Carved Wood Shotgun Pipe

Pipes or smoking bowls are perfect for solo or slower cannabis enthusiasts. They might not cool off smoke, as bongs would, but all pipes make it much easier to smoke a bowl on the run. Pipes are also perfect for a more precise cannabis intake measurement when compared to joints/blunts.

Yes. Always. Doesn’t matter if you are smoking your herb (and possibly tobacco) using the dry method (pipe) or water filtration method (bong) – you always must use clean screens to save your throat from burning particles. Simple mesh screens are beneficial in many ways – most of the burning particles don’t reach your mouth, fewer herbs are wasted and they make it easier to clean your pipe/bong.

Most commonly pipes are made from metal, wood, or glass. They can have acrylic (plastic) exteriors, but in those cases, plastic will be outside the pipe and have no contact with heat/smoke. Metal and glass pipes are most durable (if you don’t drop your glass pipe) and easier to clean when compared to wooden pipes.