question about bongs

[Phokus]

Why is it when i see someone in a video using a bong, there's some water at the bottom of the bong? Why do you need water when smoking a bong?

 

[Modeps]

so it makes that trademark bong noise?

 

[Baked]

'Cause the water mellows the crunk up.

 

[aircooled]

it acts as a filter and cools the smoke. it's a good thing.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: aircooled
it acts as a filter and cools the smoke. it's a good thing.

oh, so it doesn't burn your throat/lungs or something?

 

[iamme]

so everyone can laugh hysterically when the bong water spills

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: aircooled
it acts as a filter and cools the smoke. it's a good thing.

oh, so it doesn't burn your throat/lungs or something?

Right, but mainly because it makes a cool bubbling noise.

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: aircooled
it acts as a filter and cools the smoke. it's a good thing.

oh, so it doesn't burn your throat/lungs or something?

pretty much, also TCH is not water soluble, so you get the stuff you want while most of the impurities stay in the water.

 

[Anubis]

the water filters out the tar, makin the smoke clean

it is why people smoke tabbacco out of them, super clean

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: aircooled
it acts as a filter and cools the smoke. it's a good thing.

oh, so it doesn't burn your throat/lungs or something?

No, it still gives you cancer. But w/ the water, it tastes sweeter.

 

[chrisms]

Plus you can take really big rips with them because its cool and clean. Like as much as much air as you can fit in your lungs, is as much smoke you can get from a bong.

 

[jjzelinski]

Aircooled is correct, is cools the smoke and filters it (though perhaps negligeably) making the hit smoother. It also has a head rush type effect if its big enough, since, as you draw smoke into the chamber, your depriving yourself of oxygen and heightening the epxerience hwen you finally toke the chamber.

 

[glen]

It cools the smoke.
Neither the Tar nor the THC is water soluble (unless you failed solubility rules in Chemistry.)

 

[aircooled]

it's better on your lungs than any of the other ways to smoke it (doesn't mean it's not harmful, just better than the other options)

 

[glen]

Tar is non polar and water is polar.
Tar has one of the lowest solubilies in water of anything I can think of or google.
I used to smoke dope and you would always here that the bong removes the tar or bad stuff, but I think thta is basically an old stoner's tale.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: iamme
so everyone can laugh hysterically when the bong water spills

That is not a laughing matter, few things smell quite as bad as bongwater.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

cools the smoke. gravity bongs are much better at this unless you have a great big bong. the more efficient at removing the heat the better. gravity bong is nothing but a say bucket or so of cold or icey water and half a 2 or 3 liter with a piece of foil on top.

like my pic... hehe i own the little yellow one on the far right.

note: those are used for tobacco only.

 

[TheNinja]

boy, don't I feel like an ass....i thought it was one of the swedish made enlarger pumps

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: glen
Tar is non polar and water is polar.
Tar has one of the lowest solubilies in water of anything I can think of or google.
I used to smoke dope and you would always here that the bong removes the tar or bad stuff, but I think thta is basically an old stoner's tale.

There's more in smoke than just thc & tar. The amount you can toke in a binger without hacking up a lung is at least 5x what you can using other methods, there's definitely more to it than smoke temperature.

Oh and /obligatory

 

[dudeman007]

Anthony by day, TAP SOME BONG BY NIGHT!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

You guys are smoking herb with tar in it? Does the USA just suck that bad, or it is just your hookup? God, find a new distributor.

- M4H

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: iamme
so everyone can laugh hysterically when the bong water spills

That is not a laughing matter, few things smell quite as bad as bongwater.

I have a video of someone drinking about a liter of it. If someone has a little extra FTP I'll see if I can find it.

 

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire


You guys are smoking herb with tar in it? Does the USA just suck that bad, or it is just your hookup? God, find a new distributor.

- M4H

Tar is a byproduct from the smoke... or am I telling you something you already know...

 

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: iamme
so everyone can laugh hysterically when the bong water spills

That is not a laughing matter, few things smell quite as bad as bongwater.

I have a video of someone drinking about a liter of it. If someone has a little extra FTP I'll see if I can find it.

Well sh1t I've done that several times. I enjoy the smell, and the taste isn't bad at all. Of course you woudn't want o smoke out of something to skunky, much less drink it.

 

[sniperruff]

no it cools down the THC which you want in the weed, which has been degraded by heat. cooling down with water allows you to absorb more weed.

i don't smoke but i've learned all about it.