Bong and water pipes: sland and accessories

Connections, male or female?

 

Most glass pipes have at least one bond - base bong.

These connections are of different diameter, but generally the standard are 14mm or 18mm connections (although more often used 10mm). These links are available in two different types, male or female, and it is not possible to connect two elements of the same type, so if the tube has a male connection, we will need a female coupling bowl or diffuser.

 

More often we will see male ties with smaller bongos. The more conventional are female connections. Always check the type and size of the link to get a really good accessory for your bong!

 

 

 

Adapters and Adapters:

In order to be able to connect new accessories, sometimes we need to use additional adapters, connectors or adapters that offer the ability to transform a male link into a female and vice versa, but also to change the size of the connection to our needs. Thanks to these adapters, a 14mm accessory can be mounted, for example, on an 18mm hole.

 

 

Some users also use adapters to protect matte connections because the ground glass can be lubricated very quickly and it can be difficult to recover this lightly-rough structure that is on the link.

 

 

Diver / Downstem:

This is the pipe in which the bowl is mounted or which carries the smoke or steam under the surface of the water in the pipe. On big bongos, they are usually located at the bottom of the tube, just above the water level, while others are at the top of the tube. Depending on the bong, this accessory may be fixed or movable.

 

 

 

 

Diffuser:

The diffuser is a glass tube with several small openings on the top, designed to further diffuse the smoke, create more bubbles and thus offer a softer punch. Smoke is scattered in a number of small bubbles to re-concentrate in the bong suction tube.

 

 

 

Percolating:

Percolating is the moment when smoke enters the water of bonga. Some glass tubes include a complex chain or series of smoke diffusion tubes inside the bong. Thus, the percolation will soften the smoke by filtering it and cooling it further.

 

 

 

 

 

There are many different styles and designs for bird percolators, each with its own specific flow, balloon size and drag, or inhalation resistance. For the flowers to smoke the best is a bigger pipe with a greater permeation.

 

 

Precooler:

This is an additional bong accessory. It contains some water and works to further cool the smoke created by the burning of the material, but primarily serves to retain any ash that passes through the bowl and prevents it from reaching the water in the main body of the bong. This will keep the water of the bonga clean for a longer time, which will lead to less frequent cleaning and maintenance.

 

 

 

 

Recycler:

Recycling bubblers are glass bongs with an additional water chamber. They cool the smoke or vapor in the same way as the Precursor, except that they are usually built into the tube between the main body and the mouthpiece and cool the smoke as it leaves the tube instead of entering.

 

 

 

 

 

Ice catcher:

Ideal summer smoking accessory that can be found in some bongs and glass pipes. Located at the top of the bonga main pipe nearest to the mouthpiece, the Icycle usually consists of 2 or 3 protuberances inside the tube on which we can drop a few ice cubes. The cubes do a great job of cooling the smoke while pass over them, resulting in much smoother smoke.

 

 

 

Beaker or Straight:

By analogy with the laboratory equipment used in the field of pharmacy, chemist's straight bong has been modified into a water bowl. The bong has a broad, round base that allows us to add a larger volume of water to more efficient filtration.

Since it can hold more water than a straight pipe bong, it will provide smoother smoke!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slide or Carb:

In principle, the bongs have a small hole on the back of the tube, known as a carburettor, which we hold stuck with our thumb as we breathe in, then lift the thumb to open it and clear the bang from the smoke. If our bong is not equipped with Carb, then all we have to do is pull a little for a moment, at the end of our breathing to clear the smoke from the tube.

 

 

These are the main accessories that are offered for bongs, but there are a number of things we have not talked about, such as stones, bong clippers, and so on. However, we hope that this article will be useful as an introduction to the dictionary used in the world of bongs and water pipes, so you can find the right accessories to fit your needs.

 

 

For more useful information, check out our other BLOG articles. The GrowshopMania team wishes you successful cultivation!