Gravity bong
A gravity bong, also known as a GB, bucket bong, grav, geeb, gibby, yoin, or ghetto bong, is a method of consuming smokable substances such as cannabis. The term describes both a bucket bong and a waterfall bong, since both use air pressure and water to draw smoke. A lung uses similar equipment but instead of water draws the smoke by removing a compacted plastic bag or similar from the chamber.
The bucket bong is made out of two containers, with the larger, open top container filled with water. The smaller has an attached bowl and open bottom, and the smaller is placed into the larger. Once the bowl is lit, the operator must move the small container up, causing a pressure difference. Smoke slowly fills the small jar until the user removes the bowl and inhales the contents. A waterfall bong is made up of only one container. The container must have a bowl and a small hole near the base so the water can drain easily. As the water flows out of the container, air is forced through the bowl and causes the substance to burn and accumulate smoke in the bong.
Description
Cup bong
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The construction of a bucket bong (or simply a "bucket") calls for a plastic bottle (about 2 litres (0.53 US gal)), a Hex Bit Socket used as the bowl, an aerator screen cut to fit the bowl, and a large bucket or other container into which both the bottle and a sufficient amount of water will properly go. The plastic bottle's base is cut off, and the bottle's cap has a small hole in the center which will eventually hold a bowl. The screen is placed inside of the bowl. The cut nozzle is threaded into the hole outside the cap.[1][2]
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The cap is then packed with a smokable substance and screwed onto the bottle once it is immersed to its neck in liquid. While lighting the bowl with (preferably) a lighter or match, the bottle is gradually lifted until it is about to come out of the water or when the substance ceases burning. While the bottle is held in place, the lid is removed, the user's mouth is placed on the bottle opening, and the user inhales as the bottle is pushed back down into the water.[1][2] The cause of the smoke being expelled by the bottle's movement is the rise in internal pressure, created when the water volume increases; the smoke enters the lungs in a "smoother" manner than inhaling from a joint, blunt, or bowl by itself.[2][3] This will give the smoker a sudden dose with hardly any smoke lost, rather than the amount of smoke lost with joints and blunts.[4] However, once it is burnt and raised, the smoke can simply be breathed in while suspended in the chamber, with returning the bottle into the water to create additional upward pressure during inhalation essentially a matter of preference.
Author Brian Griffin—who also wrote under a pseudonym—noted the aesthetic downside of a gravity bong to be that it looks like "something a janitor whipped up using items from his closet." Griffin also wrote that the bong is quite difficult to conceal, saying: "they can be hard to hide if civic-minded parents or parole officers plan on making visits."[5] An author under the pseudonym Will B. High insisted that the bucket bong's existence was "indisputable evidence" that marijuana smokers were more intelligent and inventive than one might assume.[6] I. M. Stoned, author of Weed: 420 Things You Didn't Know (or Remember) about Cannabis called the bucket bong "out of the world" and "killer sweet."[2]
The Gravity Bong is often referred to as a "Buckie" in the Southern Hemisphere.
Waterfall bong
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A waterfall bong (or reverse bucket bong) is another method of smoking. It is assembled using a large plastic bottle (preferably about 2 liter), a
Lung / Parachute bong / Bread bag bong
A lung, also known as a parachute pipe/bong and a bread bag bong, is a device similar to both a gravity bucket bong and a waterfall, but which does not use water (and therefore is more portable), instead using suction created by placing an airtight malleable object into the smoke chamber, which is withdrawn to pull smoke into the vacated space. In its crudest form, it requires only an upper chamber and a taped plastic grocery bag or similar to provide the suction.[7] Strings are often added by solo users to assist the pulling, as the device requires to be both held upright and burned using hands, but can be raised steadily with the string (anchored) holding the bag in its original position to create the vacuum.
In the early 21st century, more sophisticated commercial smoking devices were produced for countries where cannabis was decriminalized. One example, with a flat base and a concertina-style chamber that would expand to create the suction smoke chamber and contract to force the smoke into the users lungs, and for storage, was named Bukket but more similar to a lung in its method.[8]
Comparison to other herbal consumption methods
The bong is typically used for smoking cannabis and is generally not recommended for smoking
Legal status
Internationally, the sale of gravity bongs is often prohibited in countries where marijuana is illegal due to its association with the herb.[
See also
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- One-hitter (smoking)
- Operation Pipe Dreams
- Water pipe percolator
References
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- ^ "US Customs Officials Seize 4,000 Bongs At DC Airport". Worldofbongs.co.
- ^ Marshall, Donnie (20 March 2001). "Notice of denial of petition to reschedule marijuana". Federal Register. 66 (75). Drug Enforcement Administration: 20038–20076. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ See United States v. Angelos, 433 F.3d 738 (10th Cir. 2006) (55 years for three sales of marijuana).
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- ^ "SUMMARY OF INITIATIVE 502 TO THE LEGISLATURE" (PDF). Washington State Legislature. May 16, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
External links
Media related to Gravity bongs at Wikimedia Commons