^^If durability is your main concern you might want to look into getting a 9mm Us Tubes. Those bongs are built like tanks and are 100% American made. And I might add, very inexspensive for the stellar craftmanship.
I have seen US Tubes before. They are awesome. If I had like 400 - 500 bucks to spend thats what I would probably look at. I was thinkin something in $100 range. Do they even make plastic bongs in the USA? LOL I wonder....
Stigma, i know where you're coming from with these ideas, you see all these amazing percs etc. from high end blowers and you're thinking why can't someone just make these with plastic so that they will never break. right? well honestly, good luck, because i've never seen a single acrylic that has had any thought put into it and any love. glass is so great because it is an amazing medium for art, not just for functionality. plastic can never be cleaned properly when smoked out of, and that will definitely jeopardize the taste of the bud after a while. honestly, if you don't have enough money to throw down for expensive high end perced tubes then i definitely tell people to either just save, or buy a nicely made straight tube. for 100 bucks you can find that (or beaker if that's more your style). save another 100 and you're starting to look at more options for tubes. that was such a long ramble. hope i helped at all... hit me up if you need more ideas.
Seriously? LOL Ok then. Acrylic. What is like the leading "acrylic" bong manufacturer? I have looked at all the models they have on this site. Are there any others this site doesnt sell?
There is no 'leading manufacturer'. There are just acrylic bongs, there really isn't much of a change of quality from one to the next. Molten acrylic gets injected into a mold probably used by every acrylic bong-making company out there and boom, acrylic bong. It's not an art like glass blowing.
Dude I agree completely. Why is it that plastic bong manufacturers DONT have the more sophisticated shit??? I understand there is a lot more thought and time put into glass bongs, BUT plastic bongs are just as efficient, AND u can take em campin, out on boats, etc... I just figure some company would be doing it by now...
Then go for a mass produced china glass peice. I'm telling you, it'll be leaps and bounds above an acrylic peice.
As long as you are throwing your tube around, it'll be fine. You just have to be concious of where it is, making sure not to bump into it or anything. As long as you're atleast a little cautious around it, you should be fine.
sadly plastic bong manufacturers (essentially an assembly line in china ) don't give a flying fuck. they pour the acrylic into the mold, pull it out, slap a plastic base on it and it goes into the box with 1000 other tubes that look exactly alike. if you want a camping bong, sure grab a 5 dollar acrylic. but if you want some dank ass glass, don't sell yourself short. you think it won't matter when you buy that $100 prodo tube with a nasty 3 arm closed perc in the middle, but just wait until you hit something that functionally kicks its ass, and you'll never look back. seriously. yeah it's only a pipe, but i mean if you're gonna throw 100 bucks at it, might as well get something that is sturdy as hell, aesthetically pleasing, and functionally sound, ie no drag, good welds, etc.
Ok guys. I get it. I should buy american made glass bongs. I am still curious if anyone knows of any companies making ACRYLIC (aka plastic) multi perc bongs. I am thinkin I might have to go with my local boy makin the home-made mcgyver shit!!
the only acrylics i've seen with multiple chambers really are those skeevy ass ones with tubes and hoses and shit. ugh, so gross looking. yeah dude, get a custom homemade from kalec, that is such a good look haha. i still can't get over some of the shit he's made.
LOL I am seriously gonna see what he would charge me. Its really what I am lookin for. I figured a mass produced one would be cheaper then havin someone make one for me though. I would like to get one as cheap as possible.
For a 100 bucks your on the cusp of getting some quality glass. You'll be super unhappy with acrylic once it comes time for a cleaning. I've owned a $20 acrylic and soon as it got gunked up it was time for the garbage. Another problem your going to run into is multi tree perced bongs are EXPENSIVE. If you could somewhat compromise to say a showerhead type diffuser there's really no need for multi perced bongs. This is really personal preference vrs budget. I don't have any percs nor do I want any. You'll be hard pressed to find something durable with multi percs at your price point. I just picked up a Left Coast 12" 5mm beaker and absolutely love it. For $125 it came with a vaporizor adaptor. You'd be amazed at some of your local glass and it's usually basement pricing as these upcoming artists make a name for themselves. Even if you have to take an hour or two drive to get to a decent shop. Was hell bent on ordering glass online untill I found the right headshop. Take a visit over to Toke City, those guys are fanatical about glass. Lots of juicy glass over there..... Good Luck its a learning experience.
