How to Buy Glass Bongs?
It can be quite daunting to buy a bong especially if this is just your first time doing so. There are so many factors to be taken into mind from the styles, designs, percolators and glass thickness which makes it difficult to know where to start. Well in this guide, you will be able to narrow down your search so you can start smoking in no time.
Let us begin with the look or style of the bong that you prefer. There are 3 popular types of bongs you can buy today and these are beaker bongs, recycler and straight tube. In the latter, this creates dense smoke and quickly clears while in beaker bongs, it create more volume with less dense smoke, this could be a bit difficult to clean but has bigger rips. On the other hand, recyclers are used mostly to smoking concentrates that recycles water. In the event that this is just your first time smoking bong, then it is ideal to use beaker bong or straight tube.
What will determine the lifespan of your bong is its glass thickness. Simply put, the thicker the glass bong you have, the longer it would last. But you have to take into mind as well of the environment to which the bong will be used. If it will be used in just one room, then you don’t have to worry too much on its thickness. If you’re planning to bring it on different places on the other hand and use it together with friends, it will be preferable to use thicker glass. The thinnest glass bongs are normally at 2 to 3 millimeter then it moves up to 3 to 5 which is the average thickness. It is recommended however to buy 5 to 7 millimeter glass thickness as it is hard to break. However, if you buy glass bongs with 3.5 millimeter thickness or above, you will do just fine.
Percolators do caused some attention but still, there are no clear winners on which is best as everyone has specific preferences and that is where they stick. There are a couple of things that you have to watch out for in percolators which includes the smoothness it provides from the filtration as well as the amount of drag that it gives from pulling smokes in the tiny holes.
You should be aware as well on how you can clean the bong. Whether you like it or not, your glass bong will be filled with tar and smoke after prolonged use. So long as you buy simple bongs without percolators, cleaning will be fairly easy and simple.
Just follow these tips when buying one and you will do just fine.