Talk:Gravity bong
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I hear them as "pressure bongs." It's only got a few decent hits (heh) on Google, and makes more sense than "gravity," if you're interested in physics, I guess.
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[edit] Terminology
The term gravity bong is very loose and means different things to different geographic areas and people in those areas. I believe the only way to represent this properly is by referring to both types as gravity bongs and denoting their differences in discussion. To not do this will lead to edit waring between the two types of gravity bong in this article as each side attempts to update the article to their view. This is not consistent with the reality of the situation however, so I believe this compromise is the best way. I'm reverting the recent changes to convert this article to only being a bucket bong. Triddle 19:26, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Greater control in a bucket bong
I don't think that the nomenclature debate section is a good place to argue the benefits of one of the types against another. With that comment made I think this sentence is incorrect:
- The bucket method allows for a variable flow rate by manipulating gravity's influence,
That is not a property that is unique to the bucket version. By placing your finger over the exit hole on a waterfall bong you could reduce the flow to a trickle. I'll do my best to clean up that section. Triddle 00:51, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] carb on bucket
There is no need for a carb on a bucket bong. Infact, using a carb destroys the whole purpose of it. You are supposed to just push the bottle down so it forces it all into your lungs. If you breath in with a carb it negates the gravity effect. If no one disagrees with valid arguements then I will be editting it. 72.136.215.125 23:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
The carb does serve a useful purpose: It allows the user to inhale the contents of the bottle without fear of having water enter your mouth; mild suction while pressing down on the bottle forces the smoke into the lungs, but the influx of air from the carb keeps the same from happening with the water 207.161.47.221 00:29, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Please stop vandalism.
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[edit] Waterfall method
Near the end of the article, it states "As with the waterfall method, the bucket method uses gravity to create a vacuum." Waterfall Method is linked, but it just points to the same Gravity Bong article. It seems there is no explanation of the waterfall method. I don't really smoke marijuana, so maybe I'm just being ignorant, but shouldn't there be a paragraph explaining (or at least defining) the waterfall method? --BennyD 14:34, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
- The waterfall section was removed in this edit, apparently for no good reason and without discussion on the talk page. If there are no objections, I'll put it back. --Mr2001 02:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Just ran into the same self-referential link; I support restoring the deleted section. -- Hiplibrarianship 16:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] invention in '96
This is not true, the filtered g-bong is at least 12 yo. Thats when i built my first and they were well-known at that time.(they work too slowly and stale the hit though.)-anon
