Transparent vs. solid colored pieces

[JaggedEdge]

I like my color changing pipes. I like watching the colors transform the more I smoke out of them, until one day, they become solid colors.

In reference to bongs, which I don't own, I prefer solid colors.

[invoke]

I like mine to have color at the base, transparent neck, and then more color by the mouthpiece.

[Dren]

Translucent for me.

I don't like the clearish pipes, they feel fragile to me even if they're not. My favorite piece thus far is one a picked up recently that's got some nice orange, blue, and green swirling in the glass but is still translucent enough that I can see how much smoke I'm getting.

[LIP]

Completely trasparant glass is my favourite, I like to be able to see my lovely smoke.

I've got a 2 foot translucent darkish red acrylic bong with a glass on glass slide which is a nice bong indeed, but it'd be 100 times better if it was completely clear.

This is one i made outta a glass salad cream bottle - i already had the metal bowl/stem from the red acrylic one [i changed it to glass on glass myself, much better hits]

It's more like a bubbler coz it's pretty small - not for big big hits, but it'll still have you blowing a big ol' cloud out.

[stinkyattic]

LIP I also made myself a small bubbler-sized bong like that out of a straight-sided bud vase.
I like being able to see how much smoke it is holding, and I prefer smaller hits anyway.
For Pete's sake people keep your glass clean! lol! If a previously-clear piece is dirty enough to become nearly opaque, do you REALLY want to be smoking out of it? Mmmm yay for pond-scum bongwater... Blech!

[Freakishbob]

personaly i like Solid colors.....especially for bongs.....i always end up getting a bigger hit then i expect taht way

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

i like colored bowls but i like clear bongs i love watching the smoke

[BUZz UK]

Transparent all the way, i wanna SEE what i'm hittin...

[slipknotpsycho]

doesn't really matter to me... i know how to get the perfect his outta all my bongs and know what it feels like, so i don't need to see it... and clear pipes/bongs tend to get nasty looking unless you clean them regularly, where as, semi-transparent spoons for example, gain character from the dirtiness...

[friendoftheend]

I dont really care about the color of spoons and bubblers because usually i can feel when i have enough smoke..
But if its a bong i HATE it when i cant see how much smoke I'm getting