buying a BONG.. question

hey, ive been smoking for a little over a year and i've only used a bong about 5 different times, never mine. me and my friends are buying a bong(hopefully) on thurs. we are looking to spend anywhere from $40-70 (pref. around 50). im not sure how much the place im going to charges.. ive been in there, but to buy other things. is there anything i should really know before buying it? and its a disgrace:p i dont know more about bongs since i smoke pretty often haha. i just dont wanna look like an idiot when i buy it, you know. It all comes together obv right? like the bowl thats connected to like the chamber and all. do you think they will ask me any questions that i might not understand when im buying it lol. i hope they have a cool one, with like a z shape (ZONG hah).. my friend had one like that and it was sweet. how much is too much to spend? im not buying a huge one.. maybe 12-20 inches somethin like that. thats why i like the zong, bc its like a Z and its not too tall and easier to hide. any suggestions and help?! thanks

don't waste your money find parts and make one yourself you'll save tons

most of the time head/glass shops charge way too much. You're better off finding a street vendor or going online. But as long as you know what a slide and an o-ring are you should be fine.

dude dont make one you'll look like a polak. for that much money i'd get a little 11inch glass one, they shouldnt be more than 40$. or for like 50-60 you can get a pretty big bong. if your getting a bong you should get glass. screw the acrylic stuff, that looks like shit. if your gonna buy a bong you might aswell go all out.

thanks for the advice, yeah im def. gonna go with glass!

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slide and an o-ring are you should be fine

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and no im embaressed to say i dont! lol. im a blunt and bowl kind of person. can you explain the set up of a bong to me. i know the chamber and the bowl and how to light and smoke it lol. thats about it. i dont really know the parts. help haha.

and the thing is i cant buy one online bc i live at home w/ my mom and I wouldnt be able to order one and have it delivered.. plus i dont have a credit card yet lol (and im 19, so i better get one soon) :thumbsup:

Look for a bong with an ice catch. You can tell if your bong will have one if it has a pinch in the glass on the inside to keep ice out of the water.

Just don't make the mistake I made of getting one for 14$, anything that cheap is obviusly going to suck.

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Originally Posted by MyMARYJANE

thanks for the advice, yeah im def. gonna go with glass!

and no im embaressed to say i dont! lol. im a blunt and bowl kind of person. can you explain the set up of a bong to me. i know the chamber and the bowl and how to light and smoke it lol. thats about it. i dont really know the parts. help haha.

and the thing is i cant buy one online bc i live at home w/ my mom and I wouldnt be able to order one and have it delivered.. plus i dont have a credit card yet lol (and im 19, so i better get one soon) :thumbsup:

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well, a slide is the glass tube with bowl attatched that you slide into that hole at the base and pull out to clear the chamber, and the o-ring is the rubber ring that keeps it airtight between the slide and the hole in the bong. An ice catch will either be little indents in the bong or a curve in the stem you put your mouth to. And like everybody else said, go with glass. And the live at home thing is sucks, you can usually pay with a money order instead of a credit card, but that doesnt do you much good.

slide:

Don't call it a bong when you go in there. Water pipe is the correct term, I believe. I never really call anything in head shops by names, I just point at the ones I want to look at.

Also, to make sure your slide is air tight, put it in and hold your hand on the top of the bowl and suck in. You shouldn't be able to suck in essentially. That means it's air tight.

Good luck and post a pic when you get it!

yeh definitely go with glass on glass, ice catcher is nice also.

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well, a slide is the glass tube with bowl attatched that you slide into that hole at the base and pull out to clear the chamber, and the o-ring is the rubber ring that keeps it airtight between the slide and the hole in the bong. An ice catch will either be little indents in the bong or a curve in the stem you put your mouth to. And like everybody else said, go with glass. And the live at home thing is sucks, you can usually pay with a money order instead of a credit card, but that doesnt do you much good.

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thanks man! sweet help guys. ill post it when i get it!

aghhh i just went to the store and the fkn cheapest one they had was $100 bucks and prob. wasnt even worth like $50. im gona go into the city maybe next weekend bc its only like 25mins away and stuff there is A LOT cheaper. get more for your money too

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Originally Posted by MyMARYJANE

aghhh i just went to the store and the fkn cheapest one they had was $100 bucks and prob. wasnt even worth like $50. im gona go into the city maybe next weekend bc its only like 25mins away and stuff there is A LOT cheaper. get more for your money too

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Don't expect to find anything too big of bong for around $50, espcially glass. The one in avatar is mine and is only about 9inches in height, and cost me $70. Glass bongs are expensive.

If you're not picky about what it's made ffrom though, just get a plastuic bong with a metal bowl. You can get a good sized one for about $30-$50, but glass will always be expensive. You won't find any cheap glass bongs, and if they are cheap, they're cheap foir a reason. ;)

haha tru, yeah i dont mind really spending $70. one of my friends got a foot one of glass for $55 in the city. he said alotta times at their shops they will cut down the price for you if you try lol

for this homemade bong im making..... what can i use for the slide?? something from home depot? any pictures might help!! im gona make one w/ the carb hole that you put your fingers over for now, nothing fancy.

homemade bongs with slides are nearly non-existant.... usually a homemade bong just has a carb... but if you are to make your own, just use your imagination dude, go browsing through a hardware store and assemble it in your head, start by finding a body, then from there go to the bowl setup, you can try to find a slide mechanism, but i doubt you'll find one...

anyway you go about it, just use your imagination....

there are also glass bongs that aren't custom made, can't remember what they're called, but mine cost me around 50 dollars and it's atleast 12 inches tall... they just don't have as much personality to them as other glass bongs.

here's a pic... the scorpion cost me 50...

cool

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Don't call it a bong when you go in there. Water pipe is the correct term, I believe. I never really call anything in head shops by names, I just point at the ones I want to look at.

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you sketch bag, the people who work at these shops are mellow enough, and even if they did care they would just politely correct you. isn't free speech one of your rights anyway?

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you sketch bag, the people who work at these shops are mellow enough, and even if they did care they would just politely correct you. isn't free speech one of your rights anyway?

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You go into a headshop and start asking about bongs and you sir, will be the sketch bag.

A lot of places I've been will kick you out if you say such things.

back to the topic, the features you should look for is:

-little nubs on the inside of the chamber to cath ice (or wtih a Zong or 'Z' you should be able to put ice in without the nubs.
-nice big bowl, and if the bowl is bad, you could most likely negotiate for a different bowl (don't get a metal bowl... point final)
-don't even bother looking at anything under 8 inches... you're better off with a bubbler then.
-this isnt that big of a deal, but try to get one of those 'o' rings that you can remove and put back on your own... my friends' bong (or the Kong, as we call it) has one and we scape the resin of it from time to time and have an nice free rez sesh.
-Range you should spend on a bong should probably be between 70-140$, any thing lower isnt really that great, unless you get a great deal on it (use your common sense)
-if by some chance you do get a plastci bong, you could probable get a 2 foot one for about $40, i don't recommend it, unless you and your friends are known for getting your paraphernilia confiscated (like another of my friends, haha)

Good luck finding your bong, bong shopping is always fun.

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You go into a headshop and start asking about bongs and you sir, will be the sketch bag.

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maybe i will, haha

maybe its less sketchy in canada i don't know, i don't really mean to cause a fuss

i call them bongs at my headshop all the time, never have any problem there...

In Ontario "Waterpipe" term doesnt even exist. its all bong, zong, pipe, bubler. You'll get kicked out of a head shop for saying bong thats ridicoulus!

Bongs are fuckin awesome. Heres the bong I bought for my bf's bday.
(B/f and bong)

what a great girlfriend.

I once made a bong out of a 3 1/2 foot, 2.5in Inside Diameter acrylic tubing. I used a butane torch to bend it backwards and make a place for the bowl to sit. It was really nice but broke the base on it, and i'm lazy and haven't fixed it yet. Plus as anyone knows, it's only good for a party bong.
I still have a small straight acrylic bong, not the best but it gets me stoned.

for a homemade bong you can use a trumpet mouth piece for the slide. my friend did that and it worked really well