How many hits?

Sorry for the stupid question but how many hits should be taken from a avg. size glass pipe? After the first hit, the weed at the top turns black and the hits after that start to burn a little.

I'm new to marijuana so forgive my rookiness. :stoned:

If its a pretty well packed bowl, i'd say about 5 good hits, but after that there is still more but it just tastes pretty bad. Once it starts to get really ashy on top and the hits taste really bad and come out small, it's beat.

Pipes give you a lot of smoke and are probably the most efficient way of smoking your cannabis, but if the smoke hurts your throat too much after the first hit, I would suggest investing in a bubbler or bong. Bubblers are smooth and more convenient than a bong, but there's nothing like a huge bong rip.

I like to pack just enough for one hit at a time. You get nice clean green hits :)

I want a bong so badly but I don't want my family finding out I use marijuana. Can't imagine where I would hide a bong in my room or even explain to my mom what it is if she found it. :(

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Originally Posted by epilepticme

I like to pack just enough for one hit at a time. You get nice clean green hits :)

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Ditto...invest in a grinder, and pack two-ish hits bowls. That way you always get a green hit:jointsmile:
whiskeytango

if she DOES find it (pray to god that she doesn't) just tell her it's a vase; your getting into horticulture :]

I like to pack full bowls, so I can see how well the bud burns. For me I smoke it all the way down to when you can tell the next hit will be beat, that way you dont get any bad tasting hits.

Hit it till it's ash

it's so funny, i've noticed such a preoccupation with "number of hits" from new smokers. my boyfriend, when he first started smoking, would try to describe his experience to me by the number of hits he took. "i got really high, i took like 6 hits" or "i wasn't stoned or anything, i only took 2 hits". i had to explain that the number of hits doesn't describe anything to me.

but alas, the number of total hits in a bowl is determined by a.) the size of the bowl, b.) how much weed is packed into said bowl, and c.) how potent and/or dry the consistency of your weed is.

you can pack a bowl the size of king-kongs ding-dong, but if your weed is dry as fuck, it may be gone in as many as 3 hits. but if you pack a 1-hitter w/ some fluffy, thick, potent goodness, you may get 3 or 4 hits out of it.

my advice would be to give up worrying about how many hits you're taking. if you're thinking of buying a bowl or a piece, and are worried that it may not be the right size for you, just remember that you can always pack another bowl if you run out too qucikly, or if you get a huge bowl (king kon style) you can always just pack a 2-ish hit.

if what you're worried about is not having "enough hits" to go around while entertaining, i pull out my Refill-the-Bowl card one more time. It may even give someone else an opportunity to pack the bowl.

But one thing I've learned in the last 5 years of smoking is.. the number of hits you take does NOT determine how high you get... 1 hit is all it takes for me sometimes, even when smoking regs. sometimes it's just that 1 hit to change my state of mind, and that's all im looking for. doesn't mean im high, or stoned, or baked. but i definitely am not in the same state of mind i was a second ago.

You will know when to stop by the taste