What are bong percolators and diffusers?

A perculator (?perc? for short) is basically an additional water chamber found in the main shaft of the bong tube. Several companies use different designs, but they all focus on more water to smoke interaction, making for a better filtered and cooler hit. Some of the better known companies take it a step farther by adding diffusers into their percs, which basically break the smoke up into smaller bubbles making a cooler smoke.

Here is an example of a 3-chambered Phx trinity.




What is a diffuser?
A diffuser is another type of downstem for a bong. Contrary to a downstem, a diffuser resembles a test tube as its sealed on the end or pierced with many small holes or slits. These slits break up the smoke into smaller bubbles than a normal downstem.

Why the need for smaller bubbles? The smaller the bubbles, the greater the surface area of the smoke that contacts the water, thus filtering and cooling the smoke more efficiently. This makes the bong almost silent silent. Many glass companies sell diffusers to fit their bong: Roor, Phx, and Bluedot.

Here is a pic of a german Roor diffuser along next to a Phx diffuser.

That is a sick bong, why was this old and never responded too? Can we make these ?

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well phire you to make a bad ass bong like this dont even know if the exsist anymore

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King420... These do exist still and can be purchased from Europe. I just ordered one thats 60cm (23.7in) tall with two perculating chambers and an ice catcher at the top. when i get it in ill be sure to post images!!!!! The company actually makes a few diff perculating bongs ranging from.... 65-155 whole sale price.. the retail on them is between 200-500 i ordered 4 others for my shop

this was your first post. you dig up a thread from 2007 just to tell the world that you ordered a new bong.

seriously?

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the necromancy wasn't on his part

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http://www.rollitup.org/grow-journal...-plant-88.html

the post before his was early january. he went into the archives for this.

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actually i did a google search looking for these pieces for my shop.. and i ran across this thread.. so i put up a post because someone didnt think these pieces were still made i was deff just clarifying that they were so no i didnt go looking for this article. i was just putting something out there for people who dont know where to find these pieces.

yo i really got a lot out of this article and just wanted to say thank you. the cigar tube perc is a great idea, i just made one of those AND the ice catcher idea (rubberized tape, i.e. duct or electric, works best due to elasticity) and it is awesome. i own a high-end bong, and still i like to make my own. half the fun of smoking out of it is thinking that you built it, and its working, and its awesome. thanks for this post, my DYI bongs will be forever improved because of you guys.

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