Pipe Screens?

[WeThePeople]

With all this talk about aluminum foil bad for you, arnt the pipe screens aluminum also? i used to you aluminum foil until i noticed i could melt it with a bic lighter.. and saw fumes... so none of that, i hope these screens are steel,

WeThePeople Reviewed by WeThePeople on 03-03-2007. Pipe Screens? With all this talk about aluminum foil bad for you, arnt the pipe screens aluminum also? i used to you aluminum foil until i noticed i could melt it with a bic lighter.. and saw fumes... so none of that, i hope these screens are steel, Rating: 5

[slipknotpsycho]

no they're made from brass, steel or nickel...

[Nochowderforyou]

Slipknot is right.

Metal screen probably aren't the best for you, but they are a clean metal, is that the right word? Lets just say it's much better for you than pop can material.

For glass pieces though, they do sell small Jax shaped or star shaped glass screens. I use them in my bong, bubbler, and spoon.

The only one I have a metal screen is, is in my steamroller, but it's made from stone.

[slipknotpsycho]

they're heavy metals... it's the soft metals that are bad for you (lead, aluminum ect... gold is a soft metal, but i'm not sure if it is harmful in smoking or not....

[n00b_Canadian_toker]

If you're using a glass pipe you don't even need a screen. I actually picked up this little tip by posting a similar question in these very forums when I was starting out.

You just stick a larger nug at the bottom of the bowl, so you don't suck it all into your mouth but smoke can still get through... no need for a screen with a pipe. :thumbsup: :jointsmile:

[Frivolous248]

If you're using a glass pipe you don't even need a screen. I actually picked up this little tip by posting a similar question in these very forums when I was starting out.

You just stick a larger nug at the bottom of the bowl, so you don't suck it all into your mouth but smoke can still get through... no need for a screen with a pipe. :thumbsup: :jointsmile:

Yo but some bowls have a nice sized hole in 'em. And that nug get smaller when it gets burned.

For example I was smokin' the other night and the last nug got sucked down halfway in the stem of my bubbler. Well I held the lighter down real far and got 3 more hits off the piece of bud that fell threw. Had that been sucked into the water, I woulda been done smokin'. Sure its not a lot, but do you wanna lose 3 hits for every bowl you smoke?

Glass screens are pretty nice. Not a necessity, but if you are very conservative then you might wanna use 'em.

[slipknotpsycho]

i don't need a screen for any pipe/bong.. but i don't shred my shit when i'm going to be using a bowl anyways.... 4, maybe 5 peices...

[Cornelius]

i like to use a screen for my bowl so that i don't suck a bunch of ash through. I do not enjoy that. but i do enjoy weed.

[iPot]

Either way its still better than smoking any of that dirty tobacco shit.

[hogikiamay]

ya that foil shit has powders n stuff on it from it being made and i guess its bad for u.. i have never had to use it before