Bongs let you enjoy your cannabis or herb by filtering the smoke before it reaches your mouth, making it cooler, relaxing, and enjoyable. A bong consists of various parts like a neck, down-stem, mouthpiece, and percolator.
Bong bowls are the part of your bong where you place your plant matter and light it up with flame. You can use bongs with several bowls, including ceramic and glass ones. The size of your bowl depends on the size of your smoking session and how much smoke you want to inhale at once—the larger it is, the more smoke there is!
What is a bowl?
As mentioned earlier, a bowl is where you put the weed in your bong. You can choose from different shapes and sizes; some have a hole in the middle, while others don’t.
The most popular bowls are beaker style, with an extra thick base and a small hole on one side or bottom of the bowl. These bowls are suitable for smokers who want more smoke from their bong hits because they provide more surface area for hot air to pass over than other bowls.
Role of the down-stem
It is the part that connects the bowl to the base and directs smoke into the water chamber of your bong. It can be made of glass, metal, or acrylic, typically straight or bent.
What does the nail do?
You’re probably familiar with the term “nail” from your experience smoking flowers, but it may not be clear exactly what they are or why dabbers use them. A nail is a metal with a hole in the middle that, upon heating, creates smoke. The heat transfers through the bowl and into your favorite herbs and flowers, allowing you to inhale them easily. A good quality nail will last for years as long as you clean it regularly, keep it free of residue when unused, and never dropped!
How does the base work?
The base is the thickest part of a bong, and it’s usually made of glass or ceramic, but some bongs also have plastic bases. The bottom usually has a small hole connecting the tube to the mouth, allowing air to pass through while inhaling your bowl, ensuring that the smoke gets sucked into your lungs and does not just stay inside the bowl.
Why is a carb cap necessary?
When you place the carb cap on your bong, it allows you to inhale the smoke from your bowl. A carb cap prevents water from getting into your mouth and keeps the smoke in the chamber longer. Because a carb cap works for different bowls, it can be made of various materials.
Banger
Bangers are a type of nail. They have a flat top and hollow center. The flat top of the banger allows for more contact with the heat, which will heat up slower and stay hotter longer.
Bangers are especially helpful when trying to heat large amounts of dry herbs in one session or if you want to use multiple different types of herbs at once (for example: smoking some weed, then switching over to some dabs). The hollow center allows for a larger surface area for your smoke to be heated by your torch or lighter, meaning less smoke will pass through unchanged before being inhaled by you!
If you want to purchase bong bowls, ensure you know what size your rig needs. You should consider buying bongs from companies whose products are made from borosilicate glass since they will handle the heat efficiently during bonging.
