How to Choose the Correct Bong for You

Buying a bong for the first time or even the 100th time can be daunting. There are so many different styles, percolators, designs, glass thickness it’s hard to know exactly where to begin. This quick guide will help you narrow your search down so you can be smoking in no time.

Let’s begin with the style or look of the bong that you would favor. The main types to choose from are straight tube, beaker base, and recycler. Straight tubes have dense smoke and clear fast. Beaker bongs have much more volume and less dense smoke, harder to clear but bigger rips. We have a guide on the difference in between beaker bongs and straight tubes if you would like much more information. Recyclers are mostly used for smoking concentrates, which recycles the water. As a beginner I would stick with either a straight tube or beaker bong.

Glass Thickness

Glass thickness is very important simply because it decides on how long your bong lasts. The thicker the much better clearly but also try to take into account the environment the bong is going to be in. If it is going to be safe and remain in only one room, do not be concerned about thickness as a lot. If you plan on bringing it with you everywhere or have clumsy buddies, attempt to get the thickest glass. The thinnest glass starts at 2-3mm then moves up to 3-5mm is your typical thickness. Then glass 5-7mm is pretty darn thick and hard to break. Choose anywhere above 3.5mm glass thickness and you should be fine.

Cleaning the bong

You need to take into account of cleaning your new bong. Ultimately your bong is going to get dirty and filled with tar and smoke residue all over the glass. If you choose a easy bong with no percolators cleaning will be easy. If you choose a bong with a percolator with even 2 or 3 of them cleaning will not be so simple. If you do want to buy a bong with percolators, get an ashcatcher. Its much easier cleaning an ashcatcher instead of your bong.

Joint Size

Joints (not the type you roll) come in two typical sizes 14mm and 18mm. There are a couple of other sizes which we cover in our joint sizes blog so verify that out. Attempt to buy a bong with the exact same size joints as this will make your life easier simply because if you break a slide or downstem you can mix and match and they will all match with each other.

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