Bongs are also known as Water Pipes, and they are basically a device used to filter smoke through water to make it safer and smoother. Essentially, the more water you can pass your smoke through, the better. Huge range of great bongs made them favorite choice to smokers over years. Bong divers with its different designs, materials and features. They are made from a variety of materials such as Borosilicate (Pyrex) Glass, Acrylic, Silicone, Ceramic and more. These come in a plethora of sizes, colors and number of filter chambers. However, most popular and best bongs are made of glass or acrylic.

Both glass and acrylic are compatible with all levels of experience blazing the herb, from first-timers to Snoop Dogg. And they have many different characteristics and features that may work better depending on your needs. Let’s weigh up the pros and cons of each.

Price
Glass bongs are more expensive than acrylic ones. Acrylic bongs are cheaper and easier to fix whereas glass bongs are not only expensive but impossible to fix as well.

Many smokers prefer glass for its looks and feel. It is easy to see through glass, to change the water when required. Acrylic bongs are usually made of colored material and it is not as good as glass to see through.

Durability
Acrylic bongs tend to be far more durable with regards to potential breakages, and are therefore considerably easier to fix with tape. You are highly unlikely to break an acrylic bong unless you accidentally knock it off a table and onto a hard floor.

Glass bongs are easily breakable and breakages are almost always unfixable which can often be a huge draw-back. If kept with care and clean and in good order a glass bong can last for a number of years! Although Acrylic bongs are thought to be more temporary and replaceable, therefore a cheaper price reflects this.

Portability
Acrylic bongs are good for packing in your suitcase and taken along with you while traveling. They are lighter, easier to manoeuvre, the bong liquid is generally easier to dispose of and due to the strength of the acrylic plastic you don’t need to worry about breaking it whilst on the move in most cases.

Bongs are fragile; as such they are not great for traveling unless you have a special case. And they are heavier than acrylic ones. On the other hand, if smoking bongs indoors is your preference then a glass bong could the best investment that you’ve ever made!

Cleaning
In terms of emptying out liquids neither glass nor do acrylic bongs come out on top. They can both be equally as easy or as difficult to empty out liquids from. Due to the glass bongs and their many percolators, accessories are often what make them difficult to empty. However, some acrylic bongs can be emptied out by just removing the stand.

Glass bongs are probably both easier and more rewarding to clean. A glass bong will almost always clean up as good as new, this makes the slightly higher price worthwhile. The acrylic plastic material is not going to last as well as its glass counterpart and the plastic seems to hold the smell of the smoke. That is plastic bongs may smell awful even after they’ve been cleaned properly.

Customizability
Glass bongs are more customizable because you can buy different down pipes, bowls, diffusers and ash catchers to make your glass bong exactly what you are looking for, aesthetically and practically. You can create your very own customized bong!

Acrylic bongs pretty much come as they are, with the height of customization being stickers and whether it has a bucket shaped bowl or a cone shaped one. They VERY rarely come with anything as cool as a percolator or a precooler. And often if they do, then it won’t be up to the Glass standard. Although on the other hand they do come in a wider variety of designs and colors than glass bongs, however, the features in a glass bong tend to be a lot more aesthetically pleasing than looking into an opaque acrylic bong.

Taste
When it comes to taste a glass bong tends to hold the true taste of the herb, whereas plastic bongs get bunged up with resin and tar, which ultimately affects the taste and quality of the smoke. Many smokers find the metal and acrylic parts responsible of changing the taste of the weed. Although an acrylic bong can taste good too if kept properly clean.