wow, ya'll got ripped off. my 2nd piece ever was a mini acrylic bong, and I still have it (like 2 years later), still use it, and it even forgave me after I drilled a hole in the bottom, rigged a LED into the hole so I had a glowing bong, then decided it wasnt worth it, removed it, patched the hole in the bottom with glue. sure, the glue made it a bit wobbly (my bong spillage has increased like 50%) and unbalanced, but it is so damn forgiving.

but yea, the weed should not get wet. it is in a bowl, above water level, and you are sucking through it, meaning the air is even pushing the water further away from the weed. you must have some backsplash or somthing. try this experiment... start off with the water just barely covering the bottom of the stem(should be like 1/8 of an inch) and take a hit. keep increasng water level until you notice the weed is getting moistened. the highest level without water splashign on the weed is the ammount you can use safely.