Yeah I have to agree about the skanky bongs... coke bottle with a garden hose and same bong water for a month ect ect.... eegghh how gross!! it's no wonder most girls won't wanna use it.... on the other hand you get a nice glass bong and clean it regularly it'll probably be a different story...
I found in the circles I've been in that us Aussies smoke way more out of bongs... (usually shit homemake jobs too) where as the Canadians usually smoke out of a nice glass pipe (which they usually take everwhere with them) or else roll up a couple of huge fatties and pass it around... They are usually very generous with their weed and you'll quite often see a J or pipe getting passed around at a party you have no idea who the owner is... and no they don't mix their ganga just big fat clean and green that's they way they smoke theirs... unlike most of us dirty Aussies an Brits mixin in all that bakkers... but then over there BC bud is like half the price and usually Amsterdam type quality (damn strong)...not surprising cause you can buy all the Amsterdam breed seeds there legally....
I say yeah bong and pipe is usually the one that gets ya more stoned... and I prefer but then again If you smoke a Canadian style J you're gonna get way high too.

and you can usually take a fatty pretty much anywhere with ya with the least risk...
Funny they had no idea what I was on about when I said I was gonna punch a cone....
Oh a little side note...
A couple of tips I picked up from the Canadians:
1) I found the best way to clean a glass pipe or bong is to put in raw rice grains then quite a bit of metho (or rubbing alcohol if you're American or Canadian!!) and then plug all holes with your fingers or whatever... then shake... Do this once or twise and it'll look and even smell brang spanking new!!
2) A simple cannister style coffee bean grinder with a push button on the top (roughy $30CAD or $40CAD) is almost a nessesity if you're Canadian (they're chronic!) and is no longer called a coffee grinder but a bud buster...

whack you're quater in and hey presto you're ready to start makin them brownies!!:D or puffin your (daily Canadian) 4:20 ritual... all these nice little crystals get cought around in the top lid of the bud busta that I've heard give an amazing high when smoked...