Do not necessarily pack it as fully or tightly as possible, as this can restrict airflow. Often times there is a hole on the side known as a “carb” which acts as a way to clear your smoke and alter your airflow. Steamroller – Using a large, front facing carb hole , Steamrollers are great at providing larger hits with minimal materials. Beginners often find steamrollers “harsh” on the throat, but with a bit of practice you’ll learn to modulate the carb for the exact amount of air you need. This compact & small but yet so powerful bong will have you feeling ripped after a few bowl packs!
are different from water pipes, bubblers, and dab rigs. Simply put, they are a smoking tool for smoking tobacco or herbs, and usually consist of a mouthpiece, a stem, and a glass bowl in which you load your tobacco or dry herbs. In contrast to other smoking pipes, like wood pipes and metal pipes, glass hand pipes don’t affect or add any other flavors to your smoke. The best thing about a glass pipe is often the accessibility it offers, as you can take it just about anywhere and it’s compact enough to store in your pocket!
Assorted 3″ Basic Glass One Hitters.”Chillum” style with mouthpiece and bowl on opposite ends.Size, shape and color may vary. To help make your pipe last, we recommend cleaning your pipe after every smoking session. Clean out the bowl and use isopropyl alcohol to clean the inside of the stem. The alcohol will help prevent resin build-up, which can block the stem completely.
Purchasing it as paint thinner at the hardware shop can also save you money over purchasing bottle after bottle of nail polish remover. When cleaning with acetone, this is your best bet because, your next bong hit will be unpleasant if you don’t. That being said, constantly sucking from a dirty bong means more than just taking bad hits. You’re inhaling the filth that should have been filtered out of the weed. What’s more stressing is the water that sits at the base will act as a breeding ground for germs and mould.
Bubbler pipes, aka hammers, are usually made out of glass and they hold water in a reservoir on the opposite end of the mouthpiece. Typically, a hammer or bubbler has a stem that extends down from the actual bowl itself into the water reservoir, which creates a bubbling filtration system when you smoke from it. Flower, hash, and kief are popular to smoke out of a bubbler or hammer pipe. When it comes to cleaning a stone pipe, depending on the design of the actual piece, it can sometimes be hard to squeeze into all the cracks and crevices to get the piece cleared out. While the taste might be subpar to glass, a lot of that has to do with the fact these stone pipes are more prone to build-up and bacteria.
These assorted 4.5″ Nicer Glass Pipes are “spoon” style pipes with carbs and bowl pieces. They come in a wide variety of rotating styles, designs and colors. Size, shape and color may vary. Hand pipes are, by far, the oldest devices ever used by human beings to smoke dried herbs. However, we would be lying if we said that all pipes worked equally. We know, as well as all of you do, that the glass market has been flooded with paper thin, bubble-filled, break within a month hand pipes. You don’t see cheap, knock off versions of products that nobody enjoys, do you?
Glass also doesn’t affect the flavor of the smoke when compared to wood or stone, for example. Chillum – Easily the smallest and simplest design for a hand pipe, these straight tube glass pipes pipes are lit from the front and feature no carb hole. Many chillums work perfectly with “dugouts”, which are pocket sized wood or metal boxes meant to store herb and a chillum.
Make sure it is covered while you are initially lighting your bowl, and inhaling through the mouthpiece. Once you are satisfied remove your finger from the carb hole. This will let air rush through the piece, clearing all of the smoke out of it.