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ShinjiEva69

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Having lost my bong I am stuck with a bowl and a completely different way of smoking. First off the bowl does not give a high as good as a bong does in my experience so far.

Being new to the bowl, I need to be told how to smoke properly to get the most out of it. I need to know how to pack it. I need to know how long to pull in smoke, how long to hold it, how to burn it, etc.


Or short of buying a new bong, does anyone have alternative ways of getting high without using a bowl? I also don't have a bowl head or a 3 litre bottle or bucket so I think a gravity bong is out of the question.
 
just pack it full and tight, not too tight that you cant inhale, but tight enough to get enough in there... hit it as much as you can and hold it if you want.... and hey, if smoking 1 bowl doesnt get you high enough, just smoke a couple more........ ive found that the herb out here isnt as good, where, before, id smoke a bowl (out of the same pipe) and be toasted... now i smoke about 2 or 3 to get the 'desired effect'

[edit] o yea, dont hesitate to roll a j or a blunt.. theres TONS of ways to smoke, and im sure youll find another bong before too long
 
if you want the best, get a vape. and no, joints are less effective because of the constant burning. not very effecient. get yourself a grinder for your bowl too, it'll help.
 
bee: really? i hate seeing all that nice smoke just drifting away while it's not being hit

i like bowls so i if i want i can put my lighter over the weed and put it out until i hit it again
 
Build a gravity bong, they're pretty simple to construct and once made they can just be left assembled of course you don't want to leave the water in there though.

Joints/doobs can be really nice if you've got the extra pot but I certainly don't think it's the best way to make the most out of your greenery.
 
i prefer to smoke a joint, a bong hit is nice, and i find a pipe to bee efficient, the same way as drinking cider, tastes shit, but gets you fucked for less!

Joints are more enjoyible, bongs are fun and pipes IMO are just lame, dont flame me, my personal opinion!!!

i dont get why people are all like, getting the most outta this, that and everything! its fun to smoke socially! i dont like the point where my head is spinning and im bored, i prefer the comfort of smoking an 1/8 and been relativly high, not too mashed!

each to his own
 
yes, smoking a joint will get you higher than smoking a bowl. But the amount of herb in a joint is significantly larger than the amount put into a bowl. A lot of it is wasted, but one joint will most likely get you higher than smoking one bowl.

In smoking out of a bowl, I believe how the weed is packed is the most essential part. It should be packed tightly but not too much to the point where you can't inhale. Repacking and pushing down after each hit seemingly also makes it hit a bit better. INMO holding it in is a technique you can use with any device and will make you from a little to a good amount higher. To each their own, however high they want to be off their hits.

Truthfully xXTOKERXx, I cant really understand what you are talking about. I mean it's fine to have all your own preferences in smoking devices, but how does a pipe get you fucked for less? I guess it makes sense that it uses less weed than a joint, but inmo a pipe is the least effective smoking device. A bong or gravity bong, by far, is much more potent than a pipe. Anyways joints, and blunts are more of my thing, but sometimes, it's just too easy to pack your pipe and get a couple hits when you just want to chill out and not get bombed out of your head, usually small and portable too.

i dont get why people are all like, getting the most outta this, that and everything! its fun to smoke socially! i dont like the point where my head is spinning and im bored, i prefer the comfort of smoking an 1/8 and been relativly high, not too mashed!
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sorry can you rephrase or explain again? Head is spinning and you're bored at the same time? Sorry just having a hard time understanding that last part.
 
Gravity bongs are suppose to be harder on the lungs to smoke.

Buy a sack, and do some trail and error. Figure out what works the best for you.
 
-=ReD-hAzE=- said:
Gravity bongs are suppose to be harder on the lungs to smoke.
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I've heard that before as well but I kind of doubt it's truthfulness. I think people might say it because you're inhaling so much smoke with one g-bong hit that it irritates the lungs a little bit more and that may give people the impression that it's worse for them.

But with g-bongs you don't inhale any ash that you can with some pipes not to mention that at the end of smoking a few bowls I think you've wound up inhaling more smoke in total then with 1 g-bong hit (which is all most people I know really need) Thats just a hypothesis of mine based on the actual amount of pot used in each of those two different ways of smoking so if you know for a fact that I'm wrong please correct me. I'd test it out but I really don't care all that much.
 
while smoking with a bowl, the most important thing to keep in mind is DON'T TORCH THE WEED. that means that when you light it, don't let the flame hit the weed, but rather 'hover' the flame over the bowl, making a small back-and forth motion until the weed is sufficiently lit. I find this way conserves weed to the utmost. Bowl smoking is truly the best way to get the maximum number of hits from a sack... also, if you have a bowl that's got a pretty big suckhole, you might wanna invest in a 'Glass Screen.' these are little star-shaped pieces of glass that fit over the whole, but still allow you to get suction. This makes the weed burn twice as slow, and you don't get any scooby snacks as the bowl cashes.
 
^^^ untrue

always corner that shit, never hover or torch, corner it and youll get the most out fo your bowl. in case you dont know what that means, you light the lighter so that half the flame is lighting the bud and halfs on the outside of the bowl... thats a pretty shoty explination, but get someone else to do it....

i love to toke Blunts better then joints cus it takes more joints to get lit... blunts its one or two.... but always use a bong when you can
 
nah i would go with kanaba's way

since i have a torch butane lighter, which has a hotter flame than a normal lighter, i can just hold it near the weed without burning it in excess...
 
^^ Hehe, I believe that the torch lighters have a higher temp as regular lighters, wasting slightly more THC.
 
i prefer torch lights.
i think they're healthier than normal lighters (less exhaust due to the higher combustion temperature), and you never have to hold them on the weed as long as you do with a normal lighter. the only thing is you DEFINITELY have to make sure NOT to torch with one. they can do a lot of damage to the bowl if you hold it on the bud too long.
 
I'm definitely with Eon on this, "corner" it.. we actually call it "hippy hitting it" here, though.. basically, the idea is that everyone gets some fresh green.

When you "hover" it, you light the whole bowl, thereby negating anyone else's chances at that fresh taste.
 
I've been giving quite a bit of thought to this recently because of my tiny little bowl (I should really just go and buy a bigger one).

At the moment , I find that cornering the bowl means it just takes longer to inhale the hit, so I tend to semi-torch it really.... Although I do worry about the temp..

There's pretty much no way anyone is going to get a second hit from a bowl as tiny as this one anyway, but maybe I should try hovering more, but that means more air gets in which means less smoke which means smaller hits ..... oh the physics of getting high, why must they be so complex?!?! =D

--- G.
 
We call cornering here 'greening'. And when you green a bowl you hold it off to the side a little bit and draw the flame with your breath down towards the side of the bowl. This way the weed heats up and doesn't pyrolize the thc as it would if you just shoved the lighter in there. The main purpose is so everybody gets green hits.
 
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