How much water do you fill your bong with?

[Dutch Masta]

just curious what everyone does with this.. never really been sure of which way is the proper way to do this.. i attatched a quick little paint diagram too :jointsmile:

Dutch Masta Reviewed by Dutch Masta on 01-11-2007. How much water do you fill your bong with? just curious what everyone does with this.. never really been sure of which way is the proper way to do this.. i attatched a quick little paint diagram too :jointsmile: Rating: 5

[Cautios]

Well, I'd assume submerged, same as a hookah/shisha. Since that is how it would seem the air would be cooled and the like.

[slipknotpsycho]

i use ice only in my bong now.. no water.

[SpaceCaptainDimi]

...if you don't even have the downstem in the water, it's completely useless to be using a bong.

[pixel]

if anyone chooses #1 you're an idiot go back to your pipe its the exact same thing

[mr_vega]

if anyone chooses #1 you're an idiot go back to your pipe its the exact same thing

you're right. why use a bong if you dont submerge the slide??

[MastaChronic]

i get the slide deep in the water so that it makes a real nice bubbling noise.

[SmokingPlatypus]

The point of a bong is so that the smoke will be filtered slightly/cooled by the water/ice/other fluid that you have in there. For this to be accomplished, the smoke has to go from bowl > stem > water > chamber > mouth. If it's out of the water, then you will not get the benefit of water, and then you're basically just smoking a fancy pipe. The longer distance that the smoke has to travel through the water (or ice, or other liquid), the more filtering/cooling you get.

[synesthetic]

The slide needs to be fully submerged and also deep enough to produce a good strong bubbling. Otherwise I find the smoke way too hot and unpleasant tasting.

I had no idea people used bongs without submerging slides. That doesn't seem effective since the smoke doesn't have much contact with the water. Well, I guess many prefer that.

[biohazard]

the more water the more it cleans and cools the smoke... so i fully submerge my slide