For newcomers, the most frequently asked question is ‘which one is better? Are glass bongs better than dab rigs?’. You may get trapped by the question if you are in your first attempt to use those pipes to have a better feeling. It would always be good to know the differences between those powerful water pipes for an enhanced experience. This article will help you to understand the main differences between glass bongs and dab rigs in a nutshell.

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What Are Glass Bongs Or Dab Rigs?

In some cases, glass bong works as a synonym for dab rig. However, it is not always the case and this type of misuse should be corrected. To know what a glass bong is, it is necessary to know what a bong is. According to Wikipedia, a bong (also known as a water pipe) is a filtration device generally used for smoking cannabis, tobacco or other herbal substances. Here we get it that a bong is a kind of filtration device. Glass is an adjective means something made of glass. So, we get to know a glass bong is a kind of filtration device made of glass.

Then, what about a dab rig? Similarly, we have to know the meaning of each word. You probably know the word dabbing—it’s not just a light dance move in which you shake your hip around. But what is a dab? Dabs, in a word, are any kind of strongly powerful concentrate of THC(Tetrahydrocannabinol) with a nickname borrowed from the fact that only a dab, or a small amount of liquid. Dabs can be produced as a byproduct of grinding regular marijuana buds or extracted from cannabis through a chemical reaction. The term for rig, according to Merriam-Webster, is a kind of device for percolation such as percolating liquid or air. Therefore, a dab rig is a kind of percolation device that has similar functions with glass bongs.

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Get confused? No worries, it is not an easy job to get you familiarized with the confusing differences between those two tools in such a short article. I will break down the topic into separate blogs which can assist you to have a holistic view towards these two resembling filtering device sice the differences between glass bongs and dab rigs .

Different Usage

You may have noticed that we can differentiate things that possess different usage. So, what’s the usage for glass bongs and dab rig? As we can see it from above paragraph, glass bongs is a filtration device generally used for smoking cannabis, dried flowers, herbals and other substances that can produces smoke. While dab rigs is often used with legal concentrates like shatter, wax, butter, crumble and oil. It is common for water pipes as well.

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Different Methods Of Consumption

You will find that glass bongs are usually larger than dab rigs if you pay close attention to their size. The combustion chamber inside the main tube of the glass bong provides better efficiency for smoke producing. And there are usually more room for percolator devices for glass bongs, in which you can often find beautiful strings of smoke lingering inside the main tube. You have to use a lighter to burn the materials you put on the bowl of glass bongs. However, for dab rigs, it is much easier to use compared with the complicated preparation and prolonged waiting time spent for glass bongs. What you need to do is to put your prepared wax or other legal concentrates inside the dab nail or bowl piece and heat it up. Then it’s your time to enjoy the wonderful feeling when the smoke flows into you lungs though there are differences between glass bongs and dab rigs.

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Different Sizes

Size does matters! What impresses you most for two different water pipes in front of you? You are right, size difference would certainly attracts your attention and help you to figure out to how to differentiate them in your long-term memory. Glass bongs in most cases have a much bigger size than dab rigs. Why? As you have read the previous content, you know glass bongs often designed with more percolators and burn dried materials. That means glass bongs need more room and time to get materials fully combusted because the smoke will travel through the bongs without sticking on the glass. However, for dab rigs, it is not necessary to have a bigger chamber a longer tube to get the material fully released since the materials used does not produce other sub-products and the heat it produced is much lower than dried materials burn in glass gongs.

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Different Prices

Dab rigs are generally more expensive than glass bongs. According to a survey conducted by a team from Harvard University, the average price for dab rigs get 30% higher than glass bongs from 1995 to 2020. As we can see from the picture, dab rigs take more accessories like a torch, nail, container, carp cap. While the glass bongs need fewer accessories whose price are also cheaper than those of dab rigs.

It is much appreciated for your patience. I hope you will find this article helpful for your reference to clear up your misunderstandings on the differences between glass bongs and dab rigs.