if you like the idea of water cooling but don't want to deal with the bulkiness of a bong
you could get one of those glass water pipes. I have no idea how they work, I've never used one personally, but they look like a normal glass pipe with a chamber under the bowl for the water.

water is indeed a pain in the ass. just recently I decided to drop my waterfall pail on the
envelope containing the seeds I had just recently recieved from the seed boutique. luckily, the AK-48 and Haze x Skunk seeds were in plastic ziploc bags, but the Double Gum (of course, they happened to be the most expensive) weren't, and the nasty water managed to penetrate the pack and wet some seeds. being the stoner that I am I didn't realize that I had spilled it on them until I woke up the next morning and thought "AHH SHIT! MY SEEDS!" (seriously, it was like the first thing that crossed my mind) but it was too late. if I had of realized at the time I spilled it I probably would have been able to save the Double Gums, but hopefully most of them will still be okay.