Bong Expers: Please Read #2

The thread title wasn't funny, I know.

But I just got a new bong, pretty big and elaborate, normal kind. I tried smoking out of it twice. The first time I didn't get anything. The second time, I could feel smoke on 2 hits, and I barely blew out any. PLEASE HELP! I've already been online and googled how to use a bong, but none of them were that detailed.

 

when you cover the bowl portion with your hand and suck on the bong, does air still pass through? Sometimes you need to push down on the bowl as you're burning it for a better seal to suck the smoke down into the water chamber. with more info we can give better responses or a pic if you can

 

^ That's the perfect test.
Maybe your slide doesn't have one of those rubber ring seals. That happened to me when I bought my new one this week and I just went back to the smoke shop. They were kind of embarassed they forgot to give me one.

 

Is it glass on glass?

Because the problem might be with the way you are hitting it, and not the mechanics of the bong.

Don't inhale directly into your lungs, breath in softly while applying flame to the bowl until you can see the chamber is full of smoke. Exhale air out of your nose (not your mouth or you will blow chronic all over the place) then remove your finger from the shotgun (the little hole) or if there is no shotgun pull the bowl out and inhale sharply.

They key is to allow air in through either the shotgun hole or the bowl hole, and to fill the chamber and not your lungs. You are probably inhaling directly into your lungs, but there is so much air that you can't really see the smoke.

 

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and if its glass on glass there shouldnt even been an issue

 

Test it out with just the water & the bowl ( no weed, just an empty bowl ) and inhale the air from the bong until you hear the water making that bubbling sound. Make sure the water isn't splashing on your lips or otherwise make sure you're not swallowing the water either! When you finally get the right amount of water in there ( after trial and error, usually ) then load your bowl and suck on it before you light it to make sure the water still bubbles. Then, light it, drag on the smoke, hold it in the bong, pull out the bowl and inhale. There ya go.