Not that I don't love my bong... but I don't know why people resort to one means of smoking weed and are like unmovable on it, try a vaporizer or some concentrates seriously its a whole new ball game.
bongs to me are the most efficient and they give you a hit which you dont get with joints or pipes and apparently vapes (vape buzz is a creeper huh?). i would love a vape but im fucked if im paying a couple hundred for one, im a god damn struggling student. if my lungs are hurting or im smoking too much il just give it a break for a couple months.
what do you mean by concentrates, like these synthetic cannabinoids or hash/oil/resin/charas? i couldnt be fucked with synthetics from what iv read most of them arent that great anyway...? i love me some good oil or hash...never had charas yet but i do plan on an os trip in the coming years.
ganja is a way of life for me, its a lifestyle and a perception widener if you know what i mean. i generally dont buy bongs or smoking implements i make them.
second to bongs imo is oral ingestion, thats a great high and is a whole new ball game!
my old boy is an original beat/hippie and i dont know anyone that smokes like/more than he does...he had his lungs/breath tested about 24 months ago anf the doctors said his lung health was excellent for his age and smoking which was a total surprise because he is in 24 hr constant pain and the rest of his body is degenerative and basically fucked...him and the Doc. put his lung health down to his use of bongs filtering the shit and he had a great lung capacity when he was younger from diving and surfing...not that he has done either of those for many years now due to his constant pain...
each to their own, everyone is different...i have previously collapsed a lung but i put that down to smoking way too heavily and using a really big 'party' cone...little cones/bowls are key ime - and listening to your body if youve got lung discomfort or are coughing up shit feel like pleurisy give it a rest/break.
on a side note i often hear what i believe to be a myth that putting ice cubes in your bong water creates water on the lungs or pleurisy