$300 Beaker Bong.. is it worth it?

pthobson

pthobson

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When it comes down to it it’s your money and no one else’s so if you feel it’s worth it, it’s worth it, simple as that.
 
Thundercat

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Obepawn said:
Shit you can get a good Chevy truck type bong from Thick ass glass and it will get you just as high and the money you save you can go to the dispensary and pick something up to go inside that new bowl.
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As it happens I'm a glass blower. I'm very familiar with import vs american made. There is definitely a difference in quality. Is it a $200 difference in quality in this case, no. In this case its the cost of buying something american made. Just the raw materials, and cost of running a torch and in the case of this bong, a glass lathe was used. This equipment and materials cost huge huge amounts of money. If I work 40 hours a week it cost me almost $3 an hour to work, and that doesn't include the actual glass, that is just the cost of burning my torch per hour in my studio.

Sure some cheap import pipes have their place where they are likely to get broke, but so do better quality pieces made by artisans right here in the states. The cheap import pipes are often cheap because they are made with slave labor, and unsafe materials and practices. Many of them don't use colored glass, they actually paint the pieces, including the inside, and its been proven some use lead-based paints even.

That's why you pay more for something quality made.
 
min0r

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Thundercat said:
As it happens I'm a glass blower. I'm very familiar with import vs american made. There is definitely a difference in quality. Is it a $200 difference in quality in this case, no. In this case its the cost of buying something american made. Just the raw materials, and cost of running a torch and in the case of this bong, a glass lathe was used. This equipment and materials cost huge huge amounts of money. If I work 40 hours a week it cost me almost $3 an hour to work, and that doesn't include the actual glass, that is just the cost of burning my torch per hour in my studio.

Sure some cheap import pipes have their place where they are likely to get broke, but so do better quality pieces made by artisans right here in the states. The cheap import pipes are often cheap because they are made with slave labor, and unsafe materials and practices. Many of them don't use colored glass, they actually paint the pieces, including the inside, and its been proven some use lead-based paints even.

That's why you pay more for something quality made.
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thank you for reassuring me that i'm sane for buying a $300 piece of glass, i needed this.
 
Obepawn

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min0r said:
thank you for reassuring me that i'm sane for buying a $300 piece of glass, i needed this.
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Hey bro, in the end, go for what you want. If you can afford it, get it. It’s the reason rich people buy High end cars over Fords and Chevys etc...because they can and there a perceived correlation between cost and quality. I myself would make that my personal driver. Wouldn’t want clumsy, high as fuck hands dropping that shit and breaking it.
 
Thundercat

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min0r said:
thank you for reassuring me that i'm sane for buying a $300 piece of glass, i needed this.
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$300 isn't even remotely expensive for glass if that makes you feel better. The rigs, bongs, and bubblers I make start at between $250-300. I don't do straight tubes like this one though, for that price you get something more artsy.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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$20 bong, $10 pipe, and $2 rolling papers. I've had the bong and pipe for two years. They seem to work just fine. Maybe it is cheap Chinese glass. The buds I put in them don't seem to know the difference and smoke up just fine. But I understand that some people like to collect glass and quality glass is what you want then. I just need implements to smoke weed. I collect money not glass.

 
Thundercat

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NirvanaMesa said:
Thats what Im saying. I be gettin artsy and shit with my pieces too.

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I smoked out of stuff like that when I was 19 and first started smoking. It can be lots of fun Mc Guyvering a gatorade bottle bong. In the long run though, plastic is gross to smoke out of. Nice craftsmanship on the internal perc though!
 
Thundercat

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NirvanaMesa said:
Lol, Im just screwing around. I dont smoke from gatoraid bottles.

If the op is happy with his bong, good for him who gives a fuck what he spent. Best to not even discuss the cost of your purchases.
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I used to love making cool set ups out of recycling :). Now I love making cool setups out of glass.
 
tstick

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I always made my own bongs from plastic bottles and those aluminum stem and bowl sets. Then I happen to win a Hi-Si bong as a door prize that was very similar to the one in the OP. It was nice....but it was too big for my tastes. So, I went back to my plastic bottles. Then I found a K-Nine Tubes Mini Pug bubbler and it was just right.....But it was so nice, it made me feel the need to clean it all the time. Now, I just use it for dabbing. For flower, I'm back on the plastic bottle. Why? Because I found I was addicted to the way the air rushes into my lungs when the hit clears that one-hit bowl....nothing else like it. I wish I could find an exact copy of it in glass, but sometimes a dog just likes his dirty, old piece of rawhide to chew on! :)
 
Skeet Kuhn Dough

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Hey, guys. Can you help me figure out which seeds to get from The Doggies Nuts? I know they're a little pricey, but I'm looking for quality... and the only way to ensure great quality is to get the most expensive thing out there. Soooo.... which should I buy... when they re-up? :dunce:

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xtsho

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Does anyone remember those big bamboo bongs back in the seventies that were so long that someone else had to light the one hit bowl? By the time you got smoke you were out of breath.

I had one of those four inch bongs that I'd stash in the bushes outside of the middle school I went to. We'd skip class, I'd grab my bong and we would get baked in the woods down the street. We always got caught and in trouble. Good times. Oh, to be that young again.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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What about those six hit ratchet bowls? Six one hitters on a big bowl that you could turn that you could turn to align each hit.. Are those still around?
 
olafthegreen

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I work with a company who charge $700 for a vase, and another who charge the same for a scarf.

Could I ever afford either of these items? - no.

Are they ethically made with high quality materials by people with a family to support and high running costs - yes.

It's your choice, I know if money was no object for me who I would rather support.

I'd rather eat organic, local and home made for every meal too and drink only craft ales. However for most of us in life there are compromises to be made, so we do the best we can.
 
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