SMOOTHEST hit I have ever taken. I highly recommend that people try this. I was bored one night and decided to toke in my room and I had a bit of a scratchy throat and did NOT want to irritate it any more with freezing cold water. So I boiled up some water in my kettle, and poured it into my perc, and base. My bong has a pre cooler and I also have an ash catcher, I had put cold water in each of those to cool it, and used the hot water to produce steam. My theory is that while using the cold water to cool the smoke down, and having it go through the hot water to pick up the steam made the smoke easier to milk and clear. With cold water and ice as i usually smoke it, i can never clear it. With the hot water, i brewed it and cleared it effortlessly. HIGHly recommended.
dumb thread.. hot water in a bong.. boiled hot water.. then with cold water and then ice... + smoke.. many temp changes in your glass it's gonna weaken it and eventually explode.. hot smoke going threw hot water.. defiantly going to be a cooler hit..
Been doin this for ages though I out hot water in my base then fill my tube with ice cubes it's fuckin magnificent
Hell yea! I never use ice or cold water anymore. Room temp when I'm lazy or hot as fuck if smoothness is the name of the game. I'm not too worried about hot water messing with a 5mm thick glass tube, especially when the same glass is used to repeatedly come into contact with a flame or some other ignition source thats way hotter than boiling water will ever get. I think its something about the water vapor soothing your lungs along with the smoke, so its so much less harsh. Imo ice + bong makes the smoke more painful.
its always hot water with me. cold water and ice irritates the shit out of my asthma and makes me cough like a bitch, but hot water feels warm and soothing.
some science: cold water condenses smoke, meaning that you inhale more actual smoke. hot water expands smoke and causes the smoke particles to move about more quickly, meaning that the smoke particles make more contact in your lungs. thus, you often actually get higher! just make sure to clean 'er out long before. hot dirty bong water is nasty stuff.
I found out about this when I left my bong in the car! (Live in the desert haha) Tried it out and it was probably one of the smoothest hits I've ever taken out of a non-perked bong
It's not dumb. I've definitely have heard about this alot and people have been pleased with the results.
If ya want something good for wake 'n' bakes, make some peppermint tea and pour it in to the bong. Actually feels a bit refreshing on the lungs