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ChillWillis said:
The ultimate test: smoke a gram out of the bong and later smoke a gram blunt/joint.

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Not scientifically accurate by any means, but certainly ranks high on the -o-meter

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Inverted said:
I didn't read any of the posts in this thread, but I know for a fact that Bongs are among the most inefficient smoking method.  The simple fact that you can take more matter in a single hit gets you "higher" but you are also consuming much more out of your stash to achieve that high.

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TrueHerbCrystal said:
Yeah, I've heard that same argument before, with the joints-get-you-higher claim, that it contains the most THC....

1 - I see joints as being inefficient because of that burning tip that's always burning up your weed, even when you're not hitting it (and pieces falling out of the joint).

2 - Bongs do that too, but since you can put as little or as much as you want, you can make 1-hit bowls and not waste weed to the "runaway effect" of the lit cherry (that's what I call it).

3 - And with Bongs, your hits are contained in a small space, instead of the constant, uncontained tip-burning of joints.

4 - As for the "Bong hits have more tar than joints", I'm calling BS on that one. I need some explanation on that: how could water be worst at filtering than thin paper? Makes no sense.

5 - But one advantage of water bongs is that it dissolves nasty gases (mostly from the lighter) in the water, something joints cannot do. This makes it slighly more healthier to smoke, and if you have a Solar Lighter (aka, a huge magnifying glass), then its practically the cleanest hit since Digital Vapo's....

At least, that's my understand....
~ TrueHerbCrystal ~

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1.) If you think about it not very much weed gets burnt when you're not smoking a joint, and it's not like if you take a hit from a fully packed bong that doesn't stay cherried too. And with the joint you can put it out when you're done smoking it and resume later if the hits get too long in between hits. AND as you smoke it down the bud gets more and more resinous.

2.) If you pack individual hits into a bong, yes, you're being more efficient but I bet you that you'll wind up not getting as high because you don't smoke as much this way usually. Also you have to re-pack the bowl over and over the joint chills out and waits for you to take another toke.

3.) Same as 1

4.) I agree

5.) You only light a joint once (ideally)

just playin devil's advocate for fun


Also something that always comes into my mind when I'm vaping but surely also applies to bongs: What is the rate at which your lungs can extract THC from a hit? As in, at what point does a huge hit turn into a huge waste of unabsorbed THC?

It may be that if you're taking huge rips off your bong/vape and 40% of the THC may be getting exhaled before you even abosorb it in your lungs.