My First Bong

Hey guys, just got my first bong today (I've only taken one hit from it so far, never any bong hits before), and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

I light the weed, and I inhale to fill the chamber with smoke, with my thumb over the hole. Now even though I have my thumb on the hole, I'm getting a lot of smoke in my mouth and some in my lungs, and the chamber isn't filling up very well. Can someone give a newbie some advice on how to fill that sucker?

Are you keeping the lighter lit while your sucking up the smoke ?
Try inhaling a lot stronger ?

I keep the lighter lit until the weed lights up and will have no problem burning on it's own.

I feel if I inhale stronger, more of the smoke will go into my mouth and lungs before filling up the chamber. I feel like such a tool :P

Hmmm... Don't see what the problem is. I always try to inhale very slowly until I reach maximum intake (including chamber) and then shotgun it. Maybe your inhaling way too fast.

keep inhalin till it fills, dont worry about shit entering ur lungs- you want that


then when it fills cover the top wit ur free hand, enjoy the first hit

then release the carb and clear it in one swift intake


enjoy my brotha

have you put water in the bong???

I remember my first bong...good times till I ruined it.

Haha yes I have water in the bong, I'm not that dense. It seems that I'm inhaling too quickly tho. I'll give it a shot tonight, inhaling very slowly to fill the chamber. Thanks guys, I'll let you know the results ;)

yeah . i try to fill the chamber as slowly as possible, getting some in your lungs while filling the chamber is normal though.

If you are indeed doing everything right, your bong is probably not air tight.

To test it take your empty bong and cover every hole on it with your mouth and hands, then blow

If you cant exhale into the bong, its airtight, if you can, its garbage and time for a new bong, or rubber grommet seals