why do so many ppl use pipes?

i can understand pipes are good for taking places.. but for smoking aorund the house, i dont see why poeple dont make or buy a bong? its a million times better than pipes. you get more outta your smoke, and its nice and cool.

sop i dont see why poeple have lots of pipes and stuff for smoking casually.

 

yeah mostly cause they're small and portable i guess. bongs are bulky when you just want a quick smoke.

 

A 1995 study suggests that use of a bong or water pipe does not necessarily lower the overall ratio of particulate matter to THC and may be counterproductive. In other words, it lowers the particulate matter, but it also lowers the amount of THC. For the same effects, a person may have to smoke more...thus raising particulate matter back to a level equal to that inhaled from unfiltered sources (joint or pipe).


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easyer and cheeper to get high with pipe rather than bong

 

experimental results show that bong is much better.

and you dont need ot pay anything for a perfect bong either lol.

its nicer smoke too.

 

bong, pipe, joint, its all good!

 

Those studies can say all they want, but one bowl out of a Bong gets me MUCH more than a bowl out of a pipe. And all my pipes have bowls pretty much the same size as my bong.

Perhaps it's because it allows you to take bigger hits, hold it in longer, etc? I don't know why, but for me it works. You also don't get ash and other shit in your mouth.

I like pipes very much, though. They are more portable, and no worries of getting Bong water on anything.

 

You can just whip out a pipe, drop in some weed, and smoke. You have to fill bongs with water, and they're kind of bulky.

 

yeah you can take bigger hits and hold em in longer cuz there cooler
you right

 

Are you pleased to see me or is that a 6' double chambered ice and water filled bong in your pocket?

 

Okay, here's the deal. The water-sollubility of THC is about 2 micrograms per ml of water. That's a very, very, very small amount. Those studies also use very shitty weed. So, obviously the THC:TAR ratio is going to be a bit higher with bud thats only 2% THC, which most government-supplied weed is. It's also comprised mostly of leaves, which have 3 x more tar in them than buds do.


Now, as to why a bong gets you higher, I theorize there's 3 basic reasons:
1. You can hold in a hit for a lot longer
2. You can take a much larger hit (only for those folks who can't get full lung capacity off joints or pipes)
3. A lot of the tar is filtered out, and the volume which would normally be taken up by that tar is taken up by THC. Thus, the THC:TAR ratio for a bong hit is better than a joint or pipe. Studies have shown contrary to this, but good ol' experience with weed will tell you the truth. The reason the studies show different results is because they smoke just the same amount of bud, but with less THC.

Bongs are the second best thing you can use to get high. The list is like this:
1. Vaporizers
2. Waterbong/Bubbler or any water-filtration device
3. Gravity bongs, or bongs with no water-filtration
4. Joints
5. Pipes

Vaporizer:
The most efficient way to get high. You get all the THC in the bud, because none of it is burned.

Water Filtration:
As I explained before, volume that would normally be taken up by tar and other gases is free to be occupied by THC

Gravity Bongs:
Basically a gravity bong is good because whether or not the amount of smoke matches your lung capacity, you will always get that amount.

Joints:
Mostly due to the paper being resinated. Some may argue that it wastes THC through burning smoke, but much of that smoke is the paper itself burning, and the THC that doesnt happen to disappear will be soaked in the paper some, too.

Pipes:
The simplest form of smoking. The only real advantage they have in terms of getting high over anything else is a resinated bowl, but nearly all other examples incorporate resin.


I don't have very much proof of any of this, but it makes since if you think about it.


Anyway, I prefer a pipe in some occasions just for the simplicity. But I have my mini-bong now, so I seldomly use pipes anymore.

 

Personally over anything i prefer a nice big glass bong, but i like to use a pipe when i'm with friends it's more social and spiritual i think, same with a joint, i don't smoke joints if i'm by myself, i like those with people, but i'll smoke bongs and pipes by myself, but whatever you use it doens't matter they all get you stoned, and actually you can hold hits off a pipe longer, so there more efficient then bongs, cuz bongs you waste alot of smoke and pipes you hold the smoke longer, so yeah, a pipe is more effictient and saves more pot, and joints waste the most.

 

a freind with a bong is a friend indeed.

i would guess the only reason to smoke outta a pipe is to 'conserve' what little ganja you have.

but hell yah bongs are way better. they get you so much more ripped. i get to the point where even if im on the go i have my bong in a backpack where ever i go.

 

I have a bubbler and a pipe one the bubbler for around the house and the pipe for on the go I want to invest in a vaporizer.

 

I can only think of TWO reasons...
#1. They don't know how to roll.
OR
#2. Don't have time for a whole bowl. (Work, School whatever.)

 

I agree..........

 

I say a little bubbler is the perfect piece to have--fairly portable, like a pipe, but with the benefits of a bong (cool, clean hits and the soothing, bubbling noise).

 

I have a bong, steam roller, and a regular pipe and the bong is slightly over rated. I really prefer the steam roller of all pipe like smoking devices but my favorite is a big fat joint.

 

how can you hold the hits longer? the smoke is hotter?
and how does a bong waste smoke? the whole point of a bong is that you inhale ALL of the smoke.

And when you punch a cone (aussi slang for hitting a bowl in one hit, which is waht we pretty mcuh all do around here if we arent beginners) then you get all the smoke period.

 

honestly, for me i dont really care either way what i use. as long as i get stoned im happy.

 

yes the smokes hotter but you get less and you can hold it longer than a bong, cuz i take a whole bowl in a bong in one hit, and i can ohly hold it for like at the most 6 seconds, cuz the smoke expands and your natural reaction is to cough so you hold it as long as you can and exhale, and cough, so with a pipe you can do ghost hits much easier so you get more smoke, but a bowl in a bong gets me way more stoned then a bowl in a pipe. And i prefer bongs over anything but even if the smoke is hotter you can still hold it longer at least i can.