i enjoy doing both, ill smoke a bowl really slow if im wanting to get a really mellow lasting buzz so i can listen to some music in peace, but ill sometimes take 2-3 bong rips about an hour or two before work to relax me before going in, and get a really good buzz going, though i must say that last night i took my 2 strongest hits ever, i had some very fine powder left of some KB i had bought 2 weeks before, and packed a bowl, i took 2 hits and was the highest ive ever been, i actually figured out how life works, but i forget at the moment, but it was profound. And thats what i look for, but every so often youll catch me taking 1-2 hits off a bowl, and chilling for a while.