I dont remember exactly how tall the bong was, but i couldnt reach the bowl by myself. I was still very new at smoking, i had only smoked once before and out of a pipe, so trying to reach the bowl was hard. A friend lit it for me, and yea, i guess i coughed a lot. That was the first time I had ever felt really heavy and relaxed.....so awesome. man, i miss that bong. no other bong has ever been the same.
my first homemade bong is in the attic, where we were smokin once. its cute, its a plastic water bottle, an empty pen, and the bottle cap for a bowl, with tinfoil and tape to seal it up. works pretty good, we named it bongo too and wrote it in sharpies. drew a little pot leaf too. i love my nerdy little bongo.