Vaporizers are tools used to extract the active ingredients of tobacco and cannabis. The vaporizing device burns cannabis or tobacco at a lower temperature than its burning temperature and eliminates harmful substances like carcinogenic “tars” and carbon monoxide often found in smoke.
Bubblers and bongs are two types of vaporizers that most people get confused with. Many people refer to a bubbler as a bubbler bong and think it is one device. Here is the difference between these two.
What’s a Bubbler?
A bubbler is a smoking device that uses water to create bubbles and filter smoke. A bubbler is smaller than a bong and larger than a dry hand pipe.
It has a straight neck or bent neck and comes with stylized mouthpieces. It comes in different shapes and has different percolator designs to amplify the smoking experience. A bubbler can have a fixed bowl or a ground joint to attach removable bowls.
What Is Bong?
A bong is a larger-sized smoking device that filters and cools your hit with water. It is comparatively larger and more durable than a bubbler. You can use this device for smoking tobacco or cannabis at home.
It features a broad base and comfortably sits on a coffee table, thereby preventing spills. The basic design of the bong includes a chamber filled with water at the base and a downstem that connects the glass bowl and the water-filled chamber. It also comprises other parts such as a percolator, mouthpiece, and neck.
The shape and the size of a bong, the different patterns, and the number of percolators come together to offer you an unforgettable smoking experience. If you are a heavy smoker and like to smoke every day at home, the bong might be perfect.
The basic description of both smoking devices is enough to remove any misunderstanding between the two. Nonetheless, there are some physical differences between them. These are:
Size
An average bong is 1.5 times larger than an average bubbler. It makes the bong less portable, and you can use it at home for smoking cannabis. Since a bong has a strong, sturdy base, you can hold it on your lap while smoking or place it on a stable and plain platform.
However, if you are always on the move and like to carry your smoking devices with you, the bubbler is right for you. Due to the bubbler’s smaller size, it is more discreet and easy to transport.
Style
Bongs are available in a handful of shapes. It features a long tube connecting to a simple mouthpiece, which connects to a bubble-shaped base or a beaker. Larger size bongs have intricate percolators allowing these smoking devices to have several bubble stacking levels of diffusion.
While some shapes of bongs might lack some options, they cover up by offering different percolators that render different smoking experiences to the user.
Bubblers, on the other hand, are more stylish smoking devices. In some bubblers, the mouthpiece bends like a Sherlock pipe, while in some, the mouthpiece shoots straight off to the side. These smoking devices have different styles of mouthpieces, from spoon style to discs to tubes.
In comparison to the bubbler, a bong has complicated diffusion. A bubbler has only 2 to 3 percolators and simple diffusion. Due to their smaller design and water chambers, stacking thousands of microbubbles is not necessary in bubblers.
Versatility
The bong has been a popular smoking device for decades. Today, many cannabis smokers prefer dabbing over smoking, and they want multitasking devices that allow them to use both terpy dabs and dank flowers.
Both devices can be used to smoke or dab. However, many cannabis smokers feel the bubbler is a more versatile smoking device due to its design. The smaller water chamber of the bubbler maximizes flavor better than a four-foot bong.
Ease of Cleaning
Cannabis users have remarked that bongs can be hard to clean due to their large size and multiple percolators. So, you will need resolution cleaning caps and other specialized cleaning solutions to clean your device. Also, you may need to clean more parts.
On the other hand, bubblers are easy to clean due to their smaller size, and fewer parts and percolators. You may soak your bubbler in your favorite glass cleaner or a bag of salt mixed with isopropyl alcohol.
Sharing
Since bongs are built strong, you can pass them safely to your friends and share a smoke. Also, bongs have more prominent mouthpieces, which make sharing easy and safe. The bigger size also helps the user get bigger, stronger, and more direct hits.
