Bongs
The oldest water pipes known were found in in Central Asia and are around 2,400 years old. These water pipes or bongs as we call them today were made of gold and were used by tribal chiefs in Scythia. This makes the water pipe an older invention than the wheelbarrow.
Anthropologists agree that bongs as we use them today originated in Africa and Asia. Excavations in Ethiopia have thrown up water pipes with Cannabis residue dating back to 1100 CE.
Bongs come in a variety of materials like glass, acrylic or silicone and provide a variety of functions that can change the whole flavour of your smoking session. Bongs filter the smoke and vapour that emerges from the smoking bowl cooling the smoke and making it easier to inhale. Many bongs provide on-board percolators (percs) that aid in delivering massive milky rips by multiplying the rate of contact of the smoke with the liquid in the liquid chamber.
Top factors to consider before selecting a bong.
- What is the form of THC you would be consuming? If dry herb is your thing you will need a bowl to house your bud. If you are going to be using extract, then you would need a nail or a banger. Tokintiger.com has a range of pieces that are specialised to the kind of THC you would be consuming. We also have pieces that can accommodate multiple forms of THC.
- Specifications matter: There are a few important specifications you will need to keep in mind about your glass bong. These are joint size, stem length and glass specification.
- Joint size: The first is the size of your joint. Yes size does matter when it comes to this part of your bong. The joint is the part into which your stem is inserted. These come in different diameters namely 10 mm, 14 mm and 18 mm
- Stem length: this is the length of the glass pipe that gets inserted into the joint. This critical component is the connection between your bowl and the liquid in the bong. These have different lengths based on the size of the liquid chamber.
- Quality of glass: Thanks to the proliferation of product in the market, when it comes to glass bongs there is a wide range of glass types that are used in the construction of bongs. These range from ‘soft glass’ to borosilicate glass to pharmaceutical grade glass or Corningware to quartz.
- Soft glass is the cheapest type of glass with very limited heat tolerance.
- Borosilicate Glass is toughened glass that can take temperatures of up to 900 degrees centigrade. Most of the bongs on tokintiger.com are made of borosilicate glass, which is widely considered to be the industry standard for bongs.
- Pharmaceutical Grade Glass: There are also bongs made out of pharmaceutical grade glass and that have a very high heat tolerance.
- Quartz is the highest grade of glass that is used for accessories like bowls and bangers, which are the components that are exposed to direct heat from torch lighters and can handle temperatures of up to 1200 degrees centigrade.
- Not too difficult to maintain: Glass is fragile but strong at the same time. While glass is a fragile material, good quality pieces as are available of tokintiger.com are made from toughened borosilicate glass that can stand the test of time if maintained properly with a basic level of care.
At tokintiger.com our range of Bongs & Water Pipes is carefully curated to cater to every requirement. We stock some of the most innovative brands like Nice Glass, Preemo and several of our own brand designs. Our selection of glass bongs is full of unique pieces and changes all the time. Browse our awesome selection. You are bound to find a companion for life.
