my advice is to get one locally i hate waiting and im very cautious of buying smoking shit off the internet cause i like to get a feel for what im buying just like shoes but i say get a thick inexpensive one cuzz ive had my bong for a long time now and if it is thin it would by in a million glass shards by now i dont know where ur at but i live in a pretty small town and they still have places to buy bongs but not a massive headshop try the little tobacco stores and shit or if ur town has a flea market check there too.