Grav Bongs = Bad?

I've come to the conclusion that gravs are shitty. Sure, they get you super blazed but seriously...

First of all, gravs take away from the days of social smoking. Up here at college gravs are probably the most popular way of smoking. I know I'd much rather pass around a bowl, bong, joint, blunt or anything else because you get to have the good conversation around the bud. Whereas with a grav, people sit around, wait their turn, get an ungodly amount of smoke, and then are too retarded to talk. This is the worst thing about them.

Second, I think they are just too much for the body/mind to handle. If you pay enough attention like I have, you'll notice people's speech, movement, and lots of other stuff gets messed up after a grav to the point where you look stupid as shit in public. In the long haul, they also dumb you down when you're not even high, make you a lot lazier, etc.... I also have a feeling they are horrible for your health and no one has looked into it yet. Gravs are still pretty much an underground thing (ever heard one in a song, seen one in a movie?) so they probably haven't been researched but all that smoke at once plus the possibility of fumes coming off the metal piece at the top can't be good. I'm really curious what people would find if they studied the effects of gravs on the body and mind.

Third, if you're someone trying to boost the rep of weed, gravs look terrible to someone who hasn't/doesn't smoke. Seriously, think of how ILLEGAL a grav looks, like some kind of crack pipe or something to the uninformed person. This brown bottle sitting in smelly water with a burnt metal socket sticking out of the top... a nice colorful piece or a joint looks much more respectable and inviting.

That said, if you're about to walk into a movie or something where no social skills are needed and you want to be high for hours, a grav or 5 is cool with me. Just not as a main way to smoke. Should be more of an accessory.

What do yall think about this, anyone ever thought of these things?

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Originally Posted by Who Dat

What do yall think about this, anyone ever thought of these things?

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Hey dude :) What the hell is a grav? It just Sounds like a water bong! Pretty common, no?

For real, you don't know what a gravity bong is..?

YouTube - Gravity Bong hit

yeah, its what i thought it was, i've just never heard the term gravity bong :D

It's just a glorified water bong!

It's much more than a glorified water bong... The water in a water bong filters out the smoke and then you pull the slide to get a nice hit then some fresh air.

The water in a GB is simply there to force the smoke into your lungs. That's another thing, you don't even get any air with your smoke... it's just smoke, smoke, then a brick wall of water, then you blow out.

^^^ LOL^^^ yea gravity bongs....... ive barely used these.....ill only use an ACTUAL GLASS gravity bong from here on out......no more 5 gallon jugs

and u always end up with a huge tub of water!!! unless you do it in your bathtub...which is totally lame.... a bunch of mofo's chillin on the toilet and shit....
f*ck that

but for real have you see a real glass gravity bong? the headshop near me only has like one and its sick as HELL!!

i love gravitys........i did start to get paranoid that i was inhaling plastic every time tho casue i was using a waterbottle with a pretty small neck so the flame got close to the plastic each time...havent used it in a while haha.

i personally wont use a grav recreationally...ever, the only time i will is if its someone elses weed, and that is the method being used, but when it comes to smoking i perfer a nice tight bowl from either my pipe, or my bong, or whatever implement being used. Ive seen the gravity bong in my local headshop, and the reason why i think that most peoples look so horrible is that the ones in the head shop are tiny, and the reason people smoke gravs is because they want monster hits. Plus buying a grav from a headshop is completely obvious what your buying it for, think about it, who would smoke tobbacco out of a grav? its pointless, but weed, will get you high as fuck. but thats about all my knowledge of them.

And to make a nice looking grav its not too tough. First get a nice looking bowl from your headshop, get the kind for a bong, and get a bottle of sorts, plastic bottles work the best. then take a nail and head it and push it through the cap of the bottle to make a decent sized hole, then head the stem piece of the bowl and push it through the hole, this make the bowl unusable from then on out, take the bottle and cut the bottom of it off, and then get a pitcher, like the ones for ice-t, and fill it with water, then grav away! And the Straighter your lines and the more care you put into your piece the better it will look, and you can even paint it if you want something that looks cooler.

I love gravity bongs, and don't think I'll ever give up on them. First of all, I wouldn't really bust out a gravity in a party situation. Mainly because it's just a pain in the ass to keep having to pack it up every time somebody wants to hit it, and then go through the process of milking it. This can be really annoying if you're dealing with more than a couple of stoners. In my opinion, the gravity is the perfect way to get completely ripped when you're just kicking it alone, or maybe with one other person. It is also top fucking notch when it comes to conserving herb. Nothing gets me higher off of .1 or .2 grams than a good gravity. As far as it looking illegal... Well, I guess it is illegal. If you're trying to turn on a non-smoker to weed, the last thing you need to bust out is a gravity bong. That'd be brutal on a newbie. :rastasmoke:

i havent burned a grav in a while. There too much of a pain in the ass to deal with. The only good time to smoke one is in a pool.

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Originally Posted by Metaphor

i havent burned a grav in a while. There too much of a pain in the ass to deal with. The only good time to smoke one is in a pool.

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that is the best idea ive ever heard, and i know for a fact that this summer im going to get my faced ripped and go swimming, and that just reminded me of it, but i would love to try that it seems like fun. but my only concern would be the chlorine vapors released from the water.

I never realy liked gravity bongs all that much. It's kind of a cool concept in a way, but in practice it's kind of a pain in the ass. Also, I don't need massive rips to get the job done. I'd rather take a few smaller hits, take a little air with each one, spare my lungs and get just as high as I want. And I agree with the OP that it's a bit more social to pass around a pipe or a bong than it is to set up a gravity hit for each person. The first person will be totally unconscious by the time the last person gets his hit.

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaKush

I love gravity bongs, and don't think I'll ever give up on them. First of all, I wouldn't really bust out a gravity in a party situation. Mainly because it's just a pain in the ass to keep having to pack it up every time somebody wants to hit it, and then go through the process of milking it. This can be really annoying if you're dealing with more than a couple of stoners. In my opinion, the gravity is the perfect way to get completely ripped when you're just kicking it alone, or maybe with one other person. It is also top fucking notch when it comes to conserving herb. Nothing gets me higher off of .1 or .2 grams than a good gravity. As far as it looking illegal... Well, I guess it is illegal. If you're trying to turn on a non-smoker to weed, the last thing you need to bust out is a gravity bong. That'd be brutal on a newbie. :rastasmoke:

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my 2nd time was from a "grav" sobe bottle bong =) first i used a lightbulb vaporizer xD lol.

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Originally Posted by Metaphor

The only good time to smoke one is in a pool.

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Nice, never thought of it

They're not 'bad', they're strong and should not be underestimated.

I agree with you they're not the most social experiance, but cannabis doesn't necessarily have to be. Vapes are less social.

Haha ya the pool is a great idea. A great idea that i cant take credit for i just remember reading it here a while back would be to get one of those huge water jugs and burn like a gram in it in a pool and then come from underneath it and just chill with your head inside the smoke filled chamber

i dont know, vapes can be social if someone who owns one is showing it to someone who doesnt. A friend of mine has one, and we were going to smoke it cause he was wanting to show how it worked cause he didnt have any weed to smoke for a while, but then everyone just grew apart for the winter and stuff, but we were all going to smoke out of it, and shit, but it would have been social, but ive also been around when people were being social over a grav too, it just depends on who the people are, i mean if they talk to you while your setting it up for yourself to use then it is a social experience, but if they just stay quite then they are being anisocial at the time and it can lead you to think its not a social experience, but it is tougher in groups to use a grav, but it can be rewarding too i suppose.

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Originally Posted by affasd

Haha ya the pool is a great idea. A great idea that i cant take credit for i just remember reading it here a while back would be to get one of those huge water jugs and burn like a gram in it in a pool and then come from underneath it and just chill with your head inside the smoke filled chamber

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Thats is fucking insane, I've gotta do that

I aint had one of them in years:D. We call it a bucket in scotland, i always thought a gravity bong was some thing else.. DOH! lol

Yeh like Smok3y said, in the UK we call em buckets, cos they're often done out of a bucket...They get ya pretty fucked but are a bit of a pain to load/operate especially after a few, I've seen people push the bottle down after loadin their bud and being upset with their new wet buddd, can't exactly do em on the move as well... Joint for the win! practical and social :rastasmoke:

Does anyone ever add tobaco with there weed when taken a hit from a bucket (gravity bong)?
I know a few people who do:eek: and i think it disgustin.. Iv never personaly tried it and dont think i ever will...

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Originally Posted by smok3y

Does anyone ever add tobaco with there weed when taken a hit from a bucket (gravity bong)?
I know a few people who do:eek: and i think it disgustin.. Iv never personaly tried it and dont think i ever will...

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If your are going to smoke tobacco with your weed, then it is very conveneint to have that bucket nearby. BAAAAAAAARRRRRFFFFFF!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by smok3y

Does anyone ever add tobaco with there weed when taken a hit from a bucket (gravity bong)?
I know a few people who do:eek: and i think it disgustin.. Iv never personaly tried it and dont think i ever will...

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lol why would anyone do that

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Originally Posted by Who Dat

I've come to the conclusion that gravs are shitty. Sure, they get you super blazed but seriously...

First of all, gravs take away from the days of social smoking. Up here at college gravs are probably the most popular way of smoking. I know I'd much rather pass around a bowl, bong, joint, blunt or anything else because you get to have the good conversation around the bud. Whereas with a grav, people sit around, wait their turn, get an ungodly amount of smoke, and then are too retarded to talk. This is the worst thing about them.

Second, I think they are just too much for the body/mind to handle. If you pay enough attention like I have, you'll notice people's speech, movement, and lots of other stuff gets messed up after a grav to the point where you look stupid as shit in public. In the long haul, they also dumb you down when you're not even high, make you a lot lazier, etc.... I also have a feeling they are horrible for your health and no one has looked into it yet. Gravs are still pretty much an underground thing (ever heard one in a song, seen one in a movie?) so they probably haven't been researched but all that smoke at once plus the possibility of fumes coming off the metal piece at the top can't be good. I'm really curious what people would find if they studied the effects of gravs on the body and mind.

Third, if you're someone trying to boost the rep of weed, gravs look terrible to someone who hasn't/doesn't smoke. Seriously, think of how ILLEGAL a grav looks, like some kind of crack pipe or something to the uninformed person. This brown bottle sitting in smelly water with a burnt metal socket sticking out of the top... a nice colorful piece or a joint looks much more respectable and inviting.

That said, if you're about to walk into a movie or something where no social skills are needed and you want to be high for hours, a grav or 5 is cool with me. Just not as a main way to smoke. Should be more of an accessory.

What do yall think about this, anyone ever thought of these things?

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LOL. Dude your my hero. I say the same thing we smoke out at my boys house everyone just stoped in motion and freezes. Most people are out to just get fucked up now-a-days. They look like crack pipes, gravs and tin-foil. I like bowls, you get stoned, conserve buds, and get some nice talking time in too. Stoned conversations are fun.

smoking tobacco is a needless source of air pollution, and doesnt even cause effects that are desireable. Find someone who is 60 years old and still smokes that doesnt regret it but cant stop, but then find someone who is 60 that smokes weed and can stop, but chooses not too because it is fun as hell.

never actuali done a grav bong coz was to much hassle but ater reading this thread it inspired me lol

done one :) pretty good except i almost got water in my mouth lol

i was thinking about it and its the same principles as a lung really aint it, no oxygen just pure smoke :) i love my lung lol she gets ripped on a daily basis multiple times, unlike my girlfriend.