Bongs and Vaporizers

The act of inhaling the smoke from burnt plant material goes back thousands of years and seems to have been around since the very earliest times.  Like most other inventions it was probably discovered accidentally and soon became standard practice, and today’s pipe smoker is the inheritor of a tradition almost as old as walking upright.

To primitive man, as also to the remote tribes of today, the necessary materials were all around them in the form of natural tubes such as bamboo and other plants for the equipment, herbs for the ingredients and flint-generated fire for the fuel.  Fortunately, with the exponential growth of the internet, indulging in a legal high is easy even for those of us who have lost the knowledge of how to hollow out a cane or create a fire.

Bongs are available in a variety of materials, from acrylic and aluminium to glass and wood, although glass is preferable for an uncontaminated smoke.  The herbal mixture is simply heated until smoke is given off and then water is used to filter the smoke and remove toxins before it is sucked up.  The mild hallucinogens in the smoke are also partially filtered out as well, so bongs are not ideal for a strong hit, and are more comparable to a few pints down at the local pub.

Vaporizers deliver a harder punch as they don’t actually ignite the herbs but only heat them up, and the vapour contains no harmful elements, which is why this equipment is used in aromatherapy.

Posted in Bongs, Drug Information, Herbal Highs, Legal Highs, Vaporizers by jungle at April 13th, 2011.
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Modern Bongs

Bongs come in many shapes and sizes, from the simplest and cheapest affairs made from wood or acrylic to the expensive and collectable Roor bongs, the royalty of the bong world.  But not everyone is preoccupied with status and gnawed at by a need to display wealth and success so conspicuously, and where the main concern is a decent hit there is plenty of choice out there.

Small portable bongs are great for the traveller, or for anyone on the go who wants a small, simple device that fits easily into the pocket and can be whipped out at a moment’s notice.

Whatever type of bong you go for it will work in essentially the same way.  Water is used to filter harmful particles out of the smoke given off by burning herbs in the bowl, before it gets to the user’s mouth.  If this sound like a hubble-bubble, that’s right, but the bong is much older than the hookah.  It derives its name from the Thai word for any tubular structure, and was in fact invented in the Far East centuries ago.  The hookah first made its appearance in the Middle East much later, but can still be seen all across the region.

Wood was traditionally used to make bongs, but metal, glass and acrylic are popular alternatives, especially glass as it is easier to clean and doesn’t contaminate the smoke in the way that wood and acrylic do.

The water is frequently laced with aromatic spices to heighten the effect of wellbeing in the user.

Posted in Bongs, Legal Highs, Smoking by jungle at February 28th, 2011.
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The beautiful world of bongs

A bong is a device that has become associated primarily with illegal substances, although in truth it can be used to smoke many other products, including tobacco and other legal highs. Bongs can come in all shapes and sizes.

While bongs are traditionally made out of glass, the acrylic bong has become increasingly popular due in part to the fact that they are a lot easier to clean and a lot harder to accidentally break than the more common glass bongs. Acrylic bongs are also often quite a bit cheaper than their glass counterparts, and are available in a more interesting variety. Glass bong users, such as fans of roor bongs, claim that they give generally smoother ‘pulls’ than their acrylic rivals. Bongs have been around for a very long time, having been used for a great many centuries in countries such as Thailand and Laos. Often, multi-pipe bongs are used in cultural ceremonies.

The appeal of the bong, as opposed to other methods for smoking various substances, is that the water in the bong helps cool the substance, thus cutting down the chances of burning either the mouth or the lungs. The water can also help to trap heavier particles and some soluble minerals, giving a kind of “filtration” effect and preventing some of the more toxic elements of the substance from entering the user’s body. There are several studies that do indeed back up this widely held belief, suggesting that smoking with a bong is safer than smoking unfiltered.

In some countries, the bong is sold specifically as a tobacco inhaling device, thus allowing them to remain on sale.

Posted in Bongs, Herbal Highs, Legal Highs, Smoking by jungle at December 9th, 2010.
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Using Bongs for Legal Highs

The term “bong” tends to conjure images of stoned undergraduates, laughing gormlessly and talking drug induced claptrap. But bongs aren’t exclusively for the use of illegal drugs – you can experience perfectly legal highs by using them.

The principal behind them is simple: fumes are inhaled only after they have passed through a vessel of water, a process which is believed to enhance the smoothness of the flavour and experience of smoking, much more so than, say, using a traditional pipe.  So, completely legal substances such as tobacco can be passed through a bong.

The water cools the fumes and partially filters them as they pass through it, absorbing some of the more toxic substances before the burned gases reach the smoker’s mouth and lungs (other liquids besides water can be used).  It would, however, be a mistake to conclude that smoking with a bong is a risk-free business: it does not make smoking tobacco, for instance, safe – it merely cools the smoke and removes some, not all, of the toxins.

Because the principal is so simple, making bongs depends entirely on the creativity and ingenuity of the individual who wants to try the experience out.  If cash-strapped students can fabricate them at the drop of a hat, anyone can.  Generally speaking, though, most people tend to buy them ready-made just for convenience.  They vary from exquisitely well-crafted and elegant hand-blown glass water pipes (although these tend to be on the expensive side) to functional, acrylic mass-produced versions and relatively cheap “travel” bongs.

Posted in Bongs, Legal Highs, Smoking by jungle at November 13th, 2010.
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Bongs for All

Bongs are similar in construction to the familiar water pipes or hookahs that have been used for many centuries across the Middle East. Bongs come originally from Thailand and Laos where they, like hookahs, incorporate the use of water as a coolant and filter for the smoke produced by herbal mixtures. The cooling effect of the water makes for a more comfortable smoking experience, and various aromatic additions enhance the relaxed mood.

The water is effective in filtering out harmful toxic substances such as the larger molecules that make smoking tobacco so dangerous, say enthusiastic users of the bong. You may add to this that using a bong is less addictive than smoking cigarettes, and is part of a communal experience, with multi-pipe bongs very popular as the centrepiece of a gathering. 

Roor bongs are the aristocrats of the bong world. These hand-blown glass bongs combine supreme functionality with exquisite design to make Martin Birzle’s Roor bongs some of the most sought-after pieces of equipment in the bong world. They can be used as decorative items as well as used for smoking herbal mixtures. These cult objects offer the ultimate experience for using legal hallucinogenic herbal products.

Acrylic and aluminium, as well as the traditional wooden bongs, are popular, but glass bongs are generally considered the most pure form of bong because no material residue caused by the heating process is contributed to the smoke.

Using bongs is a great alternative to cigarette smoking, and the bongs themselves are often highly prized as works of art in their own right.

Posted in Bongs, Smoking by jungle at November 23rd, 2010.
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Bongs and water pipes

Bongs, or water pipes, use a filtration system involving water to smoke plant products, tobacco and various other substances. They resemble hookahs in their construction, and the results are similar too. Bongs are made from a wide range of materials and come in various shapes and sizes.

You can actually easily make your own bong using any container that is air- and water-tight, by the addition of a screened bowl and slide apparatus, and making a hole in the lower part of the bong to allow air to get in.

The term ‘bong’ has a Thai origin, where it refers to any tubular pipe or container cut from bamboo, and bongs have been used for many centuries across Laos and Thailand.

Users of hookahs and bongs claim that the cooling effect of the water makes smoking through them safer than smoking cigarettes, and incidentally keeps larger molecules out of the smoker’s system.

Independent research however has found that the bongs and hookahs actually are more efficient at filtering out the desired psychoactive elements in herbs and less good at filtering out tars, so it takes longer to achieve the mild sedative effect that the smokers are after.

Glass bongs are preferred by purists because there is no residue that burns off with the smoke as can occur with wood, acrylic, aluminium and other materials used for bong construction.

Acrylic bongs, on the other hand, are cheaper and less likely to break when you and your fellow partakers start to get into the party mood.

Posted in Bongs, Legal Highs, Smoking by jungle at December 3rd, 2010.
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