I've only broken one piece inb my life, and it was my first glass spoon I ever bought, about, 6 yrs ago. It was the BEST pipe though. It was a color changing one and the colors were so bright a vibrant. I haven't been able to find one like it since.

I have one glass spoon that is very hard to break. I bought it from a custom glass blower in his garage shop, and he told me a story about one of his pipes that got taken from the cops when pulled over. He told me the cop tried smashing it on the ground, wouldn't break, and after many tries, it took a solid stomp from his boots to break it. It still didn't shatter, it just broke in two. He then took a glass spoon and starting smashing it against his workbench...didn't even chip, so I had him make me one.

I try not to buy thin glass either. All the glass i have is pretty thick but could still easily break if dropped at a funny angle.