from Cali Kind - hand dyed in California by peaceful people: long and short wrap skirts, T-shirts, shoulder bags, and floppy hats.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Why we don't sell K2, Spice, "Herbal Incense"
All these little packets of "herbal incense not for human consumption" contain synthetic cannabinoid drugs - research chemicals - in varying doses. We're pretty sure folks buy this stuff with the intention of smoking it, and far as we know, it's not legal and it's not right to sell people "natural herbs" plus a mystery drug that isn't on the label.
These chemicals/drugs have never been tested on humans, and best of all, ORIGINATE IN CHINA AND KOREA OR GARAGE LABS. There are maybe 50 different chemicals and over 100 brands now. We get unsolicited samples in the mail in little plastic bags from people 'making their own' we never heard of!! Chinese drywall, anyone??
Now banned in Kansas, North Dakota (by emergency decree); Missouri, Oklahoma and a few other states are next. Homeland Security is seizing shipments when they find them under FDA regulations that prevent the sale of unapproved drugs.
The reason these chemical products are ILLEGAL IN AMSTERDAM, going to be banned in UK soon, and illegal in about 10 other countries is the volume of calls to poison control, the ER visits, side effects, and outright abusive addictive behavior of users. We've had people in the shop complaining of rapid heart rates, panic attacks, paranoia, migranes... two high school students in Sarasota passed out at their schools with "silent seizures" and were taken to the hospital on the same day just a couple months ago (they each mixed the synthetic cannabinoid with pain pills).
These chemicals seem to be addictive and tachyphylactic (you develop a resistance and need a little more each time). A friend of a friend in Arizona smoked that brand named after a mountain for about 3 months - had horrible withdrawals - and now it's been 3 weeks and he can't enjoy a natural experience. He hopes this is temporary.
One of our regular customers, a physician, told us about 8 months ago to let everybody know:
"If you have any HEART or RESPIRATORY conditions, or if you are using ANY kind of prescription drugs you should not smoke this stuff."
Educate yourself about anything you put in your body, and not just the forums. Do a Google News search on "synthetic cannabinoids" and you'll find enough links and information to make an informed decision. Check Erowid.
If you still want this stuff you can get it online or at other places, just not at the Good Old Purple Ringer.
Peace.
These chemicals/drugs have never been tested on humans, and best of all, ORIGINATE IN CHINA AND KOREA OR GARAGE LABS. There are maybe 50 different chemicals and over 100 brands now. We get unsolicited samples in the mail in little plastic bags from people 'making their own' we never heard of!! Chinese drywall, anyone??
Now banned in Kansas, North Dakota (by emergency decree); Missouri, Oklahoma and a few other states are next. Homeland Security is seizing shipments when they find them under FDA regulations that prevent the sale of unapproved drugs.
The reason these chemical products are ILLEGAL IN AMSTERDAM, going to be banned in UK soon, and illegal in about 10 other countries is the volume of calls to poison control, the ER visits, side effects, and outright abusive addictive behavior of users. We've had people in the shop complaining of rapid heart rates, panic attacks, paranoia, migranes... two high school students in Sarasota passed out at their schools with "silent seizures" and were taken to the hospital on the same day just a couple months ago (they each mixed the synthetic cannabinoid with pain pills).
These chemicals seem to be addictive and tachyphylactic (you develop a resistance and need a little more each time). A friend of a friend in Arizona smoked that brand named after a mountain for about 3 months - had horrible withdrawals - and now it's been 3 weeks and he can't enjoy a natural experience. He hopes this is temporary.
One of our regular customers, a physician, told us about 8 months ago to let everybody know:
"If you have any HEART or RESPIRATORY conditions, or if you are using ANY kind of prescription drugs you should not smoke this stuff."
Educate yourself about anything you put in your body, and not just the forums. Do a Google News search on "synthetic cannabinoids" and you'll find enough links and information to make an informed decision. Check Erowid.
If you still want this stuff you can get it online or at other places, just not at the Good Old Purple Ringer.
Peace.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Tobacco Pipes at the Purple Ringer
What's rolling at the Purple Ringer in Fort Myers? Traditional Tobacco Pipes - you know, the big ol' Italian briar pipes you see in the movies and TV shows from the 50's and 60's. We've always had a few in stock but now they're making a comeback. We carry Dr. Grabow briar pipes, Missouri Meerschaum Corncob Pipes in small (pony) and large sizes, Grabow pipe filters, SuperValue Pipe Tobacco, and have some Samuel Gawith and a couple other premium brands of pipe tobacco coming in this week.
Special orders for pipes and pipe tobacco are possible - stop by and see us and we'll see what we can do.
We also have a good selection of cigarette rolling tobacco: American Spirit Original Blue Pouches and tins, American Spirit Perique pouches, Bali Shag Blue pouches and tins, as well as Top pouches in regular and menthol. Our most popular rolling tobacco is American Spirit Organic Rolling Tobacco pouches.
We carry cigarette tubes and shooters (injectors) for making your own cigarettes. We also sell filters and about 100 kinds of rolling papers including some hard to find brands like Smoking Maiz and Abadie.
Special orders for pipes and pipe tobacco are possible - stop by and see us and we'll see what we can do.
We also have a good selection of cigarette rolling tobacco: American Spirit Original Blue Pouches and tins, American Spirit Perique pouches, Bali Shag Blue pouches and tins, as well as Top pouches in regular and menthol. Our most popular rolling tobacco is American Spirit Organic Rolling Tobacco pouches.
We carry cigarette tubes and shooters (injectors) for making your own cigarettes. We also sell filters and about 100 kinds of rolling papers including some hard to find brands like Smoking Maiz and Abadie.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
February Update
Great things afoot at the Purple Ringer... Fabulous glass arrived this month - we've never been more proud of the inventory! New HiSi, a big batch of acrylics, Retro Ceramics by Twisted, Mako Octopus - purple amber - arriving next week. Off to the show end of this month, then big changes in store late March through April.
DejaVu Shisha back in stock for the hookah people, including everybody's favorites Sour Apple and Razzle Dazzle. 44mm coals will be on the next order.
DejaVu Shisha back in stock for the hookah people, including everybody's favorites Sour Apple and Razzle Dazzle. 44mm coals will be on the next order.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Purple Ringer Smoke Shop in Fort Myers Celebrates 15-year Anniversary!
The Purple Ringer is celebrating our 15th Anniversary during August, 2009. Just stop by the Purple Ringer - the Tobacco Shop with the Hippie Flavor - and let us know you saw this blog.
We'll toss you a free pack of rolling papers or Purple Ringer lighter through August 31, 2009. (Must be 18 with valid state or military photo ID or passport).
If you're new in town, or if it's been a while, definitely come check us out! We are one of the largest smoke shops in Florida (over 2200 square feet!). Located 100 feet north of the Edison Mall, 3915 Broadway Avenue, second building on the left (bright yellow) across from the old brick post office at the corner of Broadway and Winkler.
We have over 100 different rolling papers, lots of AMERICAN glass, hookah charcoal, hookahs & shisha, tobacco pipes, cigarette and pipe tobacco, ashtrays, Zippo lighters, cigarette cases, random stickers and magnets, Tshirts, tapestries, flags, hats... the list goes on. We get new items almost every week so stay in touch!
We'll toss you a free pack of rolling papers or Purple Ringer lighter through August 31, 2009. (Must be 18 with valid state or military photo ID or passport).
If you're new in town, or if it's been a while, definitely come check us out! We are one of the largest smoke shops in Florida (over 2200 square feet!). Located 100 feet north of the Edison Mall, 3915 Broadway Avenue, second building on the left (bright yellow) across from the old brick post office at the corner of Broadway and Winkler.
We have over 100 different rolling papers, lots of AMERICAN glass, hookah charcoal, hookahs & shisha, tobacco pipes, cigarette and pipe tobacco, ashtrays, Zippo lighters, cigarette cases, random stickers and magnets, Tshirts, tapestries, flags, hats... the list goes on. We get new items almost every week so stay in touch!
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