Plastic Pieces vs. Glass Pieces

[YahtzeeG]

Why is it that glass is so much better than plastic? Does the plastic like absorb some smoke or something? I just feel like everytime I take a hit off a plastic bong or something it just isnt as potent.

[IncredibleOne]

Hmmm well if you're actually smoking out of a PLASTIC bong then you should stop haha. What you're probably thinking of is an acrylic bong. The reason that glasses pieces are preferred is for several different reasons. The big one is that your average lighter does not produce a hot enough flame to melt or break down the glass so when you smoke you are only smoking the bud. Whereas metal, wooden, and acrylic pieces can give off some stuff that you really don't want to be inhaling. The taste you get with glass pieces is a lot cleaner too.

[BlAzInIt4:20]

iv never smoked out of plastic... sounds dangerous to me.. ^^ love the taste from a glas pipe or bong.. so fresh and so clean clean

[slipknotpsycho]

your thinking acrylic actually, and no it's in your head.... the only thing that makes glass better then acrlyics or metal is the taste.... neither absorb smoke anymore then hte other, neither pose health risks (so long as they're actually bought and not homemade.. you can make a 100% safe homemade bong, but i can garuntee the bongs you buy are safe, the saftey of the bongs you make soley depend upon materials) neither conserve weed more than the other.... there is nothing that sets them apart, except taste (although alot of people will try to tell you diffrently)

i reserve metals and acrylics for starter peices.... they can show you the beauty and convience of owning either pipe or bong, without investing 2-3x (easily) as much money into a same sized peice.....

you invest in glass, you need to know how to treat a bong/pipe... otherwise you're paying 30+ (for the smaller spoons) for something that won't last you more than a month....

[Aspect]

Metal gets hot fast, glass doesn't.

If you're actually smoking a plastic bong you should definetly stop. I think smoking plastic is really bad for you/

[Severin]

I have never had a problem with smoking from plastic bongs...

but this thread reminded me of my current dilemma: I'm debating on whether to get a new, better second bowl, or a small plastic mini-bong (those ones you can stuff in a backpack/messenger bag. Which one should I get? Hmmmm...

[slipknotpsycho]

Metal gets hot fast, glass doesn't.

If you're actually smoking a plastic bong you should definetly stop. I think smoking plastic is really bad for you/

i guess i should take this time to say:

acrlyic bongs aren't the bowl... they make up the body.... the actual bowl/stem is metal.. the rest is acrylic...

although i forgot that point.. metal does get hot... i've never had a glass pipe so hot i had to set it down, no matter how many people, how much weed, or how fast we cheifed it.... i can get a metal pipe/bowl so hot smoking by myself that you can't pick it up (and i have extremely fire-retardent fingers... comes from years of smoking and dropping cherries... i can pick 'em up and throw 'em in the ash tray, or unscrew lightbulbs that have been on for hours lol...)

[Awill3449]

I throw a glass bowl into an acrylic bong w/ and ice catch. It hits really hard without ice since its small, but with some ice it hits very well. It cost me like $30 and it gets the job done, but I eventually wanna spend some real money and get some nicer glass.

[originalblu]

glass is for grass

glass peices look nicer, taste nicer and are easy to clean

[slipknotpsycho]

glass is for grass

glass peices look nicer, taste nicer and are easy to clean

glass pipes are not easy to clean.... if you look at a metal pipe, it breaks up into several parts, none longer than an inch (most not even half that) making it far easier to scrape/clean....

[originalblu]

glass pipes are not easy to clean.... if you look at a metal pipe, it breaks up into several parts, none longer than an inch (most not even half that) making it far easier to scrape/clean....

glass pipes are the easest to clean,, get 420 cleaner,, it cleans it brand fuckin new every time, and only takes one min:thumbsup:

[4gan2ja0]

ive got an acryl and i find it hits harder thaqn my buddy's glass. but mine is also a 2 footer and his is broken... either way, theyre pretty much the same, one wont get you higher than the other if theyre the exact same minus the material. and one isnt healthier than the other, the bowl itslef isnt plastic, its metal. the only difference is taste between metal and weed or just weed...

[slipknotpsycho]

glass pipes are the easest to clean,, get 420 cleaner,, it cleans it brand fuckin new every time, and only takes one min:thumbsup:

yeah so will alcohol and salt... why pay (what's i tgoing for now? like 5 a bottle?) that much for some cleaner, when you can get the exact same effect from like 1 cent worth the salt, and like 10 cents worth the alcohol?

sides i wasn't talking about cleaning out the pipe for cleanliness, in that sense they are equal... i was talking about ot keep the resin and smoke it

[NightProwler]

ive actually had a glass bowl get too hot to smoke one time. it was fuckin scary lol.

[slipknotpsycho]

ive actually had a glass bowl get too hot to smoke one time. it was fuckin scary lol.

my guess is it was a small/thin as peice... right?

cuz i have a pretty damn small spoon (it's shorter then a pack of marlboro red shorts) but it's got pretty thick glass.... i've smoked like 10 bowls (no exageration, it does have a small bowl afterall) between me and 2-3 friends... all cheifing on it like crazy, and it never got over 'warm' (about body tempature, usually glass feels cool in my hand, it wasn't hot, it wasn't cold, it was just like equal with the temp in my hand)

[JaMakin07]

ok there is nothing wrong with smoking aout of plastic as long as the bowl isnt plastic and no plastic is being burned as a result

glass has a cleaner taste , but the peices cost more and are alot less durable

[Agressor1]

plastic is only bad if your bowl is plastic or if you're burning plastic...
so as long as what you're weed is in isn't plastic.

[40oz]

Everything tastes better through a glass. Milk....beer....coke....ganj smoke

[YahtzeeG]

thx for clearing that up kids. was hoping there would be some science behind something awesome like glass makes you higher! but yeah I guess I was kind of naive to think that acrylic absorbed smoke lol

[Tokudai]

thx for clearing that up kids. was hoping there would be some science behind something awesome like glass makes you higher! but yeah I guess I was kind of naive to think that acrylic absorbed smoke lol

Not that naive - Acrylic bongs will stain over time, plus they get scratched real easily. Plastic is much more porous than glass, so even when freshly cleaned, most acrylic bongs have that bongstank...

The main "problem" IMHO, with acrylic/plastic bongs (and some glass) are the ones that use a rubber h-grommet to seal the stem to the bong, or an o-ring to seal the bowl to the downstem - this is where 99% of them leak, since the grommet is not offset to allow for the proper angle of the downstem, and the O-ring was not designed for sealing in this configuration (gravity seating against a conical flare). The rubber parts absorb stanky bongwater. They can and will break down over time, turning into some form of mush or paste. What heat range is that grommet good for - will it break down in bongwater? Unless you are using Viton (doubtful), then you don't really know

A good glass on glass bong will last you forever if you don't break it, and will always seal as good as the day you bought it, if cleaned. The glass seals can be re-used indefinitely. Glass cleans easier than metal or plastic