Generally speaking, bongs have not changed much over the years as far as design/function in my opinion, they have been improved upon, but nothing really groundbreaking as far as advancements, better percs, better quality glass, diffusers etc.. are all improvements but is that all there is? Personally I would like to see some new bongs on the market with some of the following features: -Wireless heat technology, forget the name now (basically a wireless herb iron), but there is already the tech to have wireless heat to ignite the flower, create a new bowl with a battery pack in it to hit a button to ignite your bowl without using a lighter. It would be all built in. -Break points and gorilla glass. Nothing is worse than breaking an expensive piece, coat it in gorilla glass or the sort they make cell phone screens with in places of weakness, make break points on the piece so that if it does get dropped or knocked over, it will break at a weak point that can be replaced, saving the expensive tube itself. -Improved shot gun, sort of like a bicycle pump works, when you push down the lever it forces air into your bike tire, same sort of deal with a big toke, push it into your lungs, would be a dangerous feature however. -Condensing chamber, not sure how it would work, but there has to be a way to introduce a chamber of cool water to condense the smoke first, then taking the hit once it has filled the chamber with condensed smoke. You guys have anything you want to see on bongs of the future? A wishlist of sorts.
Your a aware a bong with any of those features would cost much much more then most people would be willing to pay right? Especially the gorilla glass idea. It would dope but even a small boring tube would probably cost a thousand Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
enails, break points..no offence but that's seems like a stupid idea to me anyways. Condensing chamber, well using cold water and ice in your bong condenses the smoke. Shot gun feature would only be needed if your lungs don't work, and if the don't then you are likely dead. Personally I don't think bongs need to be improved anymore. There are literally millions of variations out there. Once the herb is legal I am sure some companies will want a piece, ibong or a smart bong or some crap.
You would think that, but look how many people have no issues dropping $500 - $1000 into a nice piece, there are quite a few users on here with some amazing glass collections and some very expensive pieces. No offense taken, we are discussing opinions here, not absolutes. Why do you feel break points is a stupid idea I am curious? Would you rather your bong break on a point where its fixable/replaceable, or would you rather it break so the whole piece is destroyed? As far as condensing chamber, it does not allow it to condense very much on the way through the tube with the current design, there is no time allowed for it between the hit and the shot gun. Your certainly entitled to your opinion and expressed it, but if people did not think outside the box, how to improve on something that is already well done and are generally happy with the status quo, we would not have the fun gadgets and innovation we have today. Hell an outhouse does the job, why need a flush toilet?
Yeah I want a bong to come with a free babe that will light it for me, gimmie head and feed me. LOL just kidding. I like the coffee mug/bong idea that one guy had in that one movie. Too stoned to think of it now.
Solid ideas IMO Don't listen to the people telling you otherwise. People thought the airplane was a stupid idea and would never take off. No pun intended d[- _ -]b
Or a self loading bong and self lighting. Cars can drive themselves bongs should be able to perform by themselves. Probably not ideal in the moment we live but anything could happen. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
screw it, I am just going to figure out a way to IV it directly into my veins and carry around a little portable pack to stay medicated always I dunno, some of the ideas may be ridiculous, but I enjoy thinking about it and throwing ideas/concepts around, keeps my mind active. I would love to open some sort of business someday along these lines of manufacturing new age smoking devices, and generally something different than you see with a traditional bong. OldSchool, now that's an idea I can get on board with! Isn't that called the Anna Nicole Smith feature? Expensive option there.
They drop that much because the piece has as much form as function, that 1000 dollar piece of gorilla glass idea couldn't have any worked sections or percs to meet the 1000 dollar price point. Add any color or percs and your looking at a piece only 1% of the 1% of tokers can afford. That's if gorilla glass can even have heady work done to it. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
They have $30K Iphones, million dollar cars, etc.. for a reason, some people who can afford them will buy them. Besides, how do you know gorilla glass would be so expensive? Do you have expertise in this? Not trying to sound like an ass but personally I have no idea how much it would cost to make, but it seems you do so I am curious. I never said to make it entirely from gorilla glass, a simple coating on the weak points would do as well, or something like a gorilla glass. Its a concept man! The main idea behind it is some type of material to coat the glass to make it less breakable, while still maintaining the benefits of glass on glass bongs. And IMO, those $1000 bongs do not have a huge benefit of function over the $300 ones, it does not get you 3x higher, your simply paying for quality of build and customer service, that would be the same idea, the piece may not get you that much higher, but its the convenience/durability factor which can be improved and is therefore worth value to some people. That is an argument for another thread however.
1000 dollar bongs like mothership eggs or anything else with unique percs will actually help you get higher since youll be able to take a bigger rip smoothly, effectively getting more thc into your system at once instead of over a few minutes. During its manufacture, Gorilla Glass is toughened by ion exchange. The material is submersed in molten potassium salt at a temperature of approximately 400 C (750 F), whereby smaller sodium ions leave the glass to be replaced by larger potassium ions from the salt bath. The larger ions occupy more space and are pressed together when the glass cools, causing potassium ions to diffuse far into the surface, thereby creating a 'surface' layer of high compressive stress deep into the glass, a layer more resistant to damage from everyday use. the above is a copy and past of the process involved in making it. apparently on most phones its only .2mm - .4mm thick so making something 3-5mm thick with the same process is probably crazy expsenive. i dont have a number for the price of the machines involved but anything moving ions around cant be cheap. its also apparently only manufactured by one company called Corning's Gorilla Glass. I cant imagine a bong company could start producing it without catching hell from them. not trying to crush your dreams just saying this one specifically is kinda unrealistic. id love if more percs got developed in the near future, but thats the only thing on that list that really gets me excited
I own expensive bongs, and while I can see your point about taking bigger rips, its never been a big enough factor me that I notice personally, I have been taking bong rips for 15 years now and have tried a lot of different equipment, this is my personal opinion regarding that, but my point still stands that people will pay for them if they see value in it, its not simply about extra function. I also keep saying something like gorilla glass, its a concept, I mentioned gorilla glass because of its durability, but there are many different options available, there are coatings for lenses to stop scratching, they sandwich glass between plastic to create bullet proofing, there are other options out there which exist which can add a lot of strength to a glass bong. Also, Gorilla glass is a fairly new technology, it will continue to be developed and expanded upon and in my opinion will become much cheaper and more competitors in the future. I understand what your saying, but I disagree that its all that unrealistic. Also I should add, I have not done any research on any of this which is why I stress its a concept and very well can change over time, but I do feel there has to be technology available to add strength to a glass bong in case of a accidental droppage or some sort.